Talk:Mercedes Marten/@comment-69.131.191.177-20120611172604/@comment-108.212.121.179-20120717213419

It is NOT the first person you max out; it is the LAST person you max out prior to accepting Deny Salvation. Upon accepting DS, the game locks in whoever was the last max-affinity person you've interacted with as your LI (or whoever is the highest, if you don't have anyone at max). This means if you max out Mercedes, then max out Quina, it will be Quina unless you attack her to lower her affinity again.

This happened to me with Reynard; I accidentally maxed Madeline's affinity doing her Bad Business quest and the game stuck me with her, despite the fact that I had gotten my Affinity & Beyond trophy from Reynard (I was greatful for the ability to skip cutscenes in the end). And upon starting NG+, Reynard still had his pink mist halo, indicating that his affinity hadn't fallen any.