I agree, that playing evil in this game is pretty punishing. If you only want recruit Minthara and just be evil in the first act, you still loose all the tieflings with their sidequests. If you go full on evil, you loose even more and the only thing you get, is Minthara. You loose a lot of quests and allies, you loose 4 companions (and gain 1). There should be more on the evil side, maybe one of the duergars could beome a companion or Sazza. Have Moonrise Tower as a base instead of Last Light Inn and maybe Balthazar in camp later instead of Dame Aylin.
I personally don't like to play evil, but atm even less, since it is so unrewarding. I would prefer Minthara over Halsin as a companion (though he does make good Orin bait).
Even though I'm not really into evil playthroughs, I think that path should get more content. You meet enough evil factions along the road, who could be questgiver, companions etc.
I mean, having Auntie Ethel as an ally in the last fight would almost be worth an evil playthrough though

Last edited by fylimar; 24/11/23 11:25 AM.

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