Both WoW and LoTRO tried providing smallish branching quests which resulted in real consequences (such as gear tied to whichever option you took) and it didn't end well .. endless whining from the min/maxers about losing out to the BiS item (even though both were, just not the same slot). Turbine responded by saying they'd never do it again, Blizzard have never done it either, except for a lame case in BFA which simply provided a short and largely forgettable end-of-story cutscene.

TLDR: people will moan because they 'lost out' by their choice, I expect SE will simply avoid the drama.