Because the main reason for companions' existence in this game is to f*ck em, and according to sources, dwarves, gnomes and halflings are the least "sexy".
I didn't want to say it but... that was my thought too. Can it really be that crass? How incredibly disappointing if so.
Yeah, I was thinking on putting that in my first post, thought it too crass, but basically, yeah, people want their sexy elfs and humans to bong. I prefer well thought out characters over looks tbh and to bring back Helia again - her concept sounded great. And I don't get, how a dwarf or gnome couldn't be nice looking - I liked Netties look or Wulbrens (he was an ahole though).
And after playing the
last night, I think, Barcus woudl have made a great companion, with a storyline going from act 1 to 3.
On an evil playthrough the dwarven warlock helping Raphael would have been great tbh.
And tbh, reading this forum long enough - people want to bang anything anyway - just look at the