About Barik's loyalty in revolutionary path

[APONVS]

A question: is there any chance to raise Barik's loyalty after joining rebels in Act I? I managed in some way to keep him in my party (I used the "keep-calm-I'm-just-following-Tunon's-orders" strategy) but his loyalty has clearly lowered. There will be a chance to get his faith in me back somewhere in future act? Don't spoiler too much pls, a simple "yes" or "no" will be fine.

[Dorok]

From my experience when siding with Chorus and later forked to Anarchy, during act 1 if you left Disfavored side, Barik is clear that he doesn't want follow you and if you insits he explains his heart isn't with you only his arm. He will remind it multiple time again. But as the game progress, it lowdown and you get opportunities to get more favor from him. So there's no troubles to keep him in party, even if a top favor is probably harder or not possible.

Designers clearly gave up push the writting to its logic, it would be a disaster if they have did it for the party composition. To allow such writing the game should have another companion suited to solid close range, and none really match if your character doesn't match. Eventually Verse could fit the role with some building efforts. But if you didn't planed it, during a time during end of chapter 1 and first parts of chapter 2 you could suffer to put her in this role nefore to have adapt her build.

There's other points like that, I quoted the writing isn't pushed to the full logic and gameplay and party adaptability is taking the priority.

So my guess is it won't be different for you with Rebel path, it will be ok to keep Barik in party.

[APONVS]

Originally posted by Dorok:

From my experience when siding with Chorus and later forked to Anarchy, during act 1 if you left Disfavored side, Barik is clear that he doesn't want follow you and if you insits he explains his heart isn't with you only his arm. He will remind it multiple time again. But as the game progress, it lowdown and you get opportunities to get more favor from him. So there's no troubles to keep him in party, even if a top favor is probably harder or not possible.

Designers clearly gave up push the writting to its logic, it would be a disaster if they have did it for the party composition. To allow such writing the game should have another companion suited to solid close range, and none really match if your character doesn't match. Eventually Verse could fit the role with some building efforts. But if you didn't planed it, during a time during end of chapter 1 and first parts of chapter 2 you could suffer to put her in this role nefore to have adapt her build.

There's other points like that, I quoted the writing isn't pushed to the full logic and gameplay and party adaptability is taking the priority.

So my guess is it won't be different for you with Rebel path, it will be ok to keep Barik in party.

Thanks! His loyalty is set to 2 now, it went down when I let Paxon and his soldiers oathbreakers go, I hope that by Act 2 it will rise again.

[Wintermute]

You get massive reputation boost if you take him to Blade Grave. Oh, and after you kill Ashe, be sure to talk to both Barik and Verse to get him better ending.

[APONVS]

Originally posted by Wintermute:

You get massive reputation boost if you take him to Blade Grave. Oh, and after you kill Ashe, be sure to talk to both Barik and Verse to get him better ending.

Do you know if bringing other companions in specific places activates a major reputation boost for them?
Barik--->Blade Grave
Verse--->???
Sirin--->???
And so on.