If somebody didn't want to get involved I am sure there are plenty of other people happy to take their place.
This may not be as true as you think ...
Take Brian Mitsoda for example ... he was also used as face of project by Paradox, even tho he said himself that he never felt comfortable in front of all those people/cameras, since he is quote "very private person" ...
Sometimes you just do what you have to do. :-/
I don't want a game with tons of gimmicks and exploits so players can run around in Multiplayer being trolls to one another in "competitive co-op" whatever.
In that case you should probably go search for another game ...
Or start learning to mod.

I mean this is how entertainment industry work isnt it?
*They* create lot of games, movies, series, and stuff ...
and *We* decide wich one suits our taste best ... or altern the one we pick to our liking oureself (by moding it) ...
I never heard about any company that completely changed course of their development, bcs "someone wanted" something else. O_o
You know what? Maybe I will. I'm tired of arguing with people for over a year making suggestions to make this game better in a vacuum where Larian just says nothing. All I ever get out here is, "Well tough. They're not going to even consider that, so shut up."
So, maybe I will. However the game turns out, whatever. It COULD be more awesome, but if all they want is a streaming meme game with tons of plot holes and exploits and gimmicks and things that just don't make sense, then this game will probably just plop in the toilet for me, just as it has for many others. It's pretty, but it has SO many things wrong with it.
Take Barcus, for example. How the bloody bleep does he get to Grymforge before me? Does he get there through the SEALED TEMPLE, THE DEADLY SPIDER LAIR, or THE HAG'S LAIR? Makes no sense. Oh wait! Maybe he snuck past the Zhents and minotaurs.
SO many things like this, AND game mechanics issues. I don't know. If they don't fix stuff, it's a huge loss for me. Period. Argue about it all day long if you want. That's just the way of it.
And all because they want multiplayer so people can troll each other? No. That's just super frustrating IMO, and if that's true I'm done with Larian. I will not buy another of their games.