The npcs should have been fleshed out like Baldur's Gate 2 npcs. For some reason the Devs keep ignoring the successful forumla that made BG2 good. You had developed interesting npcs, joinable and non-joinable and good romances. Yet we get pathetic attempts in the romance department in games like Kotor and NWN2. We get cardboard npcs in NWN2. Most of them were dull and boring. The Devs read the message boards (Obs, Bioware, etc.) on what the fans like about games in the past or what they would like to see, yet it seems to be ignored. Lets get with it! Look to the past to see what worked and use it.