Is Corrupted Drifa a "bad" ending for her?

[Punccline]

To be blunt, I kinda assumed that Drifa getting corrupted was a "bad" result similar to Ahmri becoming a demon. I played around with her content a bit recently though, and it turns out Corrupted Drifa is... surprisingly tame?

I was expecting her to turn into a mindless sex pest who's a step away from Demonhood, but she's actually still just as lucid and aware a she was pre-corruption, if lacking a few inhabitions. She's much hornier, yes, but not any more so than a character like Cait or Brint.

She can still be married, taken on dates, have regular healthy kids, etc. Her demeanor and outlook on life change, sure, but that's it. She doesn't become evil, either (or at least not yet)

What to do you all think? Is Corrupted Drifa a bad thing or simply a sidegrade where she as a person changes semi-organically?

 

[Four Imps Zero Int]

I would say side grade, though I'll point out that I didn't dig too much into corrupt Drifta as her changed personality isn't my exact cup of tea.

Though that does remind me I need to do another run at some point at actually see how different the corrupt options from the uncorrpt are, cause from what I recall Viviane felt like a side grade too...

 

[Punccline]

I would say side grade, though I'll point out that I didn't dig too much into corrupt Drifta as her changed personality isn't my exact cup of tea.

Though that does remind me I need to do another run at some point at actually see how different the corrupt options from the uncorrpt are, cause from what I recall Viviane felt like a side grade too...

I haven't messed with them all too much, but from what I've seen:

• Demon Viv is more or less the same as Normal Viv, with some slightly changed dialogue. I think the fact that she's so interested in her work keeps her semi-grounded like Farrah.
• Demon Ahmri is a bad end for her. It could be worse I guess, but the original Ahmri is more or less dead.
• Corrupted Zo (happens if you choose not to intervene or lose the centaur fight) is a very bad end, she does nothing but jill off and have sex all day every day.
• Corrupted Drifa is mostly a side grade? She's more or less the same person deep down, just much less shy and innocent.
• Demon Gytha is a very bad end for her.
• Demon Jaelyn is a bad end, but it could be worse as she remains a horny bitch even if you send her to the Frost Hound.

There are other corruptable characters but these are the only ones I know anything about.

My incredibly wild crackhead theory is that at some point waaaaay later into the story, we're gonna get a Wayfort Defense mission where it's besieged by demons, and each unique character staying at the Wayfort adds or subtracts from some kind of defense score, similar to the "Hold the Line" segment of Mass Effect 2's Suicide Mission.

Characters like Karithea, Alante and Pure Drifa would add to your defense score by defending the fort, while characters like Demon Ahmri and Demon Jaelyn would subtract from it by betraying you and/or sowing corruption among your troops. Characters like Demon Viv, San & Cae, and the Behemoth I could see going either way. They're not necessarily good or anti-demon, but the Wayfort is their home and they may not want it to fall.

I've been further spurred on by the existence of the Weapons Shipment you can give to either Daliza or Garth. There may even be a Hawkethorne Defense alongside it (Elf Jaelyn, Drifa, Liulfr, Liaden, etc. would be used for the calculations, with a huge boost if you built the Temple of Mallach) to determine if the village falls when attacked.

Of course, there's a very large chance I'm going totally off the deep end here, but it's fun to imagine.

 

[LeDoraggo]

From what i've seen (and it isn't much, so don't take my word for it), she kinda becomes a depressed "emo" horndog (no pun intended), and you have to make her happy again. Also, prego pupper²

 

[Gabranth]

Yes.
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[Punccline]

Yes.
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Care to elaborate?

 

[Gabranth]

Care to elaborate?

Corruption is pretty bad.

You lose yourself little by little and if pushed far enough you end up becoming a demon.

The whole:
I'm better now/corruption is cool feels like a cope characters tell themselves.

Drifa becoming corrupted makes her lose her cheery personality and innocence, effectively WHO she is as a character, ergo a bad thing.

She gets a cool design tho, so that's something at least.

 

[orropo]

I think it also makes a great show of how obsession isnt love, she's obsessed with you but thats because she thinks you saved her and will continue to protect her, if(and i dont think the game will show it) you ever lose, you will lose her affection gradually , she isnt a normal being anymore she is a fractured husk of what she was and clings to you as someone from her "pure" past

 

[Punccline]

Corruption is pretty bad.

You lose yourself little by little and if pushed far enough you end up becoming a demon.

The whole:
I'm better now/corruption is cool feels like a cope characters tell themselves.

Drifa becoming corrupted makes her lose her cheery personality and innocence, effectively WHO she is as a character, ergo a bad thing.

She gets a cool design tho, so that's something at least.

See, normally I would agree with you. There are other characters you can corrupt, and for them it's always felt real bad to me. While I'm still a little uneasy about corrupt Drifa though, she doesn't exhibit a lot of the same behavior other corrupted people do.

I mean, think about it. She's still happy and excited about life, just in a less "sunshine and rainbows" way. She loses innocence, yes, but I would argue that innocence is a very malleable trait when it comes to characters, and losing it doesn't destroy who a character is. Especially not when you live in Evil Rape Demon Land and can literally have your soul sucked (badum tsss) out of your body for taking a walk down the wrong road at the wrong time.

Overall, much of Drifa's core remains the same, the way I see it. She still loves her parents, she still loves her kids, she still loves the champion in a way that isn't purely sexual, she's still thrilled about getting married, and her life's dream that she mentions during Date dialogue remains the same: leave her mark on the world.

I think she also keeps working on purifying the lupines if you captured them, but I don't fully remember. Could be wrong on that one.

My only real compunctions are what she suggests doing with the Lumian amulet, and the fact that you have to either send her into the goop (which is a whopping 70 points worth of corruption if you do it) or give her Rimescore in addition to beating the shit out of the guy who sold her out (I can forgive that one honestly). I know you can also let her get kidnapped, but I don't remember if that gives enough corruption points to make up for missing one of the big two.

I know PREVIOUSLY Corrupt Drifa came across as really depressed, but her behavior was changed later on, as Jstar (her writer) mentioned wanting to take it in a different direction. To quote: "The reason for the rework is because my vision of corrupt Drifa changed. I'd rather her be crazy yet hot goth-punk partner than an angsty depressed bitch."

To clarify, I'm not 100% on Corrupt Drifa being totally fine. But I'm not writing it off immediately the way I would, say, Ahmri becoming a demon.

 

[Punccline]

I think it also makes a great show of how obsession isnt love, she's obsessed with you but thats because she thinks you saved her and will continue to protect her, if(and i dont think the game will show it) you ever lose, you will lose her affection gradually , she isnt a normal being anymore she is a fractured husk of what she was and clings to you as someone from her "pure" past

Where'd you get this impression from, exactly? The scene with the amulet?

 

[orropo]

Where'd you get this impression from, exactly? The scene with the amulet?

it all just feels like her obsession is because now shes "ruined" and you are a piece of when she was "pure" also to corrupt her you have to encourage her to never forgive/force her into a sludge she clearly doesnt want to go into/pimp her out to that mangy werewolf/let her get taken by the corrupted lupines/try to help her, give her hope and lose her to said corrupted lupines - the means are too sinister in my opinion to justify the end and say "well maybe its not all bad"