This playthrough I left all Origin companions at camp hoping a non-Origin party will make her appear less content deprived... massive mistake. Was surprised to see Jaheira and Minsc are literally the main characters of ACT III, constantly reacting and engaging in so many events, even with certain villains and especially the whole Dark Urge storyline. Minthara as a love interest does not amount to even 10% in terms of their content and reactions, as they care and react so much about Dark Urge to the point Jaheira is like a caring auntie to the character.
This, to be honest, is particularly surprising to me. Spending so many resources on secondary, fanservice characters that managed to be definitely worse than their originals in BG2, and yet abandoning their own, unique and special character like that. BG3 wouldn't have lost anything from the absence of Jaheira and Minsc (I may be subjective, but I can't deal with them after the first playthrough without using the spacebar in dialogs, so annoying are they), but on the contrary, would have gained if they had instead fully developed Minthara. Her lines, in terms of intelligence and “interestingness” for me as a player, far surpass the level of those two combined. You have to “hunt” for her lines, reload to see if she still reacts to this or that event, but the number of lines, alas, is small. How is it possible to make a game like this? Owlcat doesn't have a single unfinished companion, not in Pathfinder or Rogue Trader, no one deprived of content, even though they had significantly less money to make games than Larian. Minthara reminds me of a talented child who sits quietly in the last desk because the adults don't notice her.
Thank you for the information about the problems after patch 7. I wonder how much mods can improve the situation in the future...
Is that supposed to be all? 🫣This is supposed to be the storytelling for Minthara's (ko) recruitment? 🤔
No little hint from the Emperor when you enter Minthara's office in the Goblin Camp that Ko is possible?
Why is Thaniel still hanging around Minthara?
Isn't it possible to install Halsin's tent in some camps?
So players need to use some meta gaming knowledge to maybe recruit a “companion”? 😑
Yeah. This is so that the player can feel stupid playing without spoilers, for example, the first 2 acts, and only in act 3 for the first time reading information about the game... Metagame is a must for a good (“good” not in terms of the “morality” of the game, but in terms of the player's enjoyment) playthrough. Indeed, why doesn't the Emperor give a hint, or why not prevent Minthara's murder by simply interrupting the battle with a scene in which the player, simply as part of the plot, without knowing anything in advance, would understand everything and could let her stay alive?
