I love BG3 but I will agree that the dialogue options sometimes seem pretty restrictive, or just come out of nowhere, but that’s pretty much par for the course for RPGs.
What I really wish they had was more options for relationships, because it’s a little annoying how getting into any character’s good graces immediately means they’re trying to fuck you. I wanna tell Gale that I just wanna be best bros without having to break his poor heart to do so.
And why is Shadowheart so possessive? Sure, I wanna see where that goes, but I also really want to get into Karlach’s pants as well as find out how much of a freak in the sheets Halsin is. Why can’t we just be one big bisexual polycule? That sounds like it’d be really hot.
You could try getting into a relationship with someone and then spend all your time with the people you actually want to be friends with? You don’t get any special cutscenes, true, but after Lae’zel basically threw herself at me because I helped her get through act 1 without fighting the Githyanki patrol I ended up getting way more points with Shadowheart and Halsin.