(be warned I'm rambling a lot before actually getting to the point, it's actually mostly me talking what I thought of the end of the war arc, don't take what I said here at core value, I still loved it)
So I was playing the game and trying to make peace with both sides, was a good run that went like this
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[Spared the spy.
Sus points: Nauxus 0 ; Axel 2]
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[Fear Potion quest with the lizard tripe.
Sus points : Nauxus 2 ; Axel 3]
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[Did Thane plan
Sus points: Nauxus 4 ; Axel 5]
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[Gave fruits to the Bull Tribe.
Sus points: Nauxus 4 ; Axel 3]
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And well, like some people already know, it ended with Nauxus kinda hating me, giving the fruits to him, helping him recruit other lizards or even joining the bulls with the fear potion would all just make Axel execute people. (And I don't have the heart to kill the spy, so it is what ot is)
And while that was probably the intention of the game to not have a perfect route, it got me kinda pissed at Nauxus, while I can accept him not liking me for kinda leaving him poisoned and stuff, he specifically says how I was "clearly more at other side"
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Dude, I saved your spy(a family man), who YOU put in a really dangerous situation, why do you care if I acted suspicious with your guards with the fear potion, now you have context of why I was like that, and it was to save both soldiers, and if something went wrong, I was at YOUR side.
I stopped a BOMB to be thrown at YOUR tribe with would have killed dozens, made so the captive lizards weren't killed and then stopped a literal senseless war from happening while saving your tribe kids
In total I probably saved over a hundred lizards, and you're mad because of what? Because I didn't give you your fruits with your tribe lost? Because I "humiliated you" with the people you lost first? Sorry I couldn't fix the problems you created, I was too busy saving your people.
Be mad at me, I don't care, but DO NOT say I was taking sides at this war when I did you way more good.
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But finally coming back to the point.
I was thinking of some ideas to fix this.
Like touching up the dialogue a little to make him more hurt and less condescending, with would be the easiest fix.
Maybe making so each leader needs 4+ points to get angry at you instead of +3, or making so sparing (or killing in Axel case) the spy makes so the scores can go to negative, but that's kinda too easy of a answer, plus it takes all the stakes out of it.
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So I thought.
After a while you gain the ability to talk with both tribe leaders just before the climax of the war, there's some interesting dialogue, but not much to it.
So what if, they each gave you a small quest, same style of the alcoholic tea one.
Where you'll help them with something more personal or with the tribe, maybe fighting a boss, or having to gather a bunch of materials you can only find in the other tribe, or something else.
And after you complete it, it'll lower a single sus point of the leader.
It would make the player work hard for a good ending, gives more wriggle room for different choices while playing.
And most importantly, it gives a bit more characterization for both, and I think would tie up things nicely.
Tho I know how hard coding is, so probably not, but I would at least like some little tweaks on Nauxus dialogue at the end.