Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t there people arguing against this option who also argue for an option to increase party size? Where the argument is that 4 party members is too restrictive? That if it’s optional, no one who doesn’t want it has to use it? And if it breaks the game a bit it would be fine to just having a warning?
The two seem pretty similar to me. It’s a bit of flexibility for people who are happy to sacrifice a bit of story cohesion for the sake of having the party composition they want (unless they’ve made it actually make sense).
I certainly won’t use it on my first play through, but might think about it if I play again having already seen the story and want to try different classes. But even that might depend on what happens in the story.
