Frankly I like the Basilisk Gate starting point, as it is soooo BG1.
The quest jumble? I wonder what these could had been like with the Upper City, without diversion of rescources into garbage content like Halsin romance, recruitable Minthra, or the Dragonborn race. I'm quite convinced that a few quests would be booted to the more affluent neighbourhood, clearing up the air a bit.
Thinking about it, I'd like more entries - a Zentarin smuggling boat dumping us on the docks, an Omniscient Authority Figure non-consensually teleporting us in front of a laundrette with orders to get their pantaloons pressed (near the mental institution), with the Wyrm Fortress entry limited to e.g. having Wyll on board or when following a specific storyline quest.
