You can't change companion weapons or armour

Simply changing the colour is not much work. I'm not sure what paint jobs are available but I doubt they spent much time on it. And it wouldn't change the shape. 

I don't care about the armor issue. Bioware doesn't make very good looking armor anyway. Not being able to change weapons on your squads mates is unacceptable. Just another piece of straw on the camels back and it's nearing the breaking point.

As someone said, it's fairly bemusing that we can customize our car more than our squadmates in an RPG.

The bit about them not planning for DLC outfits is good, I suppose. It at least validates this being an actual design decision (even if a poor one) rather than a money grab.

I guess we can hope for their inclusion in a patch, like the wardrobe in Inquisition. But I'm not holding my breath.

Anyone know if their outfits will change according to what planet they visit? It was okay in the original Mass Effect series to have them dressed like that when visiting a toxic planet but many years later, and with the advances of technology, I expect much more. Hopefully when he said "they'll do their own thing", he means they'll have dynamically changing outfits.

Regarding the weapon thing, I realized it's not that big of a deal. They have their own preference for guns because it's what they're used to. They each have their own specific feel for a certain gun, they know what it can and can't do and it's predictable for them. For example, for anyone that watches hockey, the players always use the same stick brand because it's what they're used to, they know the feel, the bend and all that. They don't change it up every game because it'll be something foreign feeling and that's not good when you're in the middle of things.

Again, yes they do as shown in ME2 or the entire crew would be dead from radiation poisoning caused by the huge holes in the ship. You might not like it but it's true.

What you've said conveys how I feel. I expected this forum too somehow justify this horrible decision, glad too see mostly everyone agrees this decision is absolutely terrible.

having more options to immersify yourself in the game is "too much." The fact you got likes for that is boggling. Quit defending appalling decisions

I would actually get a sort of respect for Bioware to do mini-expansion pack DLC (which ME3's approached but only Citadel got close to).

So like, example: Lost Ark DLC with significant story content to do before or after main story, Quarian squadmate to add for whole game, new appearances for all squadmates themed to the content, etc etc. 

devs, don't think they suck?

More than likely that.

I think all the characters look unique enough, outside of Vetra who I find to be the really plain. Cora and Liam are pretty generic too but their faces make up for it.

Do we know that? We have characters that are using biotic charge for the first time. The AI for a charging vanguard is obviously going to be different (or at least I hope it would) from a sniper with sniper rifle. I can see this change helping development time as well. Perhaps keep an open mind until a dev explains this.

There was still customization in DAI,  with iconic looks