by luck on my 1st blind run i made like 7.5x on this party. on every other try it i couldnt even get it to 6.0x. I think every player needs to make long term perk choices like bonus for every fullfilled need and reduced disappointment and bonus multiplier when happiness is above 50%. ofc course luck is needed when the placements are randomized, but on my previous parties i just chose reduce the cost of XXX by $$ perks and that came to bite me in the ass in this episode
Care to post your layout? I'm always curious about what the best party planning layout is, even after I've done it myself. Is 7.5x after reaping the benefits from the bonus multiplier when happiness is above 50%?
Best I could get is 6.5x before the bonus multiplier with this layout. Which, if you are able to keep everyone except the MC above 50% happiness, gives you a final multiplier of 7.2x.
It works out somewhat well for me since I got 4 objectives fulfilled for Tommy and 3 objectives for Rusty and MC, whom I needed the most happiness for, but I wish I could find a way to swap one of Jacob's objectives for Leon's lol. Jacob I already have at 93%, so I only need 3 objectives done before he reaches 100%, whereas Leon I only have 1 objective done, which means he takes a pretty big hit on happiness. It's not the end of the world, I have Leon at 76% right now so he won't drop below 50%, but it doesn't give as much breathing room as I would like. Ideally, I'd swap Tommy and MC's objective fulfillment too but 4 for MC is a lot harder than 4 for Tommy.
I saw someone else was able to get 6.75x which would end up as 7.45x with the bonus multiplier. Pretty good.