I initially was of the same opinion, but since then it's changed. It makes sense to me that the group would know what's happened during the day, as your choices would likely affect other people/areas and might be discussed off-screen by the people you took with you (and possibly through the tadpole, as well).
It might be annoying to see people not present disapprove, but it sort of feels cheap to me now to play Dragon Age and purposefully leave one companion behind all the time because I know they'd absolutely hate me if they saw what I was doing, and then try to win them over just by saying what they want me to say in person (or buying them gifts lmao). Makes it feel like they have more agency in BG3, in a sense. And yeah, it's also tricky when you consider the party being locked after Act 1; you wouldn't really be able to leave someone behind all the time to shape their opinion of you.
What I think should be changed, however, is when other companions approve/disapprove of private conversations in camp. If Shadowheart decides to open up to me in private and ex. I tell her that I agree with something she's saying, I don't see how Lae'zel could know about it and disapprove, unless again it's due to the tadpole. But I feel like that should be addressed at some point in the game, if that's the reason. Maybe companions getting frustrated with each other due to lack of privacy?
I agree that it's a bit annoying when I try something and get disapproval for failing a roll, though. Like with trying to crush the tadpole.
I'm also fairly certain that, in Astarion's case, approval doesn't matter to trigger his romance scene? It might matter later, but for now, it seems he's down no matter what he thinks of you, so long as you let him proposition you and don't take initiative. For all the others approval seems to matter, though.
Last edited by carcra; 05/11/20 08:46 AM.
