I would never say, that because you liek romance, you are stupid or something. SOme of my friends are big romance fans and they are very intelligent. And I used Astarion as an example, because I saw your avatar, nothing more.
I just wanted to emphasise that the problem with the popularity of the romances is, that a lot of other stuff gets downed.
It's all good, no worries, again I was speaking of the overall feel the thread started to give, summarising multiple comments from several users. I think Larian should take everything into consideration but first fix whatever needs fixing the most, which currently is - the plot, plotholes, act 3 mess. In the end, it's up to them to prioritise whatever they want and they have multiple teams for different things.
Back on topic. What bothers me when it comes to writing is how the evil path is underdeveloped and mostly equated with just being a murder hobo who loves gore and leaving places as wastelands. A lot of things work strange too, and just make you miss out on content, to name a few: Gortash deal working out the way it does, Nere always being doomed, not saving Wyll's father not giving the dragon quest in an alternative way, no evil companions as a counterbalance to Jaheira and Minsc, etc.
