I was spending hours upon hours in the game exploring Act 1 and recently got to Act 2. Then I found out about what changed with the recent patch and how that didn't do anything better for Karlach's matter. I fell into some sort of grief mode because I couldn't believe that everyone has two main paths and multiple choices for ending each, but she only has one and that's the doom. Like I get it, I get they wanted to go with some sort of acceptance route, but the entire narrative leads up to a possible cure and solution. The way they ended it is a cheap cop-out for not being able to change or add in things in time for release. Yes, they're badasses in Avernus. But Avernus FUCKING SUCKS. And it's just throwing her back into hell.
Look, I just can't unsee the fact that she's genuinely a person fighting for her damn needed freedom, finally getting it, finally feeling like she fights for something that matters and for people she LOVES, only to break down because soon it will all be taken away from her. How can Gale deus ex his way out of his baddabingbaddaboom, how can Wyll get out of his pact, how can Shadowheart do what she gets to do, how does Astarion get to take two very different paths, how does Lae'zel get to pick between such major figures and what to fight for.
How are our other companions presented with long questlogs filling as we pursue the story, and Karlach's just boop, completed, when you barely did anything at all???
Larian please I'm on my knees here. I'm so done with tragedy. I need some hope in life. At least in my own choice-based fantasy world. Please.
