well. I think we should not be afraid but at least a little tense, wondering what will happen if we fail? And as long as those group disapprovals are few and far between I don't mind. But I do agree that conversation checks are set too high for act 1 and that they are too many as well as it never should be be more than one check per conversation topic. The situation I especially have in mind is the choice to kill the tadpole. That one can lead to group disapproval and feels like Larian really, I mean REALLY wants you to fail, because of the narrative, with not just one but two insight checks. That's just being a bad DM.
