I see alot of you complaining about the grind.
Instead of just flexing, let me share you what i did, because i didnt grind very long imo, and my experience of this game has been but pleasant. I've finished most of the previous demos and my tactic hasnt really change.
So first off,my waifu is Mika, so i go out of my way to raise her affection way up.
Immediately buy potions as much as possible, and some antidotes.
the main threats of the first area is being ganged up on. but we will be killing any single enemies for the crystals.
the best way to get the most crystals out of a fight is the same as if you were playing pokemon as a 5 year old.
-all crystals get invested in scratching-
if HP drops below 10 , potion.
now you can choose to do all the events to get more loot, butwe cant cure any aflictions or hp, we need the items for the boss.
this is why you have autosave turned on in the settings
save-scumming, just good ol Pokemon red.
everytime the event fails, quit the game, reload the last save is before the wheel spin.
100% win rate
now, we have loot and dps cat girl.
The Circe fight is hard when you first get there, thus all that previous prep we did. with like 4 potions in stock we should have more than enough time to one/two shot her minion and then nuzzle her to her lewd state.
Why is lewd important?
Because the more you spread the abilities and passives the stronger everyone is
you keep this bitch witch in lewd state till you succeed
1- learn new move
2- learn new kink
3- get an item.
then you rotate damage and keeping her lust up
just consider being lewd like a bad shape of perma stun, similar to sleep in pokemon.
One last thing!
use your scratch ability to take off more clothes faster!
Scratch hits twice and thus can removes 2 pieces of clothing!
Now that Circe has joined up, thats where i farm a lil bit.
basicaly rush any mushrooms and just run from plants till you have level scratch and nuzzle on mika to atleast 3, and circe gets to place her points in bitch's brew and coldsnap. ( of note, at this point circe gets put in aggressive mode and maxs her rage continuously because that is required to use coldsnap)
once you feel good about yourself ( took about 1 hr for me)
say good bye to farming.
we rush to get clarabell, killing only the easy fights and running from anything scary .
once you have clarabelle out of this dungeon, trust me, the game becomes a cakewalk because clara can steal a minimum of 14$ per enemy we get lewd. Some enemies carry up to 50$ !
Keep leveling clawing and nuzzle on Mika, and coldsnap and bitch's brew on circe, clara will take her rightful place as healer and lvl her delicious boob milk.
The Imp boss fight is easy if you followed my template, same as circe , but we have more power and team mates.
Kill off in one shot the condom enemy with a good "great" and above timed scratch. Next circe can coldsnap the other enemy with a 50/50 shot of freezing him.
If he freezes clara can choose to either gore the mushroom to finish him off or, if you went out of your way to teach her nuzzle she can start lusting up the imp.
once you are done here, i set you free. Clara will keep you rich if you always lust up the last living enemy of every fight, she'll keep the party topped up if you max her healing early, and i highly suggest you dump the imp at the ranch because at this point she is actually just as good as a lvl 5 metapod
i Guess you could choose to grind her up if you wanted but meh....
oh and one last thing!
Remember when i said my waifu was Mika? well...besides my openly admitted fetish for nekos there is an other reason for it.
When she becomes your girlfriend ( which....well she always is <3) she gets to wear kitty panties that increase considerably the damage of her clawing abilities.
Hope this helps, all this is doable in 1:30 hr of gameplay time if you do it all in one go, given that you skip all text.
Bob