Talk:Beloved/@comment-7288461-20130606111629

Once again the above explanations of how the Love Interest is selected didn't work in my NG+... really wish I knew exactly what goes on so I could edit something, but I haven't got a clue as to how it works any more.

I had 10 people at Max Affinity after finishing the first playthrough, which went up to over 20 by the end of NG+, so was very intrigued to find out which of those newly maxed characters would be the beloved. No Arisen's Bond was given, or anybody raised specifically, just thought I'd let it flow the natural way this time.

Turns out Madeleine was my beloved, despite she being one of the original 10 I already had maxed out in the first playthrough, thus she was certainly not the last person I maxed out. I also completed her Bad Business Quest, so she left Gransys and therefore was nowhere near the last person with Max Affinity that I spoke too.

The explanation of Affinity still rising after Max Affinity is gained is now the most plausible to me. Since I completed Madeleine's Quest line again in NG+, her 'Max Affinity' would have been bumped up quite a bit more. I didn't replay Aelinore's, Quina's, Reynard's Quest lines in NG+, all such people who were also 'maxed' after the first playthrough, who could've potentially taken up the role, and I barely spoke to Caxton at all (who ended up as my last Love Interest...), so there does seem to be an element of where getting involved with people still leads them to higher Affinity levels even after maxing them out.

Alternatively, perhaps after not having much to do with Aelinore, Quina etc, their Affinity could've dropped slightly; still high enough to get the pink glow, but not quite maxed? I don't think the stats about total number of people at Max Affinity in the History section ever drops even if you purposely lower Affinity, so maybe people do just lose Max Affinity after a while... then since I did Madeleine's Quest, her Affinity would've been maintained at Max? I'm sure I would've had more than just her up there though. Like I said, no clue any more!