Elduriel

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Oh, you can still go the Jade route full on, just don't record it, and if you do record it, don't show the video to anyone...
hmm I haven't played that route too much, so I might have been careless with that, can't even remember what choices were there... I know you can show it to the DIKs. But then it's maybe better if you don't since it got leaked anyway by someone.
 

ChipLecsap

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Well I don't mean "heavy" as in the unavoiable tragedies that Acting Lessons had, I mean that BADIK was originally promised to be consequence free of the MC being afflicted with a moral dilemma over who the player chooses to sleep around with -- whether you're going for an all-you-can-eat buffet polygamy run or monogamous relationships.

I don't mind MC having a moral conundrum when it comes to relationships, but I went down paths in Seasons 1 & 2 that didn't follow as expected into Season 3 even though I'm importing directly from the saves and it makes no sense. Seasons 1 & 2 I actively pursued Jill, by the end of Season 2 I get only two options, Sage or nobody, start of Season 3 MC dumps Jill because I knew choosing nobody MC still dumps Jill, so I choose Sage, and for some reason all of a sudden MC acts like a wuss in a total 180 from how I played him in the previous seasons which again, makes no sense.

MC racks up Cheater points but he does nothing. I find this weird.
Yeah that was never the case :ROFLMAO:.

also its seem like you don't really paid too much attention to Affinity, stats, and paths either. no offence but everything you say, it's seem like you did not pay any attention to the game,:unsure:

I recommend the official Walkthrough that might can help figuring out where you went wrong. as for your MC acting differently, you likely end up having a Neutral permanent affinity at the end of season 2
 
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Is it just me, or does it seem like to anyone else that Season 3 turned the game into a giant jumbled mess? I can't see where the story is heading.

When Being a DIK was first introduced I believe we were promised the game wasn't going to be as heavy as Acting Lessons was, I could've sworn that Being a DIK was gonna feel more consequence-free fun. The MC seems to be picking up a big moral dilemma in Season 3 at the end of Season 2 no matter what you chose for a story path to be.

I wanted my game story to pursue Jill in Season 3, but unfortunately for some reason it doesn't look at all like that's an option and I don't get it. It's either gotta be Sage, Josy & Maya, or Bella, but for some reason Season 3 neglects any potential story growth development for other characters such as Lily, Heather, Quinn, etc.

What's going on with the progress for Season 3? I'm confused as it looks like Season 3 combines like 3 episodes to all be happening over the span of a single in-game day, which isn't normal for the previous season episodes so I'm at a loss and don't know exactly what this is leading to. How many episodes is Season 3 supposed to have?
Well I don't mean "heavy" as in the unavoiable tragedies that Acting Lessons had, I mean that BADIK was originally promised to be consequence free of the MC being afflicted with a moral dilemma over who the player chooses to sleep around with -- whether you're going for an all-you-can-eat buffet polygamy run or monogamous relationships.

I don't mind MC having a moral conundrum when it comes to relationships, but I went down paths in Seasons 1 & 2 that didn't follow as expected into Season 3 even though I'm importing directly from the saves and it makes no sense. Seasons 1 & 2 I actively pursued Jill, by the end of Season 2 I get only two options, Sage or nobody, start of Season 3 MC dumps Jill because I knew choosing nobody MC still dumps Jill, so I choose Sage, and for some reason all of a sudden MC acts like a wuss in a total 180 from how I played him in the previous seasons which again, makes no sense.

MC racks up Cheater points but he does nothing. I find this weird.
Idk where you got the idea BADIK was this happy-go-lucky fairy tale with no consequences. Lighter than Acting Lessons, sure, but did you forget about the opening with Jill? Or some of the narration?
 

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Well I don't mean "heavy" as in the unavoiable tragedies that Acting Lessons had, I mean that BADIK was originally promised to be consequence free of the MC being afflicted with a moral dilemma over who the player chooses to sleep around with -- whether you're going for an all-you-can-eat buffet polygamy run or monogamous relationships.

I don't mind MC having a moral conundrum when it comes to relationships, but I went down paths in Seasons 1 & 2 that didn't follow as expected into Season 3 even though I'm importing directly from the saves and it makes no sense. Seasons 1 & 2 I actively pursued Jill, by the end of Season 2 I get only two options, Sage or nobody, start of Season 3 MC dumps Jill because I knew choosing nobody MC still dumps Jill, so I choose Sage, and for some reason all of a sudden MC acts like a wuss in a total 180 from how I played him in the previous seasons which again, makes no sense.

MC racks up Cheater points but he does nothing. I find this weird.
As I mentioned I joined the BADIK train only last year, so can't speak to what folks were expecting when it was first released, but I still believe there's a huge gap inbetween the 2 VNs, and is not just about the couple of really dark situations in AL, but the whole setting.

Then of course DPC is DPC some things will still remain expecting to go from AL to an harem game where all the MC does is fucking around it's probably too much? Not saying that's what you expected btw, just using it as an extreme example.

For the rest I think also others have already answered, but one needs to pay attention to the choices and relationships with various LIs, is not that difficult to stay on Jill's path, so long as one understands what kind of person she is and makes the MC behave accordingly.

The same applies to Quinn, Lily and pretty much every "other" girl, one could argue that lumping them all (Jill has her own path) under "others" is a bit restrictive, and it is, but there have to be limits if the VN DPC wants to create is not a lewd scene generator harem, the more dedicated paths one creates the more the project expands to the point of becoming hard if not impossible to tie up.
 
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Idk where you got the idea BADIK was this happy-go-lucky fairy tale with no consequences. Lighter than Acting Lessons, sure, but did you forget about the opening with Jill? Or some of the narration?
As for where I got the "idea" from (not this "happy-go-lucky" as you put it), this came directly from DPC at the very earliest of stages in this games development. The intention at first when making this was to be able to play the College Frat Party Boy life style with nothing tying the MC down he's just having fun and exploring -- unlike what MC is having moral dilemma after moral dilemma at the end of Season 2 & start of Season 3.

I wanna know why and what changed. Did too many people complain between the development of Season 2 & 3 when only Season 1 episodes 1-4 were out? I'm just asking because I don't get it. MC turned into a CHICK with massive feelings.
 
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Yeah that was never the case :ROFLMAO:.

also its seem like you don't really paid too much attention to Affinity, stats, and paths either. no offence but everything you say, it's seem like you did not pay any attention to the game,:unsure:

I recommend the official Walkthrough that might can help figuring out where you went wrong. as for your MC acting differently, you likely end up having a Neutral permanent affinity at the end of season 2
I paid attention, problem is even with Scrappy's mod it doesn't follow the paths I intended to follow.

Just now (all day today) I spent hours following Jills path and ONLY Jills path, yet for some reason the paths split into two either choosing Bella/ Sage or nobody. I find that weird. Hence why I'm also here asking what possibly went wrong. With Scrappy's mod I can turn on/ off / change the variables of relationship paths. So again, it's weird.
 

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I paid attention, problem is even with Scrappy's mod it doesn't follow the paths I intended to follow.

Just now (all day today) I spent hours following Jills path and ONLY Jills path, yet for some reason the paths split into two either choosing Bella/ Sage or nobody. I find that weird. Hence why I'm also here asking what possibly went wrong. With Scrappy's mod I can turn on/ off / change the variables of relationship paths. So again, it's weird.
The #1 thing on Jill path is don't help Sage when she's sick. (Do that and Jill is all over).
The next major thing is choose to fight for her. (Don't and it's over).

Other than that, it's basically choosing all the common sense answers towards a Jill relationship.
 
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