Originally Posted by Darth_Trethon
Originally Posted by JandK
I imagine the canonical build of any origin companion is simply taking the default choice at every level up.
I don't think there is a "default" choice for many things. I agree that we shouldn't multiclass them if that's what you mean, but you still have to do stuff like select what spells they take, what feats, ASIs, etc.
I'm going to give every companion one level in each class and you can't stop me.

And guess what! How I play the game has no impact on your playthrough! Wow!