As a female player, the way they changed SH to appease those demands put me right off the EA. Can female characters be strong and independent, consistent to their alignment/backstory or must they appeal to teenage boy player fantasies & feelings? It was not a good message to send that Larian went with the latter and made that clear in the comms about the change, and atleast coming back to the game La'zael & Minthara haven't had the same treatment, but that change has made SH uninteresting to me and left a very bad taste for the game.
