Call me greedy, but I genuinely feel like if you had that choice, there should be the third but difficult choice of having both.
You are greedy ... And aparently so am i, since i like the idea.
Originally Posted by CJMPinger
I don't see Volo and Wyll, or Shadowheart and Halsin, or even Astarion and Alfira being exclusive from each other.
No, you missunderstand me ... I didnt want to say that they should be exclusive for each other ... my point was: Maybe by picking Gale (for example) you loose Group A, containgig: Wyll, Shadow, Astarion, Lae'zel, Karlach ... And instead of them, you get Group B, containing: Halsin, Volo, Alfira, and i dunno ... Aradin for example, w/e
So you didnt "loose" anything ... you simply swithed one for another. :-/ Simmilar to Goblin, or Tieflings ... you have to choose side ... i know there is possibly third way to ignore them all (so maybe that isnt best exmple once again ... but if you try at least little bit to get what im trying to say, instead of searching where im wrong ... it should surfice ) but so far i didnt try it, so im not sure if that path isnt dead end.
Originally Posted by CJMPinger
I don't want it to be that Astarion happens to die or is removed cause the game forced me to not have him at the moonrise towers section cause of a party limit. And now for the rest of the game I do not have access to Astarion. That feels bad to me.
And that is exactly that Ctrl+C > Ctrl+V from DoS ... That example that i concider to be fanmade, and never confrimmed ... since the begining of this theme.
What we (or at least i) was talking about here and now, is to take litteraly what Larian told us ... "you are going to have to commit, also just like in real life" ... So ... imagine, or at least try to, this situation:
*Your group (Tav, Shadow, Lae, and Gale for example) gets to Moonrise Towers, and resolve their tadpole problem ... somehow (Palpatine returned)* ... Now you all gather and someone starts talking like: XY: "Well, i gues that is it. ... There is no more reason to travel with you anymore guys, so farewel to everyone, except you Shadowheart, you can f*** off." Tav: "I would like to go with you Astarion, if you dont mind." Astarion: "Not at all, as it seems we make quite effective team after all." *And you all go your separate ways, just as Shadowheart told you, you both would ... if you ask her what will be after you resolve your tadpole problem.* *Then you reach your camp, and meet Halsin* Halsin: "I see there is a lot fewer of you ... maybe i should stick around for a little longer, if you dont mind ... this was quite enlightening experience, and after all im in your dept right now."
No relation to "party limit" ... No relation to "who you pick with you" ... Just one hard decision you need to make.
Originally Posted by CJMPinger
Now if Astarion left and I can recruit him later, thats fine. Thats more dynamic. But him being out from my party permanently would be the worst case scenario for me.
But then you could hardly call that a "comitment".
Originally Posted by CJMPinger
And yes, to me that'd be bad. That'd be a poor way to enforce a poor limitation that is honestly arbitrary that would also hurt the game. Just like how it hurt DOS2.
What limitation? O_o
Originally Posted by CJMPinger
To me, companions should be unique characters and therefore not replaceable.
You would need to defince replacement ... Since if you expect this game to turn from 4 member party, to 3 member party permanently ... just bcs you made bad choice and one of your companions is now permanently dead. O_o I presume you will be disapointed.
We do not pick Astarion > Astarion leaves >> Astarion is no longer in our party >>> we need to pick someone else, to be our fourth memeber. I would not call that replacing ... its just being still "almost full" combat effective, even after you made your choice.
Originally Posted by CJMPinger
If we can diffuse the situation between Laezel and Shadow heart, sure one of them can die, that makes sense. But a blanket dismissal or killing doesn't, even when the plot forces it.
I would need you to draw me the line ... So if one of those two kill the other one, its fine ... but if you pick one, and therefore you cant also follow the other one, after you resolve your tadpolisation ... its wrong? O_o
Im unable to process this.
I still dont understand why cant we change Race for our hirelings. Lets us play Githyanki as racist as they trully are!
