Yeah but Sage as suggested by Tommy doesn't apparently like drugs and that's a DIK choice. I know the "Bella comes around" variable is not all based on Chick actions. Some of it is classes and other stuff that are minor choices.
She is but my hypothesis is the Affinity of the LIs as they currently stand aren't fixed, any more than the MC's is. Think of it like this, Sage is a 1, Maya is a 5 and Bella, Jill and Josy are 3s at the start of the game. All those positions will move 1 to 2 places by the end of the game based on their interactions with a roughly alligned MC.
Not every episode has to have 2 major choices. For example, I think Ep3 had only one.
That was a good thing of AL. In some other games I tend to do the same and it feels like I'm missing content for no good reason...
There is nothing to stop bar from shrinking further in one direction. There are 3 levels of DIK - DIK, huge DIK, massive DIK. In theory one could keep choosing the DIK option until one is only the most massive of a massive DIK.There wasn't one. DPC released a preview image a couple of days ago and info on a render poll today.
It will be interesting to see what happens after ep 6 because, based on Cndyrvr4lf's screenshot, if there are 2 more major choices in ep 6 and they make them in favour of DIK, then all CHICK nodules are gone, so what will will happen with major choices in ep 7? Will the game just automatically make the major DIK choice, or will choosing the CHICK choice add a nodule back on to the CHICK side?
The disparity in the LI Dik-Chick scale makes me think that player will be able to freely play the field more in the DIK path.
I stand corrected. But Ep4 only has one - rooftop weed.
Yep but all the rest have had 2.
Yeah so far the only path to (maybe) eliminate girls is the DIK one with the Maya/Josy Poly but it kind of looks like it just splits them into 2 separate paths in Ep5. Speculation on that but still.
Sure, all those things will matter, eg. higher or lower RP might affect the degree that a particular LIs affinity can shift. Everything I'm suggesting assumes DPC is to some extent punishing metagaming. A couple of posts ago I posited a 5 point scale for where the LIs start and where they might end up; now I would like to posit a 7 point scale for us as players, 1 being massive Dik, 7 being massive Chick. I don't a tiny number of the people in this thread would, if they were making choices for the MC based on their own values, end up 1s or 7s. A larger number would end up as 2s or 6s but the vast majority would be 3s, 4s and 5s (I reckon I'd be a 4 or 5)
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Likely October.
Episodes 1-4 on a first time playthrough should take at least an hour each, and ep 5 may have felt short because of the long free-roams, but it still takes a fair bit of time to get through the first time around.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't those kind of decisions restricted by status and not affinity? I mean, requiring you to be at least DIK or massive DIK or whatever and not banning massive DIK choices if you have made too many CHICK major decisions.
I would be 1-3 by your scale, I really am a sarcastic assholeSure, all those things will matter, eg. higher or lower RP might affect the degree that a particular LIs affinity can shift. Everything I'm suggesting assumes DPC is to some extent punishing metagaming. A couple of posts ago I posited a 5 point scale for where the LIs start and where they might end up; now I would like to posit a 7 point scale for us as players, 1 being massive Dik, 7 being massive Chick. I don't a tiny number of the people in this thread would, if they were making choices for the MC based on their own values, end up 1s or 7s. A larger number would end up as 2s or 6s but the vast majority would be 3s, 4s and 5s (I reckon I'd be a 4 or 5)
Trying to act outside of your actual preferences will see you end up with the worst girl for YOU, the player of the game whereas, for most of us, we'll get the person who best fits who we are as people (and be fuming about it
As to your last one that's just simple human nature. We always want what we know we can't/shouldn't have
I could be wrong but I believe there have been actions/choices that are affected by both in game. Example - Wearing helmet the first time requires DIK or Neutral affinity and getting in the hot tub with Heather, Melanie and Sarah requires Major DIK Status
You've never been forced to take a major choice one way or the other and these choices have only ever removed a chunk from the bar so not sure why it would add them.It will be interesting to see what happens after ep 6 because, based on Cndyrvr4lf's screenshot, if there are 2 more major choices in ep 6 and they make them in favour of DIK, then all CHICK nodules are gone, so what will will happen with major choices in ep 7? Will the game just automatically make the major DIK choice, or will choosing the CHICK choice add a nodule back on to the CHICK side?
Well then, my original point that it doesn't have to be 2 major choices in every episode (and in fact has NOT been 2 major choices for all episodes) still stands.
Your possible DIK status range is limited by major choices bar. For example, let's say you started with the CHICK route and have made nothing but CHICK major choices. By the end of Episode 3, the major choices bar would have shrunk to the point where you can't reach the Massive DIK range. From that point on, no amount of regular DIK choices going forward would push you beyond the Huge DIK status to become Massive DIK status. Effectively, it would ban Massive DIK choices because you cannot achieve Massive DIK status.
My working theory is that continuing to choose the DIK side in choices would then start to take the Neutral bars away and once those are gone you can only end up being massive or minor DIK depending on your further choices. As it is right now, some dialogue or minor choice options will just be grayed out.It will be interesting to see what happens after ep 6 because, based on Cndyrvr4lf's screenshot, if there are 2 more major choices in ep 6 and they make them in favour of DIK, then all CHICK nodules are gone, so what will will happen with major choices in ep 7? Will the game just automatically make the major DIK choice, or will choosing the CHICK choice add a nodule back on to the CHICK side?
