There was a fair bit of discussion on the connection between paladins and deities in
https://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=844271&page=1, which thread also demonstrated that this can be a topic folk get worked up about. Hopefully that can be avoided here, and we can keep things light and friendly!
Personally, my opinion is still that we should be able to specify a deity as well as an oath for a paladin, and have the game display some reactivity to the former. And that most if not all paladins I’d play in a Faerun-set game would likely be connected to a deity (at least for any of the three PHB oaths plus Oathbreaker that we’re likely to get), but that I’m all in favour of respecting 5e rules and keeping a link to a deity optional, to retain flexibility for players who do have a character concept for a paladin who does not swear to a god. I agree with Omkara that’s within the D&D rules, and I’d see it as unwarranted of Larian to refuse to support it.
Though of course this topic talks about a problem with paladins in D&D not just BG3. Personally, I don’t have a strong opinion on what the underlying rules should be, though as long as it remains possible to play the paladin as a traditional holy knight I don’t have any problems with other kinds of paladin being available. Particularly in a ruleset that is not specific to any one setting.
