honestly understandable. Astarion has only ever made it into my party ONCE in my handful of playthroughs throughout early access and release.
Didn't really want to use him during my current playthrough (why tf am I still in Act 1 I have like 100 hours logged) so when I picked him up I was like "just go to camp bro"
Tell me why he has the nerve to complain about Karlach and whatnot in camp after I let him do the succ the one time. Bro shut the hell up you are just hanging out in camp keeping watch on my valuables (and Scratch) while me & my REAL comrades (Shadowheart, Gale, and Lae'zal) go gallivanting around. Vampire twink begone, I have Invisibility prepared on Gale and also have a ring that lets Lae'zal cast invisibility - I need you for NOTHING not even thievery. Oh there's something nearby I can't grab? Githyanki Jump and/or Mage Hand. what use are you, you vampire twink, besides doing the succ on enemies. (don't ask me how many times my party has failed to hit someone with an arrow)
Anyways Astarion disliked that.
My Shadow Monk/Thief and Astarion are tearing shit up in tactician mode. He's fun.
Haha to be fair that's pretty much all of them in their own ways - except Gale, who falls in love with you instantly basically provided you're a wizard and - in my experience - don't outright condemn a goblin to death.
spoiler for like act 1
Shadowheart, after saving the Druid Camp, came up to me in camp and went "wow I never thought I'd care about refugees" and I was like "huh?? what? you haven't cared about the druids or the refugees at all throughout this entire quest. I've literally only seen Lae'zal get pissed at me for wasting time and not finding the creche" but I love her so......I can change her
Shadowheart spoiler
That kind of mismatch thing is part of her story and pays off eventually. It's not impossible to figure out, but doesn't get explicitly revealed until Act 3 depending on your decisions.
Kaarlach is like the only party member who doesnt have or need a real growth arc
spoiler
She can also volunteer herself to turn into a squid if you've killed the emperor and freed Orpheus. This was before the announcement that there'll be new endings for her.
That makes me think of Dragon Age: Origins. By the time I'd had Morrigan with me for like an hour I was already sick of her "why aren't you being EEEEVIL" thing
