I have to side with the rerolling functioning as a 'free' option. If you're serious about doing research on the cheap, you can do it like everyone else.
The coffee was hot enough to cause third degree burns. Most coffee would only be hot enough to cause first degree burns. Yeah, sure, you're at fault for dropping coffee on yourself, but nobody reasonably expects to require a skin graft afterwards from the resulting damage. The only comparable situation would be if this guy…
I think we're due for dragonborn and drow later down the line. Also ranger and warlock. Then after that, maybe, just maybe, we'll get multiple paragon paths per class.
Yeah, there's no conversation forking in the main content. You're scripted responses to the NPCs are, well, scripted. On the other hand, you can be as snarky as you want to real live people. Seems likes an okay trade off.
At the launcher, go to options and disable on-demand patching. You'll have to patch 2.2 gigs, but I suspect that's what is making you lag like garbage.