Sorry to be a pest with constant questions, but ...
I understand Kivan will leave if you don't kill bandits within 10 days of his joining the party. For that reason, I held off recruiting him until I had finished the Nashkel Mine and was ready to do Chapter 3, the Bandit Camp. As a result, Kivan was really only in my party for less then 5 days game time when Chapter 3 was finished and Chapter 4 had begun, now I can get Corran (should I so desire) and Kivan never really had a chance to develop.
My question then is what will satisfy Kivan? I have started a second party that consists of
me: cleric
Imoen
Ajantis.
I skipped Khalid/Jaheria, collected Ajantis and went straight to Nashkel after getting the FAI quests. I can collect Kivan, get Minsc and Dynaheir and finish Chapter 2, but if Kivan requires Chapter 3 with 10 game days, it ain't gonna happen. Will he be satisfied with simply killing some stray bandits?