I guess we will have to wait until full release to get a full overview which companions will be in the game and what their classes will be, but I think we can be quite confident that there will be more companions, for different paths/with different alignments. Personally, I am happy with the ones we have so far, and most likely, they will form my party in the first games.
Back on topic: I hope we will get a glimpse of the monk class, and maybe Dragonborn and Half-Orcs as player characters?
I would like if we'd get another PfH before release, but I thought the Patch 9 panel was to be the last before release, or have I misunderstood this?
Oh, and sorry for derailing the thread. Sometimes it's easy for me to get lost in off-topic musings.