I'd like to see some backbone from Larian to stop this kind of nonsense. Don't undermine your own characters like this. Try to maintain at least some coherence between storytelling and gameplay.
That said, Minsc has always been a Barbarian, not a Ranger. BG1 just didn't have the Barbarian class and Ranger was the next best thing. With how much more magical Rangers are in 5e, Minsc definitely should not be a spellcaster. I still don't want to change him myself. I don't want that power as a player. I want to be able to respect companion characters as they are and believe in them instead of feeling like they are my little playthings I can mess up as much as I want.
