Agreed. And often, there are no good choices… I mean I wish you could save the witch to be burned (Ralia, I think?) without having to kill simple farmers.
In my first playthrough I did extort the guy with the cart for money - and when the alpha version got to Homestead and I learned that whoops, he was telling the truth - was too late. What happens if you kill him? His daughter will want revenge?
Another thing I only tried now is not giving the relic back to the Rovers. It’s an interesting Relic for sure, but the XP/Reputation is worth more probably.
And what I never tried is to tell the two “kidnapper scammers” that they can shoot the hostage for all I care.