4 is the number Larian started with for reasons mentioned above, not because the community wanted it.
You'll notice that I worded my post with phrases like: "I suspect..."
...as opposed to wording it like yours.
That said, clearly I disagree with you. You mention the old games having six characters. Yes, that's nostalgia.
As for what "most" people on the forum here want... I *suspect* you don't actually know what most people on the forum want. Even so, how many folks do you figure are on the forum? Now compare that number to how many people are actually playing, have played, or intend to play the game.
So.
1. You don't know what most of the people who visit the forum want. You are free to guess, of course, but you don't know.
-and-
2. The comments here are, by and large, coming from the exact same people over and over again. There are ***TONS*** of people who play this game who have never bothered visiting the latest thread about the party size... and for good reason: because they're probably super okay with four characters. Why would they go crawling around the internet to weigh in on the topic when they're perfectly fine with the way it currently works?
