The fact that they are "important to the whole thing" is precisely why you can't ignore them. They can't be an important aspect if there are no interactions with them. They will have to show up a lot and interact with the MC and the player will not be able to avoid everything with them.
Of course you can ignore them. Other than when you have to deal with them in the story and that could help bring them back into friendship. I ignored a co-worker the whole time we worked together (just over a year). When the work required us to interact we did, but after that we just went our separate ways. I saw him around and we'd exchange His and Byes and that's all. No hostilities, just trying to stay out of each other's way when possible.
but at that point how would they ask you for help in scavenger hunt for example?
You already can ignore them. In episode 5, the only required interaction with them is when you meet them at the party and Josy asks you to help meeting her father, which you can decline
That's real life, game rules are different. In this game, the MC will do a lot more than just exchange a quick 'Hi' and 'Bye' every so often. Yes, there will likely be choices between them and another LI, but there will also likely be unavoidable moments and choices between just the 2 of them because that's what the game will require.
We don't have a confirmed date, but based on the latest progress in the status update we're probably about another 3-5 weeks away.
No one really knows an exact date, though we do know DPC is in the final stages of the next episode. Looking at past posts show that calculations given for renders remaning and beta-testing means we can expect the episode earlier by first week of November.
i don't fucking care if they are important to the story or not but they sure are the most annoying character in the whole damn game.
Maybe this VN isn't for you then as you'll be seeing/interacting with them a whole lot more. Poor you.
I don't find them annoying. Josy, maybe. She has lied and cheated on her "boyfriend". Like when she told MC that if she would have been accepted she'd be knocking on MC's dorm the next minute but she didn't even bother telling him that she was accepted. From what I understood Maya and Josy weren't really an item (Unless Josy telling MC that she was moving out East was another lie) and they only get back together because Josy gets accepted. Maya didn't lie and she stops things from getting too steamy with MC because she is still in love with Josy, though she now has feelings for MC as well. And there is obviously something really bad going on with her father. I am guessing he knows about her being BI and he is in serious need of some good assrape for being a piece of shit.
Maya doesn't really stop anything because, if you play it this way, she not only willingly lets the MC finger her and suck on her tits but she also fully gives herself over to her feelings for the MC at the end of ep 3 and was willing to have sex with him but the baseball bat was too much for her at that time.
Yeah, her father is deeply religious and he is pouting like a 2 year old because he found out.
