That hireling bit is actually a major concern for me. One of the things I was so excited to use BG3 for was to use the huge backlog of DnD characters I will never get to play as the primary DM in my friend group. So are they making it so that hirelings are just, again, premade characters that we can change some looks of? Basically "Origin" custom characters?
If that is indeed the case, Larian -- stop overdesigning stuff. Stop making characters for me to play. Let me make my own.
I'm going to withhold full judgment for release but as someone that isn't into the whole Origin thing and was really looking forward to full custom parties, this is a major blow to my hype.
Also the workaround of multiple instances is, to be frank, a dumb thing to have to do for a fully released game. Fine for EA, sure, but on release? I'm not about it.
