I agree. This is a frustrating issue when it crops up, and it was also present in DOS2 (not the only issue BG3 inherited from it, so ultimately not surprising). If Larian can't figure out how to add a designated party face option, or just don't want to do it (hopefully not the latter; it'd be a real bad look), then maybe mod makers can pick up the slack again. There's kind of a lot of slack to pick up, but it's worth the effort.
