Originally Posted by AmayaTenjo
Originally Posted by MarbleNest
Which, while I enjoyed what I did have from him during the party, this brings back up the issue of Halsin seemingly being just sort of... there, if you aren't trying to flirt with or romance him. And I just don't think that's really good handling of any character, for them to only have a lot to say if you pursue a relationship or sex with them.

This may be the big difference. I immediately asked Halsin if hed drink with me because I wanted to try to get to kmow him more (not necesarily flirt, but the exchange was great either way) especially since he had told me in the goblin camp when I rescued him he intended to come with us. So when I moved on to other areas, I talked to him a lot to see if he had anything new to say, which I do frequently for all the characters anyway. Thats where I got the options to ask him if hes gonna miss being archdruid etc etc. Maybe all that got closed off when you diddnt "flirt" with him. I dont know why asking someone to have a drink with you, at a party where people are drinking, is considered flirting but ok. Maybe I picked the sex option too after he turned down the drink I dont remember at this point.

Yeah, I think depending on dialogue tree choices at the party, you may get closed off from any further talks with Halsin beyond the Moonrise stuff and asking if he's enjoying camp - at least, up until Thaniel stuff in Act 2. Because I got absolutely none of that extra information out of him that you spoke of, and the only thing I can think of is that I went through different dialogue trees that never once expressed interest (and even the oddly-placed "sorry if I came on too strong" option the day after the party, I said "let's just forget about it" or something).

Honestly, if it wasn't for the fact you cannot recruit Minthara without committing genocide against the grove, I'd trade her out for Halsin in my games going forward - because it's very icky to me, that he only really talks more about himself if you try to romance or bed him. I don't know who made that decision, but it's just yet another mark against what was - in EA - a really interesting character who I wanted to see more of the story of.

Originally Posted by Laras
I just can't believe that the person (author) who made such an evil joke under fans will meet us halfway in at least something.

I can hope it may get better in some regards, but I'm just writing Halsin off until that happens, at this point. Same way I did Octavia and Regongar in Kingmaker, due to their equally problematic and gross handling when it came to romance with the avatar. It never got fixed or changed either, and I'm sure there was a decent amount of annoyance over it to justify some adjustments.

Last edited by MarbleNest; 10/10/23 11:21 AM.