I didn't play EA yet, but I see people don't like Minthara a lot, because she's evil, but don't she got a tadpole in her head? Maybe we can remove it at some point later in the game, and make her normal or something?
From the way it was talked about in the last panel from hell, it sounds like she'll still be mutually exclusive as a companion in regards to Halsin. Which means that the aid the grove/aid the goblins split is still probably in, and a lot of people (myself included-who is planning to do an evil run first) had problems justifying siding with the goblins for a multitude of reasons that have already been discussed to death.
You also kinda alienate most of your party members. Wyll leaves automatically. Gale has to be talked down from leaving, shadowheart sulks (and it breaks her romance). Now we know that you'll also have to miss out on Halsin. And based on datamines/things larian has said previously, it seems like Minsc/Jaheria/Karlach are unlikely to be your friends after our murder spree either.
Even from a purely mathematical-non RP perspective, it doesn't seem like a fair trade. During the PFH Swen indicted that Larian considers her a 'reward' for sticking through with all the murder till that point.
