The cause of all the problems lies with producers who produce very slowly.
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Perhaps he's recalculating against a new unknown 100%
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Perhaps he's recalculating against a new unknown 100%
My point was not about Aiden's tasks and the lesbian route, it was that L&P gated the Spohia/Dylan route to accepting Aiden's blackmail.
Dylan fans Had to accept Aiden's blackmail in order to continue on the Sophia/Dylan path - there was no choice.
This is why many of the Dylan fans, me included (this occurred when I was still a supporter via Patreon), asked L&P for a way to stop Sophia from being blackmailed while staying on the Sophia Dylan route.
We finally, years later, reached the end of Aiden's 4th blackmail task and were able to kick Aiden to the curb, with the help of Don Moreno.
As much as I dislike the blackmail route though, I accept that others Do like that route, and I have no more right to expect that the black mail route goes away then they have the right to expect that those who want to be on the Sophia/Dylan route Must accept every one of Aiden's blackmail tasks as the price to pay for Dylan Sophia time.
Do I want faster development - sure, but that is L&P's choice to fix or not, and I've seen no positive change in the speed of development, regardless of the repeated promises that it will get better whenever.
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1. Liam cheated on Sophia, and Sophia finds out about it, has sex with another man.
2. Sofia becomes a couple with Sam, Dylan becomes a couple with Amber, and the them share this fact.
3. Dylan and Ellie become a sexual relationship and Sophia finds out about this, or Dylan and Ellie conspire together to do something to Sophia.
These are all things that can happen in the near future and can make Sofia react and act in a variety of ways.
On the other hand
How can Dylan-Emma, Christine, and Marie Story affect Sofia?
Dylan dates them and becomes a couple, then breaks up, get hurt and Dylan becomes a couple when he is comforted by Sophia?
It's a story don't need, but it takes a lot of time to complete the story.
At least a month in game time is six years in real time.
Marie used Dylan because she wanted to be in a relationship with Sophia, and later she became in a relationship with Dylan and Sophia?
It also takes time, but it's not Sophia, it's not Dylan, it's Marie's story.
The reason for this debate is that the developer is too slow and that Dylan Solo Story will make Sophia's scene more feeble and slower, as it did in the hair salon scene.
2. Sofia becomes a couple with Sam, Dylan becomes a couple with Amber, and the them share this fact.
3. Dylan and Ellie become a sexual relationship and Sophia finds out about this, or Dylan and Ellie conspire together to do something to Sophia.
These are all things that can happen in the near future and can make Sofia react and act in a variety of ways.
On the other hand
How can Dylan-Emma, Christine, and Marie Story affect Sofia?
Dylan dates them and becomes a couple, then breaks up, get hurt and Dylan becomes a couple when he is comforted by Sophia?
It's a story don't need, but it takes a lot of time to complete the story.
At least a month in game time is six years in real time.
Marie used Dylan because she wanted to be in a relationship with Sophia, and later she became in a relationship with Dylan and Sophia?
It also takes time, but it's not Sophia, it's not Dylan, it's Marie's story.
The reason for this debate is that the developer is too slow and that Dylan Solo Story will make Sophia's scene more feeble and slower, as it did in the hair salon scene.
These are Dylan heavy days re: content.
What if we remove all the Dylan content from Sophia's trip to Zoe's ranch with Patricia?
That would change ... nothing ... since Dylan is not, according to L&P, part of that day; it is one of the days without Dylan content.
You could as easily say what if Sophia and Liam only had Ellie and Dylan died in childbirth.
One brief mourning narrative content on day 1 addresses the issue and now no Dylan.
There are lots of ways to rewrite a story L&P is telling to get content that is more related to the desires of a subset of L&P's fans or to supposedly speed development but what if someone wanted to have Ellie die in childbirth, so Dylan was the only child?
As nice as it is to say that slow speed of development is all due to Dylan's presence, that is like saying that gravity is the reason that an airliner crashed.
I suppose it is, in a sense, but I think poor maintenance or bad weather would be more likely culprits for the crash.
Presuming that removal of all these Dylan events would fix the slow development speed ignores the content L&P would add to replace it, because L&P would not leave massive holes in various PD's without any story at all to tell.
I doubt he would add 1 render and say that Sophia spent x hours at the library grading papers since this is only the kind of thing he does when the player is not on the path that has events during those time slots.
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What you said is beside the point.
People aren't saying let's rebuild the game from scratch.
It also means that if the developer removes Dylan's solo story and fills the space with another story, not Sophia, the developer will not solve this problem.
People aren't saying let's get rid of the whole Dylan story.
People are saying let's get rid of some scenes that are not directly related to Sofia.
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Which, some seem to be forgetting about, also includes the side jobs the old guys and the kids
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It seems to be questioning whether it helps to develop Dylan and Sophia relations.
I don't know from Sophia's point of view.
And I think the children's sex education scene could be used as a device to show how Sophia will behave to Dylan in the future.
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Except they're completely independent. It's entirely possible to be playing the nursing home side job and the Dylan route.
It's his retirement plan. He's said as much. It's an original idea & as pension schemes go, extremely innovative. (Patrons have to be happy with it, or they can leave). It's never been done before with a 3D game. That's one reason, perhaps, why things get slower.
There are fans who think it's fine that this will, in theory, last for the next 30-40 years. I surmise that they're either very self-contained tranquil beings, or think that they're definitely going to live that long, (a quite reasonable & realistic expectation for the Dev's schoolkid fans, at whom AWAM is now directed), while maintaining an ongoing interest in AWAM. I'm certain that their experience of the randomness of life is doubtful.
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Bennett, if he reappears at all, is due back once, to receive Sophia's answer. I presume it will be "no" but the Bennett story has been effectively ruined by the Dev, [& I mean thoroughly FUBAR], i.e. it's weeks since the restaurant event in San Alejo time but several years in real life. L&P said that he didn't know what to do with him. This was after an outcry from fans who had Sophia on a pedestal & couldn't stand the thought of her being blackmailed. Fucked by her own son, yes, somehow that was O.K. but...blackmailed, no. (There was no Aiden at the time). It would be a mercy if Bennett, (potentially one the best adult storylines), transferred to another school. Then he wouldn't need to be back at all. I'll still rate the restaurant scene as one of the best in AWAM.
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Progress Report Ver. 0.185. 40% - 35% - 0%
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L&P should have developed the Bennett route &/or given Aiden a stronger position with Sophia. Those like me who don't want to pursue incest are being slowly but inexorably ignored, as AWAM travels the full-on schoolboy fantasy path. As I've said elsewhere, I stay for the quality renders & out of curiousity but it's quite clear that the Dev is politely, slowly but with deliberate intent, showing fans like me where the exit door is.
All the debate around who should have the most screen time has become somewhat academic to those who hardly have any coherent story to follow at all.
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This is getting suspicious...
Is this a prelude to a spectacular festival of bullshit?
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Hard to say. He's already upgraded his hardware, moved to a new country, gotten ahead of the curve on the animations for this update. Maybe a two-week easter holiday?This is getting suspicious...
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