...all the help and surprisingly no flak...
What true is true, and you said the truth!
In this way or if it remains this way they are really not a "memorable" companions...
...Larian has said that Wyll was totally rewritten...
This is new to me, but joyful
IF Larian rewrite them in better not in worst... (sadly there is always a chance for the second)
If the story remains as is, that was an outright lie, you meet Minthara, agree to do the raid, she immediately leaves to go do the raid, she disappears until it starts, she shows up for the raid, you kill everyone, she bangs you for it, you cannot talk to her otherwise, so you literally have to do one thing to romance her.
I killed a bunch of innocent people and that was it, hopefully there is more depth to her than that pathetic amount.
If you Go/Agree with Minthara after your "romance" with her you have chance to "see deeper" in her with the usual Illithid way and that show
"she fear from the Absolute"
this hint shows maybe Larian also planned some "character development" with her just like the one what Viconia had in the original games.
But just as you said
...killed a bunch of innocent people...
just to get her as a companion, and hope that some point she develop in the "better way"... is really a little bit too far from Viconia's situation!
In Minthara's case I really hope Larian consider to give a better way to "recruite" her... Maybe something like this: "You agree with her to the attack, but then reveal the plan to the Tieflings and in the battle capture her alive, than offer her to be your companion..." (BTW this isn't so far from their original, so not exactly a big work to rewrite that events in this way)
