i wouldnt mind this if this was an opt-in choice for the player (similarly to just starting on the beach and avoiding the need to go through the ship battle multiple times for each start, but i think the 'start/tutorial' of the game overall needs some tweaking) even tho im not sure it should be a high priority for larian compared to other topics.
i also would have some minor concerns about 'rushing' content for whatever thats worth depending on what the games hard level cap is - starting at lvl 3 and only getting to lvl 4 as part of ea/act 1 can be understandable, but starting at lvl 3 and then reaching max lvl of 8 (for ex - idk if larian has been firm on a hard lvl cap) by mid act 2 could leave a player not leveling for portions of end game content. im not sure what an easy solution to that is or if it even is an issue but just theorycrafting some possible shortcomings of starting at a higher lvl for a game that has hard lvl caps, but i thinking leaving the choice with the player is the best way to go overall