Originally Posted by Leucrotta
Originally Posted by kanisatha
Jaheira is not good. She is neutral.

And downplaying the evilness of certain other companions doesn't fly. To claim Minthara is the only truly evil companion is just plain silly. Three companions are outright evil, and at least two more have strong evil leanings at a minimum.
I didn't claim Minthara is the only evil party member. Only that Larian on the Stream equated the new good characters we are getting (four new ones) with her, which is not an equal exchange. And I disagree with your assessment of Jaheria. She might be TN, but she's extremely loyal, heroic and good-hearted. She'd even split with the harpers, an organization she served most of her life-to have your back. Minsc speaks for himself. Halsin and Karlach by all accounts seem to be pretty darn good.

Shadowheart, Gale, and Wyll in particular seem to be set up to have a 'fall/redemption' arc. One could just as well say that they have 'strong good leanings' Noteworthy I think that Wyll leaves automatically Gale *can* leave and both him and Shadowheart breaks off their romance with the player if you side with the goblins. They might not be 'good' by your metrics, but they certainly don't fall neatly into the camp of 'evil' either.

Originally Posted by fylimar
Jaheira and Minsc are recycled characters and Jaheira is neutral. I was looking forward to get another new good character, therefore my hopes foe Helia.

They might be recycled, but you get to enjoy (or not) none of that fanservice if you are an evil player, since they are both good-exclusive. I wish I could take someone like Viconia or Edwin on my evil team. But evil players just don't have the option of indulging in nostalgia if they want, I guess?

I don't need that fanservice tbh. I want new stuff. We had Jaheira and Minsc - and Edwin and Viconia- for two games already, that is enough for me.

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