Ok. My current stats are:
Level 9
strenght 42
Int 34
Charisma 43
Swordmanship 29
Increasing stats seems to have has zero effect to fight ability. I have spent all my money to buy books, gifts and at night spent time in a bar to get 1 int/str/chr point so no money to buy gems. Is there other means to make money than 35 in a bar and 50 from mom? I'm fighting against golem.
you forgot the most important stat by wich you should divide everything you stated! in which day are you in? by day 11 i am all set to start question but even then i do savescum and go mostly for the shrines and treasure to get the 800 damage diamond!
also in the gym with Kathie challange her for a spar session it gives +1 on the 3 main stats and then
do not fuck her! that is an easy +1 daily to all stats, hit the gym afterwards in the morning and afternoon until you get Bella to start doing the elsewhere runs! try and get the black rose as fast as possible so you can read during the night at the coffee
you can also buy books and buy as many as you can they are more time efficient, always stay bellow 200 dollars so in the late night you can facial your mother and get 50 bucks everyday! keep your ingredients and sell special ingredients for when you require money! the night out is for when you run out of books to read during the nights!
so your schedule should be wake up leave by the window and challenge Kathie 1st! 2nd do elsewhere or hit the gym/study in the library with Olivia depending on your stats and do the night time reading in the coffee place, return home facial mom for money or try to take a shower and get 1 charisma!
use savescum or hit the return back button to the initial dialogue as i do to get the +1 to stats!
hitting the bags wastes 2 daily times, olivia studying wastes 3 for every +1 so those are like default settings for when you have nothing better to do! nights out at the bars robs you of your mothers 50 dollars coverage so saving the gems and the ingredients is the best way to save up money and still facial your own mother
facial is the app you can use to talk to your mother, get your head out of the gutter!
also when questing in elsewhere use 2 saves to scroll down the path and savescum for only the best targets treasures shrines and resting times which are so important!
on Book2 always do the elsewhere campaign 1st since you can get +1 charisma with molly +1 strength with Bella +1 swordsmanship with Emily! the 1st rest is always for Bella and her +5 movements! this is important because half of the days you get sidetracked by Emily or some idiot and when you try and do them its already evening!
time is your most valuable resource everything else you can use tricks and savescum to get but how you manage your time is what defines how strong you will be! i tried doing a peaceful development in book 1 but after what i saw in book 2 its a waste of time since you can theoretically get +11 strength on a elsewhere quest in the morning (i use it for swordsmanship)
when you waste time killing monsters that will not upgrade you, when you waste time getting +1 something that is inefecient or when you waste time for money, you are doing it wrong the world needs you and you will fail the world! with that being said
stop wasting my time