"Kiss your plot goodbye. Here's loyalty quests and non-important companions!" paraphrased: Mike Gamb

I'm fine with loyalty missions as long as they're more complex than what we had in ME2. In ME2 - One convo to explain what's happening, then quick mission run, about 5-10 minutes depending on who's giving you a mission, and in the end you have AT BEST two extra conversation on the Normandy. After that? "Can we talk later? kkthxbb".
I replayed ME2 lately and the number of conversations with some squaddies... it was just ridiculous. And some loyalty missions were literally for no more than 5 minutes.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for something more than this^ in Andromeda.

Thane's mission was the shortest one. Especially if you're using intimidate option during interrogation. Also, I was talking about missions themselves, not dialogues that start missions on the Normandy.
Anyway, I'd like something more complex than that. For one, I enjoyed Thane's mission, it was something more than just pew pew pew like in most cases, yet, it was too short.

And yet it was already enough to nullify the main plot. In fact entire ME2 was about companion missions, with even more focus on companions the game would turn into some kind action date-sim, I dunno why people would want something like that.

Yeah, I understand they had to cut some stuff, since we had like 12 squadmates and not everyone could have lots of convos. Budget and stuff.
As for time: yes, missions can be done in 5 minutes. I'm speaking from my experience when I was doing a speedrun in ME2. Skipped every convo etc. Of course, with all conversation they're longer, but still very simple. Like I said, I'd like something more complex. Maybe something that can't be done with just ONE mission.

Well, these things are not mutually exclusive. Optional quests that are all about the companions doesn't mean they can't save the day too.

In DAI the divine choice makes three of your companions potentially integral to the story's outcome. But the spotlight was on them more in their personal quests. It's where you get to know them as people.

Story relevance is not the same as being their friend and helping them with personal things. Virmire was all about dying for the cause. Had little to do with who they were as a person. They were a soldier in that moment doing their job.

That said, the fact that supposedly they cannot die is very disappointing. And I have no idea why this was even revealed.

Ok, more content for the main plot too, problem solved 

I'm not asking for more companion content instead of more main plot content, I'm asking for more side quests related to companions instead side-quests related to... Don't know, finding shards and such... You can always skipp them, but  it's good to know they're there

Also, how well they fit into the main story, usually depends on what the main story it's about. The multiple loyalty missions in DA2 fitted perfectly, IMO

The budget isn't infinite though.
I do agree that I prefer companion quests (or side quest with more writing content) to shards quests, but the latter (I think) doesn't require much writing content and budget as the first type, or main quests.
In any case it seems MEA might have a bigger budget related to writing, so hopefully they managed to improve on the type of quests we found in DAI.

Well, the leak mentioned 7 squadmates. I hope it's right, since having a too large cast will mean we get less content for each squadmate.

Would be fine by me if they were like swtor companions. To be honest I prefer many swtor companions to many DA and ME ones.

Hopefully not all the companions will have their dads there so the chance of their loyalty involving daddy issues is not high. If a companion's quest involves confronting his mum I'm not doing it.

You're complaining about the lack of content by citing an example in which you deliberately skipped content. Seems valid

Hopefully the other companion who will accompany you during loyalty missions isn't a silent partner, like in ME2. That always bugged me.