Larian Studios Forums Divinity General Discussion Seems like lots of people want a darker or more evil game, but is that an accurate sampling?

To preface this, I have well over 2000 hours in BG3 alone, 5.5 runs. I've played pretty much every top tier CRPG available.
I just don't enjoy evil runs. I play video games because life is dark and challenging enough; I want to lose myself in a space where I can look forward to a happy ending, or at the very least a bittersweet one. Misery and relentless darkness just hold no joy. I like being the scrappy hero who romances Morrigan and Shadowheart, who gets a kick out of redemption arcs and not abusing the weak.
We see in forums and social media people asking all of the time for darker games or more evil play-throughs, or more misleading and anxiety ridden choices. From the proliferation of these posts, it is easy to think that it is a majority of players asking for this, but my suspicion is that it is far from the truth.
People who loved BG3 or DOS2 don't complain about the game being not dark enough, they talk about what they liked; the particular facets that made them happy, and usually those aspects are the ones that make the game fun, or rewarding, or uplifting. Indeed, most of the Embrace Durge runs I have read regret or at the very least struggled with the choices and consequences of said choices. I don't believe I have read a single person reporting they would do another Embrace Durge or evil run because their last run just wasn't dark enough, or they really enjoyed it. Most of the posts I have read are the opposite; the poster or commenters say their run was not enjoyable, with the clear implication they would not do it again.
People who post about wanting darker runs or more evil choices are complaining. People who are happy with BG3, who think Larian did an exemplary job balancing darkness and light, aren't going to tend to post complaints. They are going to post congratulatory and positive experiences, which are far less memorable *because people doing good things and enjoying doing good things is common*. We are the majority. People who want evil games are, in my suspicion, merely a very vocal minority, and I'd be willing to bet a small minority as well.
I just hope Larian uses what people actually played; the roles, the 'alignments', the romances, the alliances, as the basis for balancing Divinity, rather than listening to the squeaky wheels. BG3 is about as dark as I would want any game to get, in all honesty.
If people want more fleshed out evil run options, fine, but just don't make the entire world darker and more miserable for the majority of us who want games that let us experience joy and an aspect of being a hero in a real life where being a hero is ever more challenging and rare.
I would be willing to bet that for every player who makes more than one dark run, there are 100 who are absolutely doing Embrace Hero runs.
In short, Larian, I hope we can look forward to saving the weak, winning over the girl (or guy), and feeling like the hero for the all too short hours we are able to spend in the worlds you create for us.