Baldur's Gate III - Spoiler Edition (please read updated OP)

Originally posted by Billtriss:
So most companions in BG3 EA are "evil", selfish or lacking compassion :

Lae'zel come from a society that does not care for other races and see them as lesser beings, and treat everyone as such.
Shadowheart is a cleric of an evil goddess and care only about her duty to said evil goddess. Anything else is a waste of time.
Astarion is a vampire and care only about his survival, regardless of the cost to others.
This is well and good. It's not a problem per se : it's interesting to have companions that are anti-heros.

There is, however, a problem:

Evil NPC disapprove of doing quests, and this is really frustrating.

The game is about doing quests and doing content. But quests usually involve accepting a request for help. This is core to playing the game.

But every help given is systematically met with disapproval by the majority of your party.

To only slightly exaggerate, it too often comes down to this :

"Please help us find our leader. He is powerful and influential, and will for sure make it worth your while if saved. We will owe you one."
Ok dude, I will do your quest, we have an understanding.
Shadowheart disapproves
Astarion disapproves
Lae'zel disapproves
Your visceral reaction, as the player, is exasperation: "man shut the **** up, stop giving me sh** for playing the damn game!"

Suggestions on evil companion disapproving:
Evil companion disapproval should not come from accepting requests for help.

It should come from how the request is resolved.

For example

Quest is accepted
no reaction (they can still comment on it. Just no change in approval ratings)
Quest is resolved by refusing payment, as the refugees are really struggling
Evil companion disapproves
Quest is resolved by insisting on a getting paid, even though the refugees are really struggling
Evil companion approves
tl;dr : don't throw disapproval for playing the game's content. It's annoying and unfair to players who want to play the content you made for them. Evil players still want to do quests, they just want those quests to end in a way that benefits primarily to them.