3. You have to actually use your skills to increase them. I suspect that there are several actions that you believe should increase your seduction skill which actually do not. Soliciting at e.g. the pub will increase your seduction.
I know, but they raise at garbage speed. Flirting with
anyone (even the Tavern) only raises my Seduction by literally +1%. I'm like 10 hours into my save, and I still have Seduction F, which isn't high enough to win any skill check. Then there's Skulduggery, which is fast at the beginning of the game, but as soon as you hit Skulduggery F+ it's progression permanently drops to +3% to attempt, even if you bought a lockpicking set.
Then there's school; taking the classes is a great way to progress your knowledge until I think B, where it only gives +3% per lesson and at Rank A going to school sometimes gives +0% or +1% if your lucky, making it a worthless section of the game. I think it's also stupid that your expected to attend Detention
EVERY day, even if you didn't do something wrong. Then there's all the times people will
permanently steal or destroy your clothes, even though there's a repair system, but nope your clothes disintegrated for absolutely no reason! It's like the game wants to you suffer, and wasn't programmed for fun.
I understand it should take effort to raise the skills, but it's a terribly stupid chore, especially when you have to give up precious time you barely have for something that gives you almost nothing in return. The Lewd Stats are all almost as stupidly slow. The Sexual Stats "can" raise fast, but only if your using the gloryhole at the Brothel; I don't understand why that 1 second interaction is significantly faster than the actual 3 to 10 minutes long sex mini-game. You'd think actually having sex would improve your Sexual stats faster
I like the game, but it seems balanced to make people rage. The entire skill system needs a revamp; the game is way too god damn tryhard most of the time. I shouldn't have to invest 20 hours into a single character, just to make then successful at ONE aspect of the game, like seduce someone.