I have a question for folks here, I posted this on the subreddit as well because I'm kind of at a crossroads. I really, really want to beat this game and I've been trying since launch but I can't help feeling that some of my companions are irrevocably bugged and it's ground my desire to progress to a halt.
I'm at the end of Act 1, just cleared out the Creche, and I've more or less done literally everything possible, but I can't shake the feeling that my companions are bugged.
First, Lae'zel. I encountered a bug with the Zaith'isk scenario where she never spoke up to let her use it instead of me. She was just bizarrely silent and the encounter kind of proceeded in an awkward way like she wasn't there. Now, despite the fact that I've romanced her and have 93% approval, whenever I speak to her she says, every time, without fail, "You must have questions" and gives me the two standard dialogue options (end our fling, go back to camp) that don't include any questions. I've seen other posts talking about this issue as well but none of the solutions I've seen (teleporting from camp, killing and resurrecting her, etc.) have worked for me.
Then there's Shadowheart. I initially wanted to romance her but for some reason it never happened. At the party the romance scene never triggered and I somehow wound up doing the Astarion encounter twice? Now, every single time I speak to her, besides "go back to camp" I only have to option to ask her what she thinks of me, at which point she gives me the same old spiel about how I'm like "the finest person she's ever known" on repeat. Is she going to be stuck like this the same way as Lae'zel? For what it's worth I'm not as confident that she's as bugged as I am with Lae'zel, but the failed romance despite doing everything right and the fact that she hasn't said anything new when I talk to her for the last 25 hours has me concerned. Everyone else has much more to say, even people I've basically never put in my party.
Anyway I'm kind of at a crossroads. I wonder if this is because I started my save on launch and it's been screwed up through constant patches. Are these two going to be stuck like this forever? Is it going to impact quests down the road? Restarting isn't an option for me after sinking 80 hours into Act 1, but I can't shake the feeling that I'm dealing with a compromised experience. Has anyone else experienced this or something similar? Any solutions?
