One could note that Minsc became one of the most popular character, even if he does not have many story elements...
The "banter" / dialogues / reactions between NPCs really add depth and personnality to the characters on top of adding a good dose of believability to the group.
Really hope they'll work on that in BG3 because it's not really satisfying for now and NPCs are pretty much uninterresting outside their personnal quests stuff.
Oh, I know Minsc is indeed a beloved ranger for many, and I was only giving my own personal view that BG2 didn't really do much to build on the character established in BG1. Not that Minsc is a character that supports depth, but still.
And I'd agree that the banter we have in BG3 EA is somehow unsatisfying. It's not the amount of it, I think, but the topics aren't great and I don't feel it lives up to its potential to help bring the characters and their inter-relationships alive in the way that the best of the BG2 banter did, or even some of the short BG1 interchanges though most of them are pretty disposable. I would expect Larian to do better than BG2 given they are building on its basis and that of other games that used party banter to good effect, but so far it's not even as good. I'd also like opportunities for our MC to get involved or comment on some of the banter, and for more chats between companions or the party as a whole at long or even short rests.
