I already explained why for me (and basically everyone I met so far outside this thread) her engine was obviously never meant to be fixed. And you said it yourself, Lae'Zel can break free from Vlaakkith or remain loyal, Gale can save himself or be consumed by power. Karlach can also accept her death, go back to avernus or even sacrifice herself and become mindflayer on top of that, so what's the problem here?
Perhaps in your circle that may be the popular opinion, but it's not at all the case in any open forum space. The problem here is that you're not allowed to try. For every other companion, their fate was earned. Ours was not. I don't want to play a visual novel when I play with Karlach. I want to play the choose-your-own-adventure that I was promised.
Originally Posted by Conrad Curze
Correct me if i'm wrong, didn't devs add new lines in patch 2 to point out that her situation is hopeless? They also stated many times in the interviews that they are happy with the state of the game and they don't plan on creating DLCs and expansions
The devs did add a few lines about Karlach despairing about her fate. All of that is to flesh out her existing plotline because prior to that it felt bare-bones on that front. However, an alternative pathway would have different lines.
Also, for the Sven about DLCs. Himself said that you'd need different protagonists, antagonists and stakes, so the point about Karlach's story being finished stays
Not really. Karlach getting a different antagonist tied to an engine fix after the game's ending would be a lot easier for them to do than reworking her quest. In terms of difficulty, the easiest way out is an epilogue (voicelines for which were datamined from Patch 3) where Karlach emerges from Avernus (if you picked that choice). We're yet to know in what state, because the lines were only from Withers, and he's very vague.
The next easiest pathway is a DLC with a short questline in Avernus. Couple that with some padding in her main-game storyline, and you have yourself a complete narrative without the need to rework her questline.
