I'd like to see more options going the other direction. Meaning I want to see rewards and story payoffs for dissaproval and party dysfunction.
Not party breaks, or kill me now options, which are lame, but an actual character progression based on rancor and animosity and disaproval.
Obviously eveyone is primed to think approval is the goal, but disapproval is potentially much more interesting in my view. Frenemies who hold a grudge but stick around, or genuine lackeys where you can hold stuff over their heads.
Like how about, when Wyll or Karlach says "I can't believe you betrayed Zevlor and the Tieflings! You're despicable and I'm leaving!..." That's the perfect time for the game to give us options to deceive and manipulate these people with subtle threats or disengenious promises, followed by more direct versions of the same. We should be able to cajole and twist stuff up there.
Party break is the worst possible option. Nothing interesting happens once someone leaves the group. They shouldn't leave, but stay and start talking behind our back, scheming with the other companions, and coming up with inventive nicknames to disparage us with their banter interjections.
I feel like more consideration of the Evil path would have been cool, and the EA kinda pulled the rug out there by suggesting we try that first, but then not doing a whole lot with it. I chose charlatan as a background and hoped I'd get more out if it, like the way Urchin works, but not really. Mechanically deception is useful, but it didn't make me feel like a Charlatan the way Urchin made me feel like an Urchin or Folk Hero a Folk hero.basically I want a more dysfunctional party, and Bromances like Monty and Xzar's, "till death do us part" but always with a quip.
But yeah sure, I guess comraderie on the other end of the spectrum too, why not. But just had to put a vote in for more villainous villainy here. I was dissappointed that the first truly wicked thing we get to do, instantly cuts off access to not one, but 3 potential companions, where they just bounce? Like ok then, at least give me Sazza or something so Minthara can push her around lol
