The player is never told, even in the voice of the narrator, that the Absolute can be a solution, that there is some logic in taking the side of Minthara. Add either an explanation or the voice of the narrator, now it is completely incomprehensible why a player with a tadpole problem in his head should kill druids who have an understandable solution. The game does not give any reasons, no hints that we can make such a decision and it may be interesting and useful to us.
Yes, that is IMHO the main problem with the story right now. As a drow, you can basically walk up to Minthara and are told "kill everybody in the grove", without any hint at why Minthara is interested in this, and no hint at possible rewards for the MC for doing this. It does not seem to be hard to fix this, though. Compare this to the good path, where Halsin is pointed out as a healer who could possibly help with the tadpole situation. Simply insert somewhere that Minthara as a priestess could help you, too (she could simply say this herself). Halsin wants you to save the refugees by destroying the goblins first. Minthara wants you to destroy the grove first, because <insert reason here>: Prove your devotion to the absolute? Establish a local stronghold? Maybe the druids possess something important? And why kill random Tiefling refugees? Is it important to instill fear for the glory of the Absolute? Or, better, is she looking for a specific Tiefling for a specific reason?
(Also, I thought back in the days that the deviant art sex movies in ME were silly. I feel the same way here.)
