Since this Hotfix addressed Minthara specifically (again), what I am curious about is whether she is still royally spoiling the plot for everyone upon recruitment?
I logged into the game today, and yeah, she's still talking about the squid. It's still replacing all her reactions. I was hoping I could continue my multiplayer run this week but alas

Yup, same here.
What I’m guessing is, this bug is actually a very tangled kind of knot that takes a lot of time to unravel.
Still, it’s a shame that after literally thousands of fixes brought on by 6 patches and 20 hotfixes, the game is still this buggy.
Just goes to show what a complex game BG3 really is!