Still avoiding the new Stoneface event, so I can't comment.
Every one of the elves in my hotel were paid for through the HHN (or whatever it was called) via the computer. Technically they were all stollen or escaped, but YOU still BUY them from the HHN after they request you to be their master. If there's any obtainable elves that you don't still have to PAY for I didn't have them yet, the stoneface plot should be inaccessible before that point to avoid this issue. I stopped playing right after the "kidnapping?" but did have a couple unfinished routes, so if there was another new elf you somehow don't buy the same as the others I wouldn't know because I never got to it.
No, Cira was not. And neither was Peni in the Slave route.
As I'd said I don't have that elf yet, and am not playing the slave route. It doesn't change the fact that without having Cira and not doing the slave route every elf I'd had was legal. It's a massive plot hole and sounds like it should have been blocked behind requiring you get Cira first.
Then you are doing things our of order, you are talking about events that just happened (Stoneface, I haven't even done this new one yet), when getting Cira was a long time ago (2 updates {v16}, but over a year and a half real time).
The game uses 2d renders for a sandbox game (where you generally get to go where you want, when you want).
Yah, that's definitely another issue that's becoming more and more of a thing, the plot just gets more and more convoluted. I try not to be too bothered by the plot holes and other things because honestly, I am trying my hardest to not take the plot as seriously as Runey is trying for. But I just feel like if that was written that way in the first place, a bit less serious, it would just make a lot of the plot points a little easier to swallow.
I'd not picked this title up since super early into its original release, until maybe the 2nd to last update. So theres no way a new or returning player would know the contents play/release order without following the regular updates. As for the stoneface thing, I had no idea what it was about I'd just noticed the option popped up in my room one day and went with it. I guess a solid suggestion to the dev would be to go back and lock some of these quests behind requiring other events be done first to avoid issues like this with an update. I tend to wait long periods between updates to increase to binge playability and also only loosely skim the devs update notes to avoid big spoilers. The upside to this at least, is brining these issues to the authors attention will at least help them catch/patch things. (re-replied due to a weird misclick)
Same, I'll just put this on the backburner again and wait for the story to push much further and then come back to it. Hopefully things take a better turn soon. LOL would be cool if by that point you're able to get with the queen.
Yeah, it's starting to get to where you would be advised to follow the wiki to keep people close to even.
>v0.6
Or just hit the computer and type "makeitrain" until you're happy. 2-3x is enough to fully upgrade the bar which will cover every expense for the remainder of the game if you just want a headstart.
Why people insist upon using mods for this game escapes me. I can't think of a more straightforward game and the money cheats remove any kind of grind. It's all right there on the first page, but people keep insisting upon using mods, fucking up their saves, and creating problems for themselves and TheDevian.
It is worse on other games I help out on, but this one has been a problem occasionally. Especially since Lain left.
At least the original Lain mod also restored cut content, so I could kinda see why some folks used it at the start. Beyond that, I agree. The doors tell you what the next steps for events are and I've never had any issues finishing any update since 2020.
