Alignment

[Sir Fed Dump]

I've grown to dislike the Alignment system. I can't make the choices I want to because I'm worried about combat penalties. For Example: Kaela disagrees with just about every choice I make, so unless I want a big movement speed penalty, she's not a playable hero for me. I'm so far in the red with her (-4) I even cleared out her inventory. Whisper also disagrees with a lot of my choices, so instead of 7 playable heroes, it's like I only have 5.

This isn’t a game breaker, since I only need 4, but it is annoying. My suggestion would be to have a little more Neutral Aligment reactions, instead of so many negative ones.

[Nichtswisser]

It's the price you have to pay for having companions that have their own opinions and personalities. In Baldurs Gate 2 companions would just leave after a while when to many of your choices were not to their liking.

Also there is always the choice to do what people do when being in a relationship, which is to compromise. Sometimes it might no be such a bad idea to do what certain companions want in order to keep them happy.

[Sir Fed Dump]

In that case, why did these companions join my group in the 1st place? It would be more realistic if they declined.

[Panterich]

Alignment system in ToT is not good at all. I`d call it 'lives its own life'. The good thing here is that it doesn`t really affect anything. My advice is either to roleplay with your choices or base them on prefered results, don`t focus on stats. By the time you get Kaela, those -4 on movement should not matter at all. It may be inconvenient, but definitely not a game breaker.
After you get Kaela, about half of remaining decisions will not make her disagree if you don`t force them, and that is story based since she is not thought-influenced by yourself
If you can play without Kaela - do so, don`t sweat about it. If you can`t - play with her and forget about her alignment and penalties

Oh, and the reason for my post is that i think its highly unlikely alignment system will be changed, so maybe just accept it and play as is.

Originally posted by Blonde Wench:

In that case, why did these companions join my group in the 1st place? It would be more realistic if they declined.

I had similar thoughts, so i suggest you look at their bio (left inventory pane on attribute tab) You can get much more info there that can explain some of their choices.

[Nichtswisser]

Originally posted by Blonde Wench:

In that case, why did these companions join my group in the 1st place? It would be more realistic if they declined.

How could they have known about those alignment issues at the first meeting? When you look at it from a realistic/roleplaying perspective then most of the companions, apart from the 2 you started with, did not know anything about you before joining the party.

[Sir Fed Dump]

Even in your scenario, there's no nreason for Whisper & Kaela to remain with the group. Realistically, they should have left to form their own group. In fact, if they disliked Kane so much, at some point they should have fought.

[Panterich]

Why do you suggest either Kaela or Whisper disliked Kane? I don`t remember any dialogs supporting that.

[Qiox]

I find it works best to use whatever companions I want, to make whatever choices I want, and to never look at the alignment screen.

Ignorance is bliss. And the minor, yes they are minor, differences are not signficant enough to mean the difference between success and failure.