Langy

That's exactly what tanks are for; 'holding aggro' isn't a thing in this game, just as it wasn't in the IE engine games.

Absolutely. The 'problem' companions are the Priest, the Wizard, and the Druid - the three classes with more than a dozen active abilities each. The others (Fighter, Ranger, Chanter, Cipher, Paladin) are low-micromanagement classes for the most part; the Cipher does have a few abilities, but they're both not per-rest (or per-encounter) and faster to learn than the others because she has fewer of them than the 'problem' classes.

I didn't even realize that exclusive faction quests were even a thing in this game until I had already somehow joined up with the Dozens, even though nobody ever asked me if I wanted to do so or anything like that. Would be nice if there was some kind of warning:/ That said, I did kill a bunch of Knights during what I now know is the 'introduction to the Dozens' quest, so the fact I can't join them makes sense. I also murdered a number of Doemenels, because they keep threatening me and are a bunch of prats, so no joining them is also not a surprise. I'd just prefer it if the reason given was 'you murdered a bunch of us!' rather than 'you are too closely aligned with the idiots down the street!'