Originally Posted by Dagless
But I’m guessing most people who buy the game will only intend to play it once. Many will probably not finish at all. So Larian are catering for people who aren’t going to want to start a new play through if they get 50 hours in and think they made a mistake before the game even started, including people not familiar with the D&D rules. Respecing is a way of doing that. I imagine there will be fairly hefty cost for doing so as there are in most RPGs to dissuade using it as an exploit.

The problem isn't the respec option itself. While I'm unlikely to use it, I can see the necessity for players unfamiliar with D&D.
The problem with the respec is that it has only a nominal fee attached (100 gold apparently, though it's unclear if it gets more expensive at higher levels).

And admittedly I'm not a fan of being able to respec companions. Especially not when the classes of companion characters are so strongly tied their stories.