Sorry i'm an idiot at creating polls, but who'd you go for? I went for Iorveth because Elves are rad and Roche is a dick

Why's Roche a dick? He's the only one who hadn't tried to kill Geralt yet.

I picked Roche. Ended up in King Henselt army camp, which is a pretty cool location. The surrounding countryside is beautiful too. Mountains with valleys carved inbetween and the sounds of water crashing against the cliffs. This game is absolutely gorgeous.

Vernon. It felt like that made way more sense looking at how the situation was and also even tho I like elves I didn't like Iorveths reasoning, or rather lack thereof, at all.

Roche all the way.

Oh and I love how when you choose Roche, Geralt whacks Iorveth in the face.

Ew, I'm not aligning assholes. Was that what the wooden dildos were for?? Ew.

Roche. Iorveth is a dick. Henselt is a pig though, so I guess having Saskia on Iorveth's side balances things out. Besides, Roche got us out of the prison while Iorveth tried to kill us. TWICE

Iorveth is one of the best characters in the game, you should all feel bad for not siding with him.

Picked Iorveth which sides me with the Dragon Slayer (this universe's Joan of Arc) who's uniting the peasants, humans, dwarves and elves against that douche Henselt. 

I was all for Roche at first because he backed me up first. But then I was caught in this moment where I had to decide if i'd give Iorveth's sword back or not and, My Geralt does not kill people unarmed so I went with that and one thing led to another, Im with Squirrels now.

God I love this game!!!

I CAN'T DECIDE!

AAAHHHH!

I sided with Roche, it didn't occur to me that you would be sided with Saskia if you picked Iorveth.

Henselt is an asshole though..

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I was all for Roche at first because he backed me up first. But then I was caught in this moment where I had to decide if i'd give Iorveth's sword back or not and, My Geralt does not kill people unarmed so I went with that and one thing led to another, Im with Squirrels now. God I love this game!!!

Went with Roche, love the Special Forces crew, how can I turn on my buddies after we all got drunk and I woke up with a stupid tattoo? Plus Ves is pretty great, not sure if I can stay loyal to Triss. Only downside is the ass that is Henselt, but I'm hoping there will be some way to turn on him if possible.

Iorveth, I didn't like how Roche charged in without faith in my abilities. 
Dude could go to hell from then on. 

ahhh! your title is a spoiler. Now I know I have to make a choice at the end of chapter 1!

I decided to throw Iorveth his sword because he was helping me at that particular moment. I am still undecided on who I am going to turn to next though.

ahhh! your title is a spoiler. Now I know I have to make a choice at the end of chapter 1!

By the way, I am about to hop back into the game and choose one of the crossroads quests. Can anyone share, in a non-spoilery way, who they sided with and whether or not they regret it?

I sided with Iorveth for the main reason that Roche is a racist and hates non-humans.   That's no good cause Elves and Dwarves are the shit!  Iroveth does hate humans for too, so in someways he's just as bad, but I can understand why he would hate and be untrusting of humans.  I did want to help Roche because sided with me initially and got me out of prison, but then I remembered he let me get my ass beat in that jail for quite some time before sitting me down for a chat.  That's fucked up!  Ultimately it seemed that Iorveth was more interested in the greater good than Roche.  I will replay it as Roche for sure.

I chose Roche because he had a boat and was presumably ready to leave right then, whereas the Elves would probably make me stab a few more of them before they'd let me go with them.

I picked Roche, but once I learned how picking Iorveth would change chapter 2, I wish I went that way.  Hensalt and Dethmold are total dicks.

I chose Roche at first because I wanted to help Flotsom before I left, but once I saw the company Roche keeps in Chapter 2 I reloaded a save right before I helped Roche and went with Iorveth.  This game is great about having shades of grey in every choice.

I chose Roche because he had a boat and was presumably ready to leave right then, whereas the Elves would probably make me stab a few more of them before they'd let me go with them.

Wow! Really split vote! That's why I love the Witcher so much, I found it really hard to choose.

I picked Iorveth. There were good moral reasons to go with Roche, but to be fair, most of the humans in Flotsam were dicks, and at least Iorveth is interested in a world where all races live together. As you play on (not really a spoiler) a lot of the humans you encounter are very quick to bad-mouth non-humans and further prove themselves to just be complete assholes. Elves to the same, to some extent, but at least they're following Iorveth who seems (for the moment) more open minded about the future.
 

Went with Iorveth, I really dislike his methods and reasoning but I felt the cause is just. Roche on the other hand I liked, but the humans are such assholes...

I've been reeally confused about this decision and so have not played since last night cuz I couldn't decide what to do. Played through both side's escape from Flotsam and still couldn't decide.
 Initially had the impulse to go with Iovereth but got second thoughts as I had hated the Scoiatel in the first game, and even in the books they're shown as big assholes.
But now, after having read many topics, I remembered that Iovereth said that he wanted a free state for the Elves, where humans and non - humans live in harmony and without discrimination, whereas Roche just wants to kill all non- humans without reasoning.
 
Plus the Sex bath scene (elven ruins) kinda forced me to sympathize with them, and it looked as if even Triss felt sorry for how things had gone for them.
So yeah, Iovereth, atleast for this playthrough :)

Vernon Roche.

My reasoning is that me and iorveth and his crew were about to smoke the shit out of the kingslayer, then friggin Rambo-Roche just runs in and starts killing shit willy nilly leading to more troubles. So I sided with the elves.

I went with Roche in my first run, but as soon as the game is finish I'm planing on going back to re do Iorveth.. no biggie.

Well i looked at it basically as either 
 
you fight for cause with Iorveth
Or 
stay neutral with Roche
 
Witchers are supposed to neutral , but as more of Gearalt back-story is revealed , it makes more sense for him to side with Iorveth.

I picked Roche my first run through because given the two choices I couldn't see Geralt picking Iorveth at all. The Scoia'tael are a bunch of murders and bandits IMO. They fight for freedom but do it by killing innocents. No way would Geralt side with them when his entire purpose in life is to protect innocents from monsters.

I'm on my second run through the game and I chose Iorveth and I see where he's coming from but still don't think Geralt would ever side with him.

Roche's is a dick, but a patriot. Chose him all the way. 
 
Gave Iorveth his sword some time before, it's not like I hate him, Roche just seems like a better "friend" for Geralt.

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Stuck with Roche the whole way through.  The dude is a total fucking badass by the end of the game.

I went with Roche, for the sole reason of getting to kill Loredo and remaining neutralish. Roche was only interested in going after the King's killer at that point, so he seemed like the 'safer' option. I didn't really like him much at first, Iorveth seemed to be a cooler character with a cause you could get behind, but Roche comes into his own later on.

@gike987 said:

Iorveth is one of the best characters in the game, you should all feel bad for not siding with him.

The story is structured in such a way that either option seems like the best one when you first play through it. :)

I sided with Roche.  While I don't like the racism that is so prevalent in the human communities in the game, I felt that it was the most logical choice:  Iorveth already attacked Geralt and was allied with the kingslayers.  Also, I was not convinced that his way was the right one--the Squirrels he led seemed just as keen on hurting innocent people as they were on fighting the establishment.  Aside from that, it seemed to make more sense to not side with the kingslayers' allies if my main goal was to clear my name...
 
Of course, I am going to play through again (loading a save right before that choice rather than going through the whole first chapter again) to see it differently.  And I will make the logical choice again:  Geralt will side with Iorveth, because he is sick and tired of being shit on for being a mutant--even a mutant that helps people.  Also, kings send people to war for their own selfish gains, so to hell with them.  I like to roleplay my characters in RPGs like this, thinking of justifications for their actions in terms of the game world rather than just "I want to replay it."

I just passed that point in the game. It was a very difficult choice for me. I like Roche but the company he keeps and the humans in general are dicks. I don't like Iorveth all that much but I think he's fighting for a good cause and he keeps good company. I went with Iorveth and so far I don't regret it. What helped me decide was when Iorveth said :  "I want a Elves to be able to enter a human Inn. I want Humans to be able to enter the forest without fear." That made me think he was fighting for equality which made me side with him. Also, dwarfs are awesome. 
I love the moral choices in this game, so much shades of grey, this game is amazing.

@mikkaq: that is the exact same reason I sided with Iorveth. Rambo Roche, that's awesome.

I picked Roche. Just felt like I had to. Him and I had a strained relationship but we became friends (well, as close as possible) by the end.