also just in general perma stat downs arnt a fun mechanic, especially when they are unavoidable, like vanity, trauma, guilt, depression and anxiety are very punishing since it they cant be avoided if you actually want to play the game, ive gotten them all and i even restarted to avoid the one i got from my own choice...only to just be given it later for what seems like no real reason its a bad idea to punish people for playing your game since if you want to get all the girls you have no choice but to take the penalties with no way to undo it, the only one i dont think is completely forced on you that ive seen is blast wound, and i think thats only because technically you can train to one-shot anything in the dungeons if you wanted to grind it out, but im not even sure that would work, also if you go into a story fight and dont have enough energy its a soft lock, you cant escape or even die because theres no pass turn option, maybe if there was a way to regen energy mid fight it wouldnt be a soft lock but i havent seen that yet, also why do only 3 girls have a perk? you could sort of argue 6 but its not really their perks, as much as a perk for doing their story (arena fan, daranas lesson and influence) which i think only one is earned at the end of their story verses the middle or even the start, sorry if this and my previous comment are kinda sporadic and hard to read, ive had alot of brain fog the last few days so keeping my thoughts straight is hard