Davrin - Official Companion Thread [Spoilers]

So, as the lead writer, how would Patrick not know that already?

What's wrong with being old, and how does that correlate to the strength of writing. ;.;

Wynne was one of the best companions in Origins, even if everyone in that game is a lying liar and she's only 49. They still wrote her as the older, wiser companion with more life experience than everyone else.

Oh man, this is a sore topic for me. So I've been playing BG3 since early access, and was privy to Wyll's personality before they turned him into a pod person. In his original conception, he was much more grounded in his writing, his backstory bound initially to the goblins, and also much more theatrical and humorous in how he was played. (I know, Wyll, funny, can you imagine? I certainly couldn't have if I'd never played early access.) He was also more obviously a hypocrite, his relationship to Mizora more fleshed out before that was dumpstered for a connection with Karlach in which they don't interact for 80% of the game before deciding to run off into the hells together. Fast forward to the rewrite, now he's this tragic hero who fought Tiamat and is the son of a Grand Duke, his personality replaced with epic cool connections to random bits of lore in the Forgotten Realms. And, because it's a re-write, he has far fewer lines than anyone else in the game by a significant margin. I had been planning on romancing him in my main run and was so disappointed by the changes that I shifted to Shadowheart and never looked back.

But the most frustrating part of all of this is that they cited the reason for the re-write was because people weren't using Wyll. Wyll, in early access, was very easy to miss, and could even die in one of the opening fights without you ever realizing he could be a companion. He also isn't conventionally attractive in the same way as the other characters, given he's heavily scarred and missing an eye. A lot of his issues could have easily been fixed if he just walked up and introduced himself to Tav like Shadowheart does if you haven't found her until the Grove.

And yes, there are also mods that turn Wyll white and other gross things like that.