Originally Posted by Marielle
Originally Posted by Ehhhh123
Well if we're gonna get OOC moments from companions to entertain Halsin's nonsense, might as well have our characters act OOC themselves and willingly give him up to Orin or use some other way to permanently get rid of him. I personally get rid of him in Act 3 so I can cure the Shadowlands, remove a redundant party member, and have bait for Orin where nobody else gets hurt. Win win win scenario right here.

Yeah, going to be taken prisoner by Orin is his main mission in Act III. smile Heck, I'm actually more comfortable when he's not in my camp. I want to take Mintara instead in the next playthrough, but the prospect of a massacre in the grove doesn't make me at all happy either...

Originally Posted by fylimar
I think the difference between Haarlep, the drow twins and Halsin is, that with the former three, you get a proposal and just can say no and in Haarleps case the fight starts and in the drow twins case they just wish you a good day. But with Halsin it is just different - he is insisting and you get disapproves, where it doesn't really make sense.
I have no problem getting a proposal for romance, sex and so on, but if I said no once, I want the case to rest.

For me, the main difference between the three situations is who the characters are. Haarlep is an enemy, an original enemy with his own "quirks", but that's just an enemy's speech before a fight, plus he's an incubus, that's his essence, he seems to basically just do that. After all, "fear the incubus, don't go to Averno". The brothel workers offer you their services because it's their livelihood, they see everyone who comes to them as a client. I had just a funny "interview" with them, during which I found out their history, how they ended up here, etc. And I left quietly. Maybe I'm too old-fashioned and principled a person, but there are some things I will never do with my hand in my game, even for the sake of a test, so I absolutely don't care what kind of story the developers came up with in the brothel for Astarion, it doesn't exist for me.

And Halsin is positioned as a "friend," as a companion. An adequate friend would ask you, "How do you feel about polyamorous relationships? And what is your relationship with ... (substitute your lover's name)?" And after hearing your answer, he wouldn't suggest anything to you. It doesn't matter whether a person is polyamorous or monogamous, what his personal sexual predilections are, he should respect other people's relationships, he should first find out the other person's attitude towards what he is going to suggest.

Question for those who have taken Mintara - if you don't get romantically involved with her, how does she behave? Does she offer anything "Halsin style" or is she fine?
Don’t worry, Minthara may be a potential genocidaire, but she doesn’t interfere in others' relationships like Halsin does. She has principles, unlike that disgusting druid. If you take Minthara to the brothel, she won’t do anything whether you're in a relationship with her or not (she's monogamous). It’s ironic that the character who's supposed to be evil and disliked ends up being more likable than the one who's supposed to be good (Halsin).
How did we get to this point?