Using information from DOS:2 also poses another problem in this regard, because how interested you were in the origin characters depended a lot on how interesting the over all story was, which didn't seem like a high priority for that game compared to the mechanical aspects.
I've also seen a bit of a correlation between DOS co-op gamers and who dislikes the origin system. I don't know how big a factor the multiplayer was in that game's popularity, but I see its fanbase echoed a bit whenever BG:3 is compared to it here.
For people interested here are a few of the other threads I could find talking about similar subjects:
Just the few I could find quickly, I know there are more
I would also like to add in all my years of mingling among the D:OS2 fanbase, I can probably count with two hands the amount of times I've actually seen people encourage new players to play as an origin over a custom due to legitimately enjoying it, rather than a completely backhanded comment about how playing as a custom is an outright inferior experience.
