streamlining, authorial preferences,
You think that characters have less content, less banter and less reactivity because it's the authorial intent and preference? Because of streamlining? You are free to delude yourself, not sure why youre trying to convince anyone of such ridiculous notion.
"streamlining" is also not some magic word. JUst like how they changed characters to be softer (like Shadowheart) is not for "streamlining" reasons but because they catered to people who gave feedback, that's why they changed, removed and implemented a lot of ideas, and not always for the better. Why cant you imagine that reasons for changing or not adding something could be a bad reason rather than part of some grand design? Its rhetorical question, youre just not taking critique of the game well.
The game suffered from lots of cuts and unfinished content and it was pushed out the door because of Starfield. If it was part of the grand design they wouldnt need to add substantial amount of content in Patches to finish some of it (epilogues etc) - the content which shouldve been in the game on launch. And if they cared about streamlining then Act 3 wouldnt be so bloated or overwhelming. Honestly arguing for streamlining would inevitably lead you to suggest cutting the thing you defended in the first place. It would be more streamlined without the playable origins, yes.
