Maia Conflict. Spoiler.

[YourLittlePogchamp]

Spoilers about the endgame ahead.
So I'm trying to side with the Huana in the end. But these leads to problems with the RTC faction. I did Maia's personal quest, I have a maxed relationship with her, and I finished the romance convos. But there's no correct option to make her stay. Why have all this dialogue if even the speech checks are futile?

Is there anything I can do to make her stay?

[drmonkey72]

Simply put, no.

[YourLittlePogchamp]

Well that's pretty disappointing. This game has no character development then.

[Lightning]

Someone mentioned this online saying he found a way but didn't say how so I didn't bother to copy and paste https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/99818-keeping-maia-in-partyfixed/

[TaKo]

Originally posted by Codychan:

This game has no character development then.

someone not betraying the faction they've been involved with for years(the same faction trying to aid their homeland) for someone they've know for a few weeks/months = no character development?

what? i think you guys dont know how people work

[YourLittlePogchamp]

Originally posted by TKDancer:

Originally posted by Codychan:

This game has no character development then.

someone not betraying the faction they've been involved with for years(the same faction trying to aid their homeland) for someone they've know for a few weeks/months = no character development?

what? i think you guys dont know how people work

It's not just this situation. In these kinds of RPGs, your party members tend to grow and change depending on how you act too. With enough personal missions, and relationship progress, you should be able to get a companion to agree with anything short of killing their own mother. It's still a game in the end, it doesn't have to be completely realistic. Let us keep our companions or work to get them back somehow.

The problem with Maia is that despite all the benevolent things I've done, and work I put into her... there was never a situation where I could convince her ( or talk about ) to help the Huana. Especially with the rest of the crew being benevolent and pro-Huana. That should have seeped into her. She's still deadset on being uncaring and stoic, despite her venting about that assassination mission she had to do. She never even talked about how or WHY she was intensely loyal to the RDC either.

[Hamster?????]

Originally posted by Codychan:

Originally posted by TKDancer:

someone not betraying the faction they've been involved with for years(the same faction trying to aid their homeland) for someone they've know for a few weeks/months = no character development?

what? i think you guys dont know how people work

It's not just this situation. In these kinds of RPGs, your party members tend to grow and change depending on how you act too. With enough personal missions, and relationship progress, you should be able to get a companion to agree with anything short of killing their own mother. It's still a game in the end, it doesn't have to be completely realistic. Let us keep our companions or work to get them back somehow.

The problem with Maia is that despite all the benevolent things I've done, and work I put into her... there was never a situation where I could convince her ( or talk about ) to help the Huana. Especially with the rest of the crew being benevolent and pro-Huana. That should have seeped into her. She's still deadset on being uncaring and stoic, despite her venting about that assassination mission she had to do. She never even talked about how or WHY she was intensely loyal to the RDC either.

Backstory on the Rauatains: From childhood, every Rauatain is under an imperialistic propaganda. When you serve the Rauatain army or any army for that matter, you pledge to be loyal to the country. Any high ranking RDC officer has an innate passion to serve their faction.

Your conversations with Maia does affect her ending, but it won't change the fact that she will leave your party when siding with the Huana. And that's because she wants to serve her country, the RDC moved to the deadfire for the sake of making Rauatai a better place (Rauatai suffers a lack of resources, and the Deadfire is ripe with the resources they need).

Depending on your interactions with her, her ideals and stances with the army will change, but she is not going to stay with you when you side with the Huana because that would mean betraying her country.

[Star Paladin]

Ya, I'm in the late game, and I am starting to LOTHE the ending. Maia leaves no matter what you do, and if you pick to help Huana, the Queen suddenly turns into a Russian agent; and you into a terrorist.

Could they not make ONE ending where you could somehow play a somewhat nice guy?

Lawful Good Need Not Apply. . .

[Hamster?????]

Kinda, choose no faction. its the "screw this, im not dealing with your politics" option

[Barara]

choose faction = 1 or 2 companion will leave the party, if you do not want anyone to leave choose no faction

[madgamer2]

One way to keep companions is to create a party from scratch and use no ingame companions. The big disadvantage is you will miss a lopt of quests

[Star Paladin]

Ya, next playthough, IF I do one, will be a majority of custom companions. That won't fix the faction interaction lunacy though.

[Grungi]

No companion leaves if you choose the Principi faction, though it wasn't the most desirable outcome for my tastes.

[Sammy]

Yeah, the fixed way that certain companions will leave is a bit dumb, like I had best possible relations with Huana, yet the Queen simply wouldn't allow me to take Pallegina along, and the only possible alternative is to kick her or sever all relations with the Kahanga.

[Saint]

Its almost like the developers want your choices to have some meaning.

[madgamer2]

Originally posted by Star Paladin:

Ya, next playthough, IF I do one, will be a majority of custom companions. That won't fix the faction interaction lunacy though.

Are you saying with all custom members some/all will still leave if you pick a certain fraction?