THAT's the ending that she DESERVES? I really hope this is just a case of salvaging cut assets and throwing something together to bide time until Larian can give us the ending we all wanted to see. I just wish they would say if this is the case or not rather than get people's hopes up like this.
This is a patch. If we want real content, we're going to be best case waiting for weeks to months, and worst case the definite edition. The problem with the prior ending is that it was very much as if the player had failed her missions, not a neutral resolution.
Again, no other companion got this treatment. She is not the only character with a red herring problem. I don't think addressing the red herrings was the idea at all, but the tone of the ending. It seemed like certain death to many people before, and not "let's run amok until Zariel gets tired".