[Snoon]

Oh yeah, and how about not having a woman showing a romantic interest in you less than 1 week after her husband was brutally murdered? I found that to be rather... creepy.

If BG3 will have an entirely fresh story, then I hope that there won't be any role-playing reasons that will make me think that I absolutely must take X person with me for the entire game. I felt obligated to take Jaheira and Khalid with me in BG1, because of their promise to Gorion, and Jaheira again in BG2, because of the fact that her husband was murdered by Irenicus, and she had a right to share in my revenge against him. If you tried to drop those two from your party in BG1, Jaheira berates you, saying that you're not as wise as your foster father, and in BG2 she will whine even if you only wanted to leave her behind to take another NPC in your party for a specific quest. I'm a big boy now, I can take care of myself! I hope that BG3 will make you feel less guilty for having the party of your own choice. It seems silly to choose a pure fighter who has only 15 strength over a warrior who has 18/93 or something like that, not to mention a split class fighter whose weapon choice is severely limited by the idiotic rules of druids. "Oh, you've got 2 attacks per round with that DAGGER? Great!" (2 proficiency slots wasted on clubs, the crappiest weapon class in the game seemed quite silly also. How many great wizards waste their time enchanting a rough-cut piece of wood?)