AGreed. They're mostly snoozefests.
Unfortunately, it is not. I've long noticed that opponents like to use the "you took the LC route" argument. Therefore, I always make a note on which route the scenes described are on. All scenes except “train” and “Thanks, I appreciate that” (dom1=2) are taken from the HC route. Steph arranges a striptease in front of Jason and sex with the MC in front of Jason/Tori, promising the MC “only conversation, no undressing.” Does this on dom1=5. Steph wipes his feet on MC and their deal. What kind of respect can we talk about? Steph is eager to join the football team and doesn’t care about MC’s opinion.
Do as I want or not at all, this is an ultimatum and blackmail. Swing requires an equal say in choosing a partner. Respect for the opinion if one of the couple does not want sex with someone. This scene is not swing, it is NTR, like all the scenes with Donny, after the bar, when Steph tries in every way to be alone with Donny. This is not swing, this is NTR.
You have mixed up the cause-and-effect relationship. Boundaries are set first and then pushed. It's too late to set boundaries when Steph returns from a business trip pregnant. Where have you seen at least one discussion so that the MC could influence Steph. Any attempt by the MC to express disagreement with Steph’s actions immediately leads to a drop in the confidence indicator. Steph always does only what she wants, she is not interested in the MC's opinion. This is not equal partners swinging, this is NTR.
I always indicate which route the stage is on. Route “dom1” = 5, there is nowhere higher.
Steph is a bitch on every path. It is how the devs deliberately made her for whatever reason. On HC she is tolerable, not good, but tolerable. On the MC she pushes the border, on LC she is intolerable for me. In relationship to my answer to Adamska, I think on the HC she meets the statement Adamska made (barely) but enough that I accept Adamska's premise. On the other paths she is way off the mark and I don't agree with Adamska on that point.
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Yeah sorry I didn't think. I've been cutting and pasting shit and I just didn't think. I should have just replied. My bad.
It's an ultimatum, but it's not blackmail. It's putting unnecessary pressure on a partner for sure, but that's probably more out of the developer not being able to give the player 50 swing partner options to select from and carry forward in the game, rather than out of a behavior flaw from Steph. That can be fixed with an adjustment to the dialogue ("Let's end this for now, we can go back to the bar another night to try again..." GAME OVER instead of "I'm not doing this again if you don't fuck my Donny" GAME OVER). Big difference in overall feel with a quick update. It's an unhealthy approach to swinging for sure, but it's not NTR (where Steph would be hooking up without MC involvement). The author, as mentioned in the past, does want to incorporate darker routes into the game - so I expect actual NTR to be coming down the pipeline in addition to a more true/loyal route. Right now I think them being jumbled up is confusing readers, but it's EARLY ACCESS - this is to be expected.
The question you asked me was "How can MC correct Steph's behavior?" This question implies there was already a problem. Yes, a perfect sharing scenario does not include the things Steph is doing - we've covered this ad nauseam. The things Steph is doing are central to the conflict the author has repeatedly mentioned wanting to write about in this story. You can accept this and try to understand Steph's actions/the mystery (if you believe she may have some redemption in the non-cuck routes) or move along. You aren't being held here in a cage forced to watch, Clockwork Orange style.
You need to spend some more time sifting through the forums/genres, Steph in this game isn't close to the worst of the worst wives in fiction.
Doesn't matter to me I just want someone besides the mc to get her pregnant
I agree with the confusion the "confidence" meter can cause for players. I view this more as a "content selection" option, to indicate reader preference to the author. After all, the reader is the one selecting what reactions they want to have - so if they're low C Steph is going to pick up on this and give the traditional low C preferred content (otherwise why aren't you acting like an alpha)? To the point of this content being counterintuitive and giving unexpected results, I agree - Steph reacting like she does to the phone call pisses me off too. I hope the authors continue to chop/adjust the story to more closely align choices with expectations.
But you don't like NTR/Cheating. You are a complex man, Joshy. Complex!
This game will never measure up to Babysitters. In "Babysitters" the MC/player controls the events, in this game the MC dildos, to satisfy Steph, nothing depends on him. For this game to catch up with Babysitters, the MC has to have choices and the choices have to work. This will never happen in this game.
Five minutes after Donny leaves, with his sperm still leaking out of Steph, she again blackmails MC and puts forward a new ultimatum:
The player does make choices in this game, you just don't like how the authors wrote the outcomes of those choices. I agree that Babysitters is a stellar game and this one isn't on the same level right now. AMW is also several years behind in development time. Both devs seem to be shooting for the same type of story though, slice of life with dark/kinky scenarios that are tuned to the reader's indicated preferences.
You often describe basic sharing scenarios as if they're inherently offensive, so I'm confused about what draws you to this genre. Donny was probably a bad choice for the authors to pick as the first partner, I agree he's offensive. They don't have the resources to let us pick from 40 personality type / physique combos for our wife's sharing partner based on every reader's specific criteria. I think Donny was chosen to show how Steph can be thrown off her otherwise very "in control" attitude when presented with a sexually charged environment. He's intentionally overly aggressive, not who you would expect her to be attracted to, but it fits because part of Steph's recurring fantasies are about being controlled and dominated. I think it's an early clue for readers that something is up with her ("She usually doesn't behave like this, I wonder why she is now..."). It's contentious content that isn't for all tastes, and has caused many readers to immediately distrust everything else related to Steph, but it's not unreasonable from the perspective of the narrative.
Then, in no time at all, Steph disrespects MC, lies to him and forces Doni down his throat - remember that by this time, there is never even a wisk of anything with or about Tori, no plan and no idea, just whatever dumb words MC remembered from what Jason had told him earlier: Steph proceeds to fkk everithing that moves, her initiating, her double downing on Doni, this inanimate fkking decrepit piece of furniture of a man, being the mute brain dead offputting dumb as nails tool in the bedroom and all around disgusting dumpsterfire of a man.
You are not paying attention, I’m already used to the fact that my opponents’ favorite argument is “you chose the LC route.” That's why I always indicate which route the scene is on. The scenes I listed take place on the HC route and “dom1”=5, there is nowhere higher.
