I also made an account just to post on this thread and share my voice with everyone else.
Just my opinion:
I personally enjoyed the game. Larian did a fantastic job and I am really looking forward to the patches and further work they’ll be putting into it.
I am happy they extended an epilogue for Karlach; it brought a form of closure to that specific epilogue. While I am thankful for that addition I still sit in the camp of wishing there was an option for a more (in my eyes) positive outcome. While each current outcome can be debated as “positive”, I hold to the belief that all current outcomes are not.
The hope of a positive outcome is what drove me to keep Karlach as a party member and pursue any and all areas looking for a solution. The abruptness of “completing” the side quest threw me a bit and left a sour taste in the mouth. While I can respect the existential theme I feel is behind her character, provoking thoughts of acceptance and embracing the present, I still feel a ball was dropped in the sense of the importance of how hope can push you above and beyond and even ultimately resulting in an outcome against all odds.
Continuing with my theme of hope, I hope Larian does find a way to include, through choice and challenge, an additional outcome that fits into what I feel most people on this thread desire: a positive outcome.
