What's funny is that on DOS2 I don't even know ppl who enjoyed playing as an origin character except for Fane. Because HE was created to be deeply connected to the main story unlike anyone else. And he was pointless as a companion. I feel that in this we'll have the exact same thing. The only companion so far that seems connected to the main story is Shadowheart with her mission, the artifact and all, so, in the end, she would be the only one making sense as origin character, which is already not a great thing.
If instead, they focused on the character that players can create as pl said above, giving them more personality, etc. And removing the racial comments, and instead, giving them personality choices that would affect their dialogues as they become more evil or good, etc. But I guess they want too much to bring their DOS vision instead.
