I'm willing to withhold judgment until I see how the system works on release, but again I will reiterate: I do not want to use pre-made hirelings. Keep the option there for those that want to grab and go, sure. This is something PoE2 has at the tavern when you hire mercenaries. But also give me the option to create characters from scratch.
If the hirelings as they are now can be entirely redone, and their little backstory blurbs won't come up in gameplay, then cool. I can just choose the starting class and wipe it clean and no harm or foul. But when I do my playthroughs of full customs, I do not want to have these pre-made stories for MY creations, nor do I want to have to stick to race and class combos that do not fit with the characters I want to make. Throw in a blank face under the other 12 faces for a "clean slate" choice if that's what it takes. Everyone is now happy.
I'd also rather not use that multiplayer workaround if it does flag everyone as a Tav. And I can't imagine that being fun with the mod I'll be using for larger party sizes, so 5 or 6 instances of the game running? No, thank you.
Again. I'll wait to see how it all works on release. But right now I am, unfortunately, not exactly feeling optimistic. This was a huge draw for me, too, so I'm particularly antsy about it.
(Forum died when I tried posting this before. If this duplicates, I apologize.)
