Originally Posted by Nessius
I'm gonna go against the grain here and say that for the moment at least I'm satisfied with what we have. My biggest complaint, wayyyyy back at the beginning of this thread was that her story is hopeless no matter what you do. There was no implication about what going back to Avernus was like, so we were either left with death, kind of death, or potentially eternal slavery under a vengeful Zariel. Now we have two things that we didn't have before with the addition of the epilogues: not only is there hope, but she's HAPPY. That's honestly all I wanted. I'm not saying I wouldn't love a potential DLC where we finally ACTUALLY fix the Hellion's Heart, but what we have is pretty damn special.

Which also goes into my other point, I don't read the article as them being flippant about Karlach at all. Guys, we got an entire epilogue with Karlach where we rampage across the hells together, and we both clearly are having the time of our lives (I think its Shadowheart who mentions that we look happier than we did during our travels in Faerun). They did that for us, they did it not only because we asked, but because it bothered us so much they completely scrapped their original idea of just her dying on a dock. They obviously care about what we feel, since they spent time and money to give us at least some closure.

Would I prefer that fix we her engine in game? Absolutely. But I think we should also acknowledge how great it is we have what we have.

Absolutely. I'm content with what we have. All I wanted was for hope to fill her eyes again, and I got what I wanted. Thank you, Larian!

However, a lot of people here, from the beginning, wanted to see her made whole again in-game. They wanted to work for her happiness, and they felt like their voices still hadn't been heard.

I don't think there are many people here who aren't grateful for how much Larian has done for Karlach. They didn't have to do anything even remotely like that, and the game would've still been in as good a shape with the wider fanbase as it was before. So we know they care.

The interview let us know that the writers saw her story as one of tragedy, and it seems to me that if there hadn't been such a big outcry about it, she would've been left as she was. She was intended to be expendable, to be used up in the story and then destroyed at the end. Understandably, that upset people.

Last edited by Walking Kole; 18/12/23 06:02 PM.