I'm playing BG1/2 every 2 or 3 years now. I NEVER play without Minsc and Jaheira 😁
That's probably nostalgia over and over again but I cannot imagine playing without them. I just can't imagine myself fire them from the group^^
IF we can play with them as companions in BG3 I will definitely have them in my group. On top of that most companions are not appealing a lot to me (for various reasons) in BG3 so it's not going to be a hard choice.
I'm a big BG1&2 fan and while Jaheira is mostly in my parties , I really can't stand Minsc and I really didn't like, that he was in both games and now in a third.
Would have loved to see Mazzy or Alora again. Or Kivan.
Minsc will definitively not be in my BG3 party either. I'm used to ignoring him, can do it for one more game.