Originally Posted by Ametris
And then there's Haarlep... who you sleep with right in front of your companions, possibly including your LI. And they have nothing to say about it, just stand there watching you sell yourself. This is beyond terrible.

As far as I'm concerned, Haarlep was just born to kill him and take his loot. I'll certainly be killing him anyway, but I'm just wondering if those who haven't killed him can collect the full set or will they be left without gloves?

I think the main reason why Halsin pisses off so many monogamous players (myself included) is precisely because he's not just attacking Tav (we're already used to "fighting off" the advances of other companions and it generally doesn't cause any emotion), but because he's threatening the person you care about most - your partner. I fundamentally did not watch this nasty threesome on youtube, because otherwise it would be hard to keep from "bloody revenge", which would be extremely unfair and would ruin the roleplay, since this kind of thing doesn't happen in my game.

I would like to be able to respond to Halsin's "proposal" in a more realistic way, because I immediately think: "Are you crazy? Are you blind and can't see anything?". And the only line, using which you can say about your love for another person sounds like "you know, I'm in a relationship, but, like, I wouldn't say no"... I'm disgusted to play such a character and disgusted to choose such a line. The only option left is the usual rejection, after which he ridiculously starts whining, "Why did you ask me about love then?". Although I did NOT ask him that, I purposely ignored that line in hopes of not provoking him. It's the same with Mizora, by the way, there's no way for a monogamous player to properly declare their relationship, except that she reacts appropriately to the usual rejection.

Halsin has no motivation to follow you after his quest is done, he has no larvae, he's a druid and doesn't like cities, it feels like his only motivation is to harass you and get in on your pair. Of course his "sacred mission in Act 3" totally justifies it, I used to chide myself for my lack of compassion for the character because I used him like this and successfully forgot he existed, but I see a lot of people use him like this. The character seems to exist only to entertain polyamorous players and provide some practical benefit to the rest of us. Of course, there are Halsin fans out there, and they obviously hate this treatment of their favorite (Halsin fans, if anything, I'm sorry, I honestly don't want to hurt anyone's feelings). But if it were possible to "activate" Halsin's sexual behavior only for his fans (e.g. through a line or some action), and he didn't get so brazen with everyone else, there would be a lot less aggression towards him.

One life, one love - until the world falls down.