I support those who wrote about the cure for Astarion in case he doesn't ascended. I really like the Ascension path, but the "good path" is so lose-lose right now, looks unrealistic and secondary, that there isn't even any "choice problem". Why unrealistic? The cure options are just begging for it, they fly in the player's eyes when you go through the game with a non ascended, which makes the player feel helpless and angry. For example, Dalyria with her diary and description of her blood transfusion experiments. Why have to just let her go rather than take her to your camp and continue her experiments? In BG2 we find a way to heal from vampirism, why is this unavailable in BG3 despite hints? Separately, Jaheira's ritual, perhaps if refined, could have a way to help Astarion or Karlach. At the moment it's unclear why this ritual is in the game, what it does ( hanging out in inventory and doing nothing). Hopefully this is still just as yet unfinished content, and not just an excuse for a little "how bad is it to want to be immortal" dialog. Healing Astarion will in no way reduce the value of going through the Ascension ritual, on the contrary, it will make both options of going through equally valuable, because at the moment, alas, the "good way" option for me looks simply extremely depressing and unacceptable to go through, even "for the sake of variety".
Also support the suggestion of revealing Astarion's past - that would be very interesting and I'd really like to see it in the game. Love the suggestions to add new interesting companions to the game (I vote for Nere - that would be really fun!). And of course, it would just be great to be able to have an additional adventure in any of the cities that the portals in House of Hope lead to. It could be a great continuation of the game after the main story is complete.
