Thinking about the romance with Ascended Astarion has made me realise how fragile it is, like balancing on a rope wire. The way his romance was in Patch 5 was really close to perfect, and I think a lot of it was the softness and tenderness in the kiss animation vs the domination in his dialog. I do wonder now if the new improved kisses even with a new face on Tav will have the romance in an slight unbalanced state, that he might need some other dialog or similar to prove to the player that he still care for them. An easy balance would perhaps be to keep the old kiss in with the new kisses.
I was a new player coming in to patch 5 and experiencing the AA romance blind, and I think the old kiss was really important for confirming that "yes, Astarion still care for Tav" when I think back on it now.
