I certainly enjoyed WotR, and I'm glad you did too, but I'd rather I got it sale like you ;d. I think, like Cyberpunk, I might give it another go after they wrap up their DLC gamut.
I might even try a path of least resistance class/epic just to alleviate that last slog.
Given the fact I think I missed a fair bit of the last slog I'm not sure I'm in a position to comment: I'm guessing there are options for dealing permanently with Nocticula, Deskari and Baphomet beyond simply killing them once and sending them to live cautiously in their own realms, but I never got quests to find them again. I largely avoided spoilers and walkthroughs beyond those for their puzzles (which I couldn't be bothered with, despite thinking of myself as someone who enjoys puzzles in general), but in what I did read I saw occasional mentions of a possibility of ascension that never came to anything in my playthrough.
However, that all said, and with apologies if you already know all this, but I found the Trickster path had a lot to recommend it when it came to avoiding slog in the late game largely because of the aforementioned persuasion level 3 "Mythic Trick" available at Mythic rank 7 which means all enemies have to make a save against your demoralize skill on their first round or else coup de grace themselves. I had this trick in the Enigma puzzle area which I know I'd have found hell without it, but with it I just walked around solving the puzzles (okay, reading and applying the solutions I found online) while the majority of enemies just died as soon as they saw me. It obviously helped that I was a sorceror/arcane trickster with high charisma and a maxed persuasion skill. That plus the Trickster improved critical feats, which meant Woljif ended up with a critical threat range of 13-20 with his daggers and therefore any non-boss enemy - especially one vulnerable to sneak attacks - was toast pretty quickly, actually made the endgame much less of a slog than the midgame for me, even on mainly normal difficulty!
Cyberpunk is another game I'm hoping to pick up in a sale one day. I'd not bought it when it came out as I'd told myself I wasn't allowed until I'd actually played, or at least started, Witcher 3. For which I first need to finish Witcher 2, which for some reason I just stopped playing after a few hours years ago despite as I recall quite enjoying it (despite being incompetent at the combat). Anyway, having not bought Cyberpunk pre-release I obviously wasn't going to once I read reviews and until the initial bugs were fixed, but I did think it looked and sounded interesting. Perhaps after I've played BG3 into the ground .
"You may call it 'nonsense' if you like, but I've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!"
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