Talk:The Final Battle/@comment-69.171.178.93-20130801200739/@comment-202.188.45.98-20130908162857

^ Trying to get Mercedes is a fucking trial in patience. First playthrough, Aelinore was my LI, but Madeleine showed up at the post-seneschal scenes... thing is, I gave my Arisen's Bond to Mercedes.

Shrug, no big deal, I only had to finish another quest in my first NG+ to get the Hero trophy (shitload of quests for that one). Made sure to whack Madeleine with my weapon (got jailed for that, no big deal, but it lowered her affinity real good), and didn't save Aelinore, so that takes care of her. Gave the Arisen's Bond to Mercedes again, gave her a whole bunch of gifts, did her quests. Then... wtf, Ser Daerio shows up as the kidnappee. Sigh, apparently those few Sour Ambroisal Meats I gave him (to get that stupid Windbluff key) was enough to override Mercedes. What the shit? I never even gave him anything extra, only talked to him like twice, etc. I mean, compared to Mercedes I met with her a ton more times, let alone the gifts I kept plying her with even when her affinity was maxed (chime, blush).

Meh. Gonna rush through another NG+, and this time I'm gonna make sure to give Ser Daerio a couple stabs with a weapon to make sure he doesn't continue having any funny ideas. Noticed that weaponsmith guy (Caxton) also started chiming towards the end, ugh, fortunately unsheathing my weapons a couple times took care of that. I'm pretty sure nobody else is jacked up. Watch this space :D