I will say, I like his current face better than the EA one. He does look older now but I like the manly look.
Yeah, I like his face better now too, he's more alive, more realistic. I like Astarion older, his little facial wrinkles make him look more real. The graphics in the game are generally better now, maybe that's why a lot of the scenes from EA were removed, because they'll have to refine them. But I really wish those scenes weren't missing and we could see them in the game.
I got the reactions from Karlach, Lae'zel and Shart but also only when not having slept with Astarion before the party and in Lae'zel's case only if I also hadn't talked with her about spending a night together before the party.
Astarion himself comes before the party and starts everything fine by himself, what can I do about it, I can't slow him down
So, an earlier start of the novel blocks the companions' reactions. I was "surprised" by Lae'zel first, she tried to start a romance even before Astarion and started the dialog herself when I approached her in the camp, she doesn't comment on the romance with Astarion after that either.
