If my language is imprecise, please keep in mind that I am not a native English speaker.After watching some videos and information on Act 1, I realised that I didn't have the opportunity to fully enjoy Astarion's storyline before knowing
. There are actually dialogues and cutscenes adapted if you doesn't know Astarion's secret (Boar, Gandrel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KREtfQmWIVc , guard tower, banter).
I started Act 1 again to improve these points, but the scenes of Astarion's revelation camp are happening too quickly!
The course of my story:
- The day of Astarion's recruitment is immediately followed by the long rest scene where he disappears to hunt the boar. But in my case, the boar is far from my group (group = beach area / boar = at the bridge leading to the goblins)
- At this stage, if I take another long rest, I immediately switch to the scene of the bite. But, because I have a clear objective, I deprive myself of a long rest and my spells and I search for the boar! Boar found! I approach the boar and persuade Astarion to tell me more. He suggests that I stand guard the following night.
-We take a long rest which leads to... the bite scene! [i]Damned, where is the scene where he stands guard as he proposes to do? [/i
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-->It is almost impossible to prolong the secret, especially if you play a spellcaster.
Rational: In the South East of the map there is the ancient temple and the grove that cost players a few nights (especially for spellcasters). I think Act 1 is long enough to slightly delay the revelation of Astarion. How many camp rests will a common player have to spend before meeting Gandrel?
It would be more fun if the player, when talking to Gandrel, has only +/-75% chance of already knowing Astarion's secret, it seems that currently it must be more like 99%.
I think the scene where he goes hunting should be delay after, for exemple:
- Location restriction: a first crossing of the river to the West (he could have gone to feed without being caught before, he is an sneak expert).
- Could be repeated 2 or 3 times with just different camera angles that don't easily reveal the identity of the character sneaking out of the camp.
Leave the pleasure of investigating as a good dupe!