Ok, so do you get your companions back at the end of Chapter 9 or what? The way they made it sound was that you'd be able to make choices that would determine if a couple of your companions left or died. What the reality seems like, is that ALL of your companions leave no matter what, a couple companions are upgraded to 'story characters' and all classes get them, and then at the end there are like 4-5 companions (COMBINED, FROM ALL CLASSES) that you can recruit back doing stupid grindy shit. Is that really the way it works? So it's 'fuck you' if you had a favorite companion and maxed their influence out before starting Fallen Empire, you need to pick a new favorite from the new companions now?