It can be. It doesn't need to be. Honestly I find the camp follower Oathbreaker Hellknight guy to be really jarring. Now we have to have two very noticeable exotic npcs just chilling around camp whose main function is just to serve gameplay conveniences. Falling, becoming an Oathbreaker or redeeming yourself with casual ease in regards to this fellow, it all comes off as something of a contrivance of convenience. Honestly would have been better if Oathbreaker or redeeming a fallen paladin was something you had to actually work for. 'Over the top' is less what I'd use to describe it and more 'out of place' and 'premature'.
