ok I get that with the max 8 characters at any given time however not being able to tell them to go away i'm never hiring you again and not be able to hire someone different is bad role playing, especially when you can do this but have to kill them to do it , why design a game to have to go through that hassle.
I actually enjoy more when games have pre created characters even more stripped down then sidekicks and only a couple different one are hireable depending on the town your are in vs the generic make your own character *shrug* I get thats not this game but its still a cumbersome system,