Please Larian, don't take into consideration everything the community asks for. Not even me. Some feedback is necessary, but many times the community has no idea what they are requesting, and demand things without understanding what design decisions have led to them. No locking party or losing companions after Act I, parties composed of six members, level 20, main character's voice, Halsin as companion ... the noise that can be made by an intransigent minority doesn't represent the opinion of a reasonable majority.
If I say that Halsin won't be a companion because Larian won't remake Act I, I get buried in negative votes. You can't argue with a spoiled kids, they will get angry if you tell them their fantasy is unreasonable. They don't matter the budget, narrative reasons or whatever. They don't matter if we already have 8 other partners, they want Halsin. These kids don't understand that this character already has a role to fulfill. Don't get me wrong, we'd all be happy with one more companion, but sometimes a fanservice sex scene is enough to make that minority satisfied. Memes spread faster than arguments.
This has been just one example of hundreds I could list here.
There are too many posts like "LARIAN I DEMAND THIS", this post is "Larian, do what you have to do". Don't be afraid of disappointing narcissistic kids with low frustration tolerance.
Except the Party Lock has no redeeming qualities, contributes nothing to the narrative, makes there company look bad by repeating a gimmick from Divinity Original Sin 2, and is over all just an incredibly bad idea by every possible metric... your only defense of it here seems to be "there is clearly some design logic" which is borderline saying in a cult-like way "trust in the grand plan"
If I see someone about to stick a wet hot dog into a light socket, im not going to stop people from intervining by saying "we have to trust in the gradn plan"
Party Locking is an incredibly bad thing for this game, and I have not seen anyone ask for a party of six (mostly I have seen people asking for five, but only because that is what the DMG/PHB balances encounters/groups for), I have not seen anyone talk about the Main Charcter's voice... I am not sure if you ar pro-anti Halsin being a companion, but the idea of a high powered NPC hanging out at your camp and doing nothing to help when we know he can... would be frustrating from a logical viewpoint.
Also there is no voting system on this forum. And calling other people "spoiled kids" because they are honest about what they wont doesnt make oyu look intelligent, it makes you look cruel... And finding the word "intrasigent" in a dictionary/thesaurus, doesnt make you look smart or like you know what you are talking about.
It makes you look like you are trying to present yourself as more intelligent, and thus present yourself as "more correct" through superficial means.
