Berwyn being demoted from a companion is the update that made me lose most interest in the game. (oh the irony that I'm back)
On the contrary to what most people think I agreed with the devs on Berwyn being removed from companion status. From our understanding (please correct me if I'm wrong) they were having trouble with the writer for Berwyn and no other main writer could pick him up. So they decided that it would have been easier to make him a normal NPC.
So here's where they fucked up. When the Berwyn Update was released, they just dropped this bomb-shell news that he was being removed from companion status. No warning and little information were given. As well the devs had a "this is how it is, deal with it" attitude. This is not something you just drop on the community and then say "deal with it". Along with some other issues like his old scenes being locked after finishing the quest.
The fact is none of the dev team rubbed their brain cells together to make an announcement before the update of this massive change. I feel like the entire situation would have gone by much smoother if they made a statement like a month before explaining what's happening to Berwyn.