Originally Posted by Black_Elk
I'm still not at all convinced that Larian really did anything at the 'fans request' that they weren't going to do already anyway hehe.

Thanks. However an example of Larian following fan demands would be Wyll. He is a completely different character from his old self in EA, literally in every way: different origin story, different personality, even different voice actor. The reason writers did this was because people hated EA's Wyll, always leaving him in camp. The process was rushed btw, Karlach's VA mentioned her work was done just 6 month before the game release, right after Wyll's part. As a result, among all companions, Wyll got least content.

Are Wyll's rewrites good? Well, depends on who you asked. Personally I think it's one of the worst decisions Larian have made, for I found new Wyll extremely generic and uninteresting, and sometimes, even a bit cringe. I can understand why people hated old Wyll, I disliked him too: he was a fake hero, a hypocrite who liked to show off. However story like that has huge potential, how a dissapointing son deals with the demon within him, will he choose to keep his ego and facade when he faces the true hard choice, how he grows up as a person. Writing fake hero Wyll well would be a challenging task, I'd agree, but it would be a memorable one if it's executed successfully, instead of the bland samaritan we got right now who needs us to decide what he will do in his life. Sadly Larian chose the most safe option, instead of the challenging one.

Above, of course, is just my personal taste, apologize to new Wyll's fans. My point here is Larian did change very fundamental things based on players' feedback.