Dear Developers, Dear all,
Finally in Patch 5, we can save Shadowheart in the prologue.
This is something that I actually very much like now, but the story does not add up.
!!!SPOILER WARNING!!!
So you go to the chamber where Shadowheart is captured.
You try to open the pod, but realise you can't free her just yet, you look around, and find the chest, that you can't open. - But the chest totally does not fit into the environment.
Then you search even more around, and go to the other chamber, where the Dead Thrall is.
You then find a key on her - why does she have that key? - Makes no sense.
Then you get back, and open the chest with the key, and find the "Illithid pod key" for Shadowhearts Pod. - Why is that locked in the chest, and especially why does a Thrall have the key?!
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So unless there is some story element to this, that I am totally missing for some reason, how about the following instead:
You go to the chamber where Shadowheart is captured.
You try to open the pod, but realise you can't free her just yet, you look around.. do not find anything.... (Instead of the chest, have another mind on that table (for example).
Then you search even more around, and go to the other chamber, there you find a dead Mind flayer. - (Maybe even add back the dead priest, like they fought till death.)
On his corpse you find the "Illithid pod key".
Then you can go back and save Shadowheart.
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In my opinion this would make much more sense.
Yes, this way you do not have to open the chest, but opening it does not really add anything to the game in my opinion anyway.