While the forums were down again, I worked on another pic to show how "wonderful" this patch is:
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These are Tav's faces after being kissed in patch 3 and in patch 6 in case anyone was wondering.
This is perfect! The clown face and "Favourite is an ugly word, I really do prefer consort" ... Thanks for the laugh!
Originally Posted by Sereda2
I do wonder if the issue is that the present writers aren't comfortable writing for characters that don't appeal to straight men, or maybe they don't see giving the player agency to decide how they want to relate to a character as very important.
I think they have been quite good at giving us a platform to roleplay our characters in most parts of the game, which is why the post-Ascenscion dialogue and kiss reactions are so baffling. They don't match with anything that comes before or after.
Originally Posted by Sereda2
It feels they've decided to make A.Astarion story one of 'the cycle of abuse' continues whether the player likes it or not[...].
And this is where they dropped the ball imo. They forgot that they wrote for an rpg.
While Astarion was a wonderfully complex character before the Ascension quest (one of his biggest appeals for me), they turned him boringly one-note after that with the latest changes.
