I have hundreds of hours in DOS2 over multiple plays. I never touched an origin character until the last two runs.
It was crazy to me all the NPCs and things I came across as a custom party that had triggers and additional conversation, particularly with Ifan, Lohse, Sebille.
Larian is flat-out lying by saying you're getting an equivalent experience in their games without taking custom party members. There's also, at least for DOS2, an imbalance between characters for content.
Already, it seems for BG3 Act 1, Shadowheart is the star. Now it may not be this way for the entire game, but it feels that way now.
I will be forced to eventually do origin run just to get the full experience of the game as Larian intended, which is unfair to me. I shouldn't feel like if I choose one or more characters over another that I will have a lesser experience
