Despite having played through it twice already this year, there are so many choices to make in this game that I stumbled upon new scenarios in this playthrough. It was the first time I watched Aeldys hanged by Furrante.
I considered going with the Prìncipi this time, but I can't overlook the importance of animancy what with the ending of Deadfire, and the only faction that places the same importance on it is the Vailians, so once again I aligned myself with them when it became time to choose.
Aloth never left my party and for this playthrough I got even more Aloth romance mods. He still has the worst timing xD I've seen a lot of people complain that Aloth is difficult to gain approval with, but this playthrough he was the first one I maxed out with, even before Edér and Tekehu. Aloth initiated the more than friends dialogue before I had even entered every part of Neketaka for the first time.
My playthrough this time of both PoE 1 and 2 was an Aedyran aristocrat pale elf wizard who ended up very animancy positive, loyal to Berath, and defender of the Wheel.
One thing that I dislike is that even if Aloth's companion quest ends with him feeling absolved of responsibility for his actions where the Leaden Key is concerned, he still leaves to continue dismantling them. I get that it's personal for him and he wants to finish what he started, but still leaving even after being absolved doesn't come off as absolution to me. He even admits that he doesn't think he'll succeed because they're too ingrained in the world. What he should do is build a network of spies and infiltrators and go at it from multiple angles. It would allow him a less hands-on approach and maybe even allow him some peace and quiet. Aloth doesn't think it can be done in his lifetime and as an elf, that's a seriously long time. So why the hands-on soloing approach?
More than ever I want a PoE 3.
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