i love how luks attract score increases with height and attractiveness are just the exact opposite of what his mother thinks MC should be. really funny to me.
It is really funny Anon, but there actually is a reason for that.
Tereza expects what I think of as 'excellent conformity' where she expects MC, as well as any other women in the imperial household to conform to socicietal standards, but to excel at meeting those standards. For example Nytherians believe that being taller makes people more authoritative, therefore people in authority should be tall. The empress takes this a step further and wants MC to be the tallest woman in the room.
Luk, in contrast to his mother, doesn't like traditional Nytherian beauty standards. He seem them all the time, and he thinks the standards are unattainable and unrealistic. He's more drawn to beauty that falls outside of what is typically seen in the court. There's a genuiness about it that he prefers to someone who perfectly meets Nytherian beauty standards.
Empress Tereza is aware of this, but she's not really concerned with whether or not MC and Lukyan are attracted to each other and more concented with whether MC will make a good empress, which in her view means MC conforms to societal standards.
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sorry for the code diving question, but, the ROs have attraction stats in MCs customization and race selection. Will their preferences come up later in the story or will it just be a hidden stat thing?
Hi Anon, I want to open with a general reminder that I don’t usually answer code diving questions. There are some spoilers in the code that I really want to keep hidden, but I know a lot of readers really like the convenience of it, so I’ve decided to leave it on for now.
This question isn’t very spoilery, and I’m pretty sure a lot of people will be curious about how it works once it starts coming into play in the next chapter, and I haven’t really seen any other IF’s utilize an attraction mechanic. I’m still going to leave it under the cut for those who would rather experience everything blind
Before I answer Anon’s specific question, I want to give an overview of how the attraction system is going to work. So each RO has an attraction stat that is completely separate from the romance stat and the MC’s general attractiveness stats, that will track how physically attractive the RO finds MC at first glance. These points are acquired during the customization sequences. Not every detail of MC’s appearance will influence these points, and some will accumulate points easier than others. All of the attraction points will be based on the type of woman the RO’s are typically attracted to.
So, what do they actually affect? Their exact usage will depend on the specific RO, but in general they affect the initial flirt interactions where the RO will react differently if he has a high attraction stat vs a low one. OR if you have a high attraction with an RO you aren’t intending to romance, you may get a unique reaction than if you have low attraction and don’t romance them. Once you lock in a romance route, currently outlined for the opening of chapter eight, the attraction stat will be used much less, and on some routes potentially not at all.
If you successfully romance an RO, they will always find the MC attractive. I just want that to be clear before people start panicking. That’s part of why it’s a hidden stat, I want people to make the MC how they want her to look, but I also thought it would be interesting to take the RO’s existing preferences into account.
Will their preferences come up later in the story or will it just be a hidden stat thing?
I’m going to leave the exact preference a hidden stat thing, at least for now, if people are really desperate to know, I might make a post about it, but I’d rather people build the MC they want instead of the MC the RO’s will find most attractive. That said, I can’t say with certainty if any of the guys will mention their preferences in the story. I don’t really plan the specifics of the RO moments except for what character arc information needs to come out when, so we’ll see what makes it into those conversations once all of the RO’s are introduced. Plus, sometimes the characters like to change my plans in the moment. (Nax especially likes to disregard my opinions and do whatever he wants.)
That is the main ideas of how it works, but I’ll get into more specifics below.
Luk and Tzesar, tend to use their attraction stats less because they’ve known MC for so long. For Luk it will mostly come into play right after he returns for the war since he’ll be gone for most of MC’s teenage years, and for Tzesar it probably won’t be referenced much at all except in how he reacts to seeing MC all dressed up. What it does do for both of them is affect how fast they catch onto their feelings for MC if you romance them on the oblivious route. (Which I don’t think I’ve talked about on Tumblr yet.)
Sentinel, if I remember correctly, is the hardest RO to gain attraction points for, and his are mostly only used if your MC is more forward in flirting. If he has low attraction (which most people will get) then he’ll be more resistant at first, but if he has high attraction, he’ll be more like ‘I’m not sure how to feel about this, but I’m listening’.
Nax with high attraction will be more flirty with MC even before you’ve acquired any romance points, basically, him starting with a high attraction will make him more likely to make the first move whereas the others need MC to express interest first. Once you start acquiring romance points he’ll be more forward regardless, it's more for before the romance points.
Albien is one of the most reserved ROs, and like Sentinel, he’ll be less reserved with an MC that has a high attraction stat.
Gaderous, probably the one who relies most on the attraction stat. He starts off wanting a more physical relationship with MC, so having a low attraction stat will actually make him realize he has feelings for MC faster than if he has a high attraction stat.
