Originally Posted by Dez
To echo the Opening Post, yes, the very concept of Origin Characters feels so antithetic to a Dungeons and Dragons experience. Expectedly, there were many threads about it back in October-December. I guess it would work if a JRPG like FF7 proposed you to play as Cloud, or Tifa, or Barret. But DnD is pretty strongly about creating and roleplaying your character, so it feels weird to have the GM (Larian) hand out character sheets.

I mean, I guess it would have been all fine if they had just made 1-3 of these OC, spent the rest of the resources on improving the roleplay across the board, and communicated more details about their plans for Custom Characters.
There is a benefit to Origins that Larian won't be willing to give up - for a Coop it's a brilliant solution. You can play it singleplayer, you can play it coop - friends can drop in & out as campaign progresses. You companions can be inhabited by coop friends, and they can be companions once they leave.