Thanks for letting us know about the Lust cap in Ian x Lena route with no side girls. Appreciate the dedication. I'll check the lust requirements in that scene. If it's indeed higher than 5, then it's an oversight due to Eva not knowing the stat caps for each path (it requires hundreds of playthroughs to track all the stat levels per chapter and path). I help out where I can (tracked Athletics and Money values for her), but I can't do everything on my own without it feeling like a full-time commitment. We need more people like you, willing to test for specific paths. Your dedication would be more noticeable (and rewarding) on Discord though.
Thanks, BloodyMares. I actually think 5 is even too steep for this one, especially given that there seems to be specific text for an Ian who isn't sleeping around but is open to this sort of relationship. I had to play pretty unnaturally (beyond the obvious not sleeping around part) to even get up to 5 for a no-side-girls Ian and from a game-design standpoint it feels too limiting.
Possibly if Ian gets more lust points for certain actions that could show he's open to an experimental relationship, it would be more do-able.
Looks like the issue still occurs in the Beta, btw. At least I think so. I didn't attempt to run through the whole game in Beta to get a Lena-Only Ian to 4 or 5 lust and my Ch 8 Final saves in that scenario all had Ian at 3 lust and Lena either sleeping with Jeremy or as basically Ian-Only, other than a few early licks with Louise before rejecting her, which also seems to eliminate the experimental relationship option. So it's only been tested with my Alpha save, screen flickering to black every three seconds and all. I assume there wouldn't have been time to communicate the issue to Eva and get a fix in between my last post and now though, so would likely be an unfruitful test-run if I were to play all the way through.
On the dedication part... I'd love to if I didn't currently work 70 hours a week. No time for it on my end unfortunately. Once I do get some time finally, it'll likely be spent learning python to design my own games, plus other creative endeavors. Happy to call attention to bugs when I do find them playing through alpha and beta though and I really appreciate the time both you and Pilot Laura put into this.