3) Build your own party, make this simple to do without the need for a convoluted work around
THIS. It's great that the Magic Mirror now works for tweaking the pre-built hirelings' appearance (although I wish it included choice of male/female and normal/strong body type as well) but I would love the option to fully build a custom hireling (or a whole party of them!) from the ground up - race, class, background, appearance.
