I just started a evil Drow playthrough and I'm already having trouble to find the motivation for my character - why do I have to be understanding and furthcoming to Shadowheart while she is bitching at me? A Drow who already grew up thinking he is superior and is witnessing a half-elf failing at a door will let her belittle him and politely ask for her help? If you just stay neutral she goes on her own path, doesn't even try to convince you to work together. Astarion jumps at his throat and fails miserably - and I invite him to camp? Why the hell would anyone even neutral trust him? I get it that as a good character you might offer a stranded person help telling yourself it was a misunderstand, but as an evil one? Would you trust cannonfodder that tried to murder you? Both encounters only work if you a playing a character who thinks he needs them and is utterly manipulative and willing to let others talk down to him.
Even though to me evil isn't at all playing a murderhobbo (that's just the lowest and most boring form of evil) and I might understand the notion that 'those might be useful' - but again, the only reason not to ignore them or kill them is the knowledge that they are main npcs and on top of that you have to listen to them giving crap to you... so far the evil playthrough has been pure metagaming for me with no enjoyment, let's see how it pans out.
