Talk:Beloved/@comment-7288461-20130513212132/@comment-79.254.19.161-20130603115711

I can't give you a real answer as to why, but more a 'how I did it to avoid random LI'.

First of all, I always made sure people like me enough to greet me, but no than that. meaning, after each quest, I would immediately lower their affinity. I would only allow high aff. for the NPCs I liked, meaning that I usually end up with Reynard, Valmiro, Barnaby, Julien and Ser Maximillian loving me. But then, right before Deny Salvation, I would go to all of them AND to all vendors/inn-keepers and lower their aff. Lastly, I lowered Reynard's to the MINIMUM (always forced myself to slap him once TT~TT But thanks to DA we can simply use Liquid Effluvium). Then gave him the Arisen's Bond, a bunch of his shrooms AND finished Search Party, right before doing Deny Salvation. I would always end up with Reynard and this worked for 4 playthroughs, then on my 5th I did the same with Valmiro...and ended with him. So maybe a small tip, especially with vendors and the like, each time after talking to them once, pull out your weapons 1-3 times or run into them if you can. That may cost some time, but it prevents them from loving you too much (luckily I never had to watch gay Fournival or Asalam love...brrr...)