Talk:Liquid Effluvium/@comment-7929150-20130426124117/@comment-202.188.45.98-20130916150233

The fucked up thing is the vendors mostly don't have quests. I'm not counting ones like Madeleine and Reynard, I'm referring to those like Asalam and Caxton, who players clearly are surprised by getting. Other than possibly a random escort quest I've never seen them have anything else (well ok, Caxton has that idol thing, but c'mon, that's just 1 measly give-item quest, you'd think the affinity system would have a higher bar).

After my first NG+ Caxton got the chime/blush. Fortunately the weapon unsheathing trick works on him, just spend a minute or two spamming that and he'll stop doing it. You need to repeatedly do it, and not as fast as possible but instead pause a couple seconds between attempts to let him reset back to his normal animation before scaring him again. Each correct attempt should make him recoil, and after several recoils you'll hear a low tone signifying major affinity drop. Don't take this for granted, talk to him again to make sure he's not still chiming. If he is, repeat some more until the next affinity drop tone, then check again.

If you're in an area where you don't get arrested for crimes, it's much easier. Just hit the damn NPC with a weapon, but don't over do it, make sure to check (talk) them after each attack to make sure they just stop chiming. Even better, if they're totally expendable NPCs (like freaking Ser Daerio), chuck them off a cliff. Killing them definitely lowers affinity a lot.