Originally Posted by saeran
Daisy deterring most players from using the tadpoles was the point, imo. It should be not an easy choice, it should be an evil choice that most would be against, considering the source of the powers. Power corrupts is not a new concept, but if you don't diverge between giving in and resisting the temptation, between the good and evil path, it becomes a moot point.

Whether or not Daisy would have been better, is not possible to say without knowing who they originally meant to be. But at least what was in the EA was more interesting, and not only because the story branched. There were hints that Tav could have been the dark urge, and the dream scenes ended in a conflict between the alien (parasite) and the divine (the taint), fighting for influence over the protagonist. Playing the DU, it seems that even this part of the story form the EA is no longer present.

See, my problem there is that DAISY shouldn't be the thing deterrinig players. Daisy should be the thing tempting them, that's her whole purpose. Daisy should have made using the tadpoole as inviting as possible, while the rest of the world discsouraged you. If she's discouraging you, and the world and wiider story is discouraging you, then what even is the poinot of her? In EA, right from the first dream, every companion besides Astarion was telling you what a bad idea the tadpoles were. I think part of why I'm so insistent Daisy wasn't meaningfully better than the Guardian is that she put me off using the tadpoles so firmly that I never saw the story branches and the stuff that people claim was more interesting. At best I used the powers once, got the first dream and never dealt with her again.