Isn't the whole "wasteful" aspect just mean you're assuming it somehow means they had to cut corners? but there is no proof of that and how could it when this is a feature that was planned from the beginning. Stop pretending like the feature somehow took things away without any evidence of such a claim.
A feature which is totally at odds with the legacy of previous BG games. I don't believe they are cutting corners but it is to be expected that other aspects of the game will suffer for having to create several fully fleshed out Origins Characters (just think of all the voice acting, lines, animations etc.), rather than concentrating on creating one story for a custom PC. We can see this in the current implementation of custom PCs who very much take a backseat to the super hero Origins characters; granted the custom PC experience might improve but judging from previous Larian games, I doubt they'll do them justice, they're too enamoured of their OCs.
You should try it out. there is no good reason to ignore a different way to play the game purely out of ignorance. It's always better to just have an open mind just to see the value in something different and gain a new perspective. no one is making you not make your own character.
It's not out of ignorance at all, what a bizarre statement to make. OCs simply do not appeal to some gamers and I too have absolutely no interest in playing someone else's character in a BG game. Happy to do so with relish in games like The Witcher or Mass Effect.
I mean their personalities are only defined in the context if they exist in the "timeline" where you make a character. but in a scenario where you control them then their defining traits are free to change however you desire to what ends and reasoning you want.
I mean, you're stating the obvious here; of course you are free to play them how you see fit; that wasn't my point...my point was that their personalities are very much defined, so it seems out-of-character or even unimmersive to suddenly play Lae'zel as some caring goody two-shoes. Granted some evil characters in films and fiction have a moment of redemption (or the opposite) but there is usually plenty of storyline leading up to that momentous change ie. not being able to play as Darth Vader and RPing from the outset him as a kind superhero. Each to their own though.
