I have heard on both Fextralife and Wolfheart recaps of the private content creator preview that all companions can be fully reclassed.
Since this is optional, its completely up to you if Wyll, Gale, or Shadowhearts’ classes don’t match their stories. I think this is the right design choice. I won’t change any character with a class intrinsic to their background, but for players who don’t care about the dissonance, why not just give them that option? It isn’t costing anybody anything.
Yeah, options are option, but it betrays an underlying design philosophy that you can get what you want by modifying pre-existing fundamentals rather than the dev accounting for more options.
I'd have liked a bard, sorcerer, and monk companion rather than having to tear a companion's story to the ground to build one up.
Only some characters have classes deeply tied to their backstories. Astarion works perfectly well as a bard, Lae’zel could be a monk.
And while it would be amazing to have one companion for each class, just because that wasn’t in the scope of the project isn’t a reason not to give people this option.
