I mentioned this earlier already but i wish larian added an avernus quest to act 3, where we find the forge that karlach/wyll mention, instead of making a dlc that takes place post-game. That way they wouldnt have to manage all the possible endgame states, and also fix the ridiculous plot holes with karlachs questline in act 3.
An avernus related dlc would be sick but act 3 still feels like such a depressing, frustrating slog for me right now because of how youre bombarded with sad, melancholic dialogue with karlach about her fate (especially when romancing her) and the game doesnt allow you to pursue any potential solutions to curing her. Its been months since bg3's release and it still drives me insane that the steel watch robots confirm they use a similar but improved infernal engine like karlach does, telling her to report back to the factory, and this leads to... nothing. No quest updates or anything. Like even if we got told it wont work as a solution for her, why arent we at least allowed to go there and find out more? Or why cant we ask raphael about this, or anyone else besides taking the word from a tiefling 'weaponsmith' telling us shes doomed?
The game integrates other origin characters into the world so much better, especially astarion who has a couple unique NPCs just existing to further his character development/questline, that it comes across as the game just wanting you to forget about karlach and accept her fate. The epilogue telling us ''dont worry the gang in avernus are doing fine and karlach is gonna get fixed off-screen, all is well'' doesnt rectify this in my opinion, although it does allievate some of the resenment i had towards the game after act 3 so im glad larian implemented that to the epilogue.
Still, it just feels needlessly cruel and creates a tonal whiplash to situations where other characters are cheerful for overcoming their own challenges, which is why I'd prefer they polished her quest by adding for example the avernus forge-quest into the basegame. OR alternatively, polish the questline so we can get at least some explanation on why karlach can only fix her engine in avernus, and also give her some agency in deciding whether to return to avernus or not. I just really wanna enjoy the game again and not drag myself through misery porn when i enter act 3 lol.
