Now that patch 7 is out, there are a couple of things I'd like to bring up (video references heavy post warning).
1. New kisses:
Thank you for FINALLY giving us consensual AA kisses back:
I think the bite kiss could be improved a bit, there are still some old expressions left in it, but fortunately all the terrified faces are gone at last. I also would appreciate if Tav actually touched Astarion back, but overall I'm quite pleased with the change. I really like Tav that smirks a lot now, which is how I imagined my Tav to behave in there.
2. The new dialogue if you went with Karlach to Avernus:
I love these new lines! They're perfect and I adore how playful, chill and confident AA is in them.
The only thing that doesn't make sense is that mind flayer Tav gets treated like a regular consort, when we know AA only sees illithid Tav as an ally and puts a stop to romantic interactions between them. This is the same thing as in the epilogue party where Astarion also has normal consort lines.
Please fix this!
3. Evil DU and AA ending.
Maybe it was to be expected that DU would turn into a complete brainwashed psycho with no free will at the end, but it contradicts some previous dialogues about them and AA. There is no sitting on the lap, the Tribunal priestess' prophecy is completely disregarded (DU and AA dying together in each other's arms), no dowry, etc.
If Larian decided to go this route, there should at least be an explanation why this is happening! As it stands now, DU is railroaded into a murder-hobo who seems to have no feelings left for their partner:
As mentioned here, like with Minthara, the same applies to AA:
Originally Posted by Crimsonrider
What the player truly wants after doing all this is to just butcher the entire world with her by our side, our Queen of Crimson. To see the Daughter of Lolth and the Child of Bhaal united, drowning the world together in blood. And despite knowing she'll eventually have to die alongside him, to have the passionate final killing kiss be the last act of kindness she receives from Dark Urge once the world was dead... NOT for it to be the immediate FIRST thing he does as some sort of sexual kink of his that makes him look like an uncontrollable psychopathic smirking imbecile with a crippling addiction that only gets off on murdering his lover who willingly wishes to be with him!
Tav and AA can apparently only keep the romance if Tav chooses option 1 and perhaps 4 (in some videos we can see Astarion and the rest of the party members following Tav, in the others not, and I don't why). For some reason they cannot rule together in option 2 (where we can see Astarion kneeling near the scaffold with the other companions), and in choice 3 Tav kills him like all the others. I think this severely limits roleplay options. I would like to see Astarion being by Tav's side all the time (since they're supposed to rule together), and not just be their glorified sidekick.
Also, if Tav fails the ceremorphosis check, it is very weird that AA has no reaction to that. He's not shown at all! We also don't see what illithid Tav does to him and the other companions (I'm sure they get turned into squids too, but the game should let us see this, same as it does when Tav decides to kill everyone).
5. Evil DU UA ending betrayal scene.
I appreciate that there is a clear distinction between UA and AA dialogue in here, both of their deaths are utterly heartbreaking. With UA however, one thing that doesn't make much sense is how willingly he walks up to DU and kisses them. The scene was clearly designed with AA in mind, who is happy to see DU gaining control of the brain. UA heavily criticises them and then just casually gives them a kiss? It looks laughable.
6. Astarion can become a Sun King in his origin ending:
I would love it if there was an option for Tav who romances him and is his spawn to have a unique ending where they behave similarly and can also decide to give the reins to him or turn them both into godlike vampiric rulers.
