Did I read that changelog right? NPCs will now lose affection at undying+!? How the fuck am I supposed to keep all these chicks happy and in love?
The grind is unreal as it is.
You can simply not try to do it.
From my point of view, the normal situation should be a capping of all the mass measures to increase affection (parties, banquets and all this stuff) to friendly, or, at most, amiable. And a degrading of all affection to, again, friendly or, at most, amiable.
If you want to raise and maintain affection above this stages, you should need to take personal actions. After all, imagine the effects in a relationship, living in the same roof and not taking 10 minutes in two weeks to say hello or having some quality time with your (allegedly) LI.
It´s just my opinion, and I suppose that would be not so popular, but I would be fine with this