I don't metagame by positioning at the very least
I never understand why people automaticly concider this to be metagame. o_O
I can promise, with one hand on Bible and another on heart, that Astarion and Gale stayed hidden "in case something went wrong" in my very first playthrough.
Seems like smart decision to me, not metagaming.
Grymforge was a cake compared to that, even on the first try.
I believe this can be quite easily explained ... at least based on my experience, i rarely get to Grymforge with no magic items ... usualy i keep that fight to the very end of patch.
When i just recently headed there straight from the start ... the combat was actualy quite different.
