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GrannyWeatherwax14 days ago

I just finished my first playthrough (charming, kind, intuitive, adventurous, assertive) romancing Xelef! What an incredible story! Immense replayability, lovely fleshed out characters, a triumph in writing!


I have a question about how to interpret relationship status with our RO. I can get Xelef to where he Cares about me and is worried he's undeserving of me at the point where we discuss his mom's dagger. If I push the issue it remains at that status, versus if I let it go, the status description changes to he REALLY likes me. But that was the status that came before the caring/worrying status. Is NOT pushing the issue "demoting" the relationship? The relationship is steady in both cases. 

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qeresî13 days ago (1 edit) (+2)

First, thanks so much for the kind words!

As for your question: yep, that's a step back from their relationship status. Don't think of it as pushing the issue, and it's not really about the dagger either. It's more so about the fact that X is clearly hiding something incredibly important, which includes severe political ramifications which has caused problems for the Crown on multiple occasions, as well as being emotionally unavailable and distant. 

If the Crown just lets it go and makes no further effort to close that emotional gap and hold X accountable, as well as showing X that they want to know the real them and not just the performance they put on, then the relationship remains surface-level. However, it still falls within the acceptable threshold of romance points that keeps the relationship steady, so it's not a problem yet. Hope that gives you some understanding!

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GrannyWeatherwax13 days ago (1 edit)

Okay that's great! Follow up question(s):

I noticed that the more we flirt with each of the characters in the common 4 chapters, the more options we unlock to get to know them better. If we choose to act platonically/friendly rather than romantically, it doesn't unlock those dialog options. How come? Is it because you need romance points to progress through the game, or is there a reason for it other than game mechanics?

Secondly, could you please tell me the highest level relationship you can have before picking your LI at the end of chapter 4? It feels like X has more levels of friendship than the others? The highest phrase I've gotten for each is:

X: "(S)he really likes you" (or maybe it's without the "really")

A: "(S)he's Intrigued"

D: "(S)he's reassured"

R: "(S)he's curious to see how you'll do as the crown" (I've chosen to ride with A most of the time)

Piggybacking on that, do you need to get all 10 points throughout the first 4 chapters with any given RO in order to get the highest level romance by the end of chapter 14? Or can you miss ONE point and still get there?

Lastly, and I understand if it's too spoiler-y to answer, but would you be willing to tell me what the highest relationship status phrase is for each of the LIs by the end of chapter 14?


Obviously I'm enjoying this very much!

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