Originally Posted by Alodar
Please no.

Many folks have beat the game solo.
I've just finished a no long rest, no barrelmancy play through with a party of 2. (And then another no long rest no barrelmancy play through with 4 Wizards)

Players are plenty strong.
The last thing this game needs is a bigger party or more damage output.
It would make combat trivial.

I'm sure Larian will include a story mode for folks who don't want the combat to be challenging.

The combat isn't challenging as is. That's the real issue.