Talk:Rafael's playthrough - Aka's route/@comment-5.66.33.34-20160701035611/@comment-28788537-20160701130032

A quick question. How is your progress on the quests? Going more into detail in the code, Aka has a Deprivation stat. It starts at 10. Getting the initial blast from Robin yields -1. Getting the armor scene yields -3. The partial transformation yields -6. If Aka's Deprivation is < 5, you have the -5% regen. If it's 5 - 9, you get the -10% regen. If it's 10 or more, you get the -20%. There are events that raise Deprivation, though, such as finishing the Mine Quest. That gives +1. There are other +1s, generally linked with advancing quests. Assuming I reading the code right, you also get +1 for every time you visit House Jade after Trin has reached her maximum number of copies. I haven't tested it yet, but maybe that's what happened. Are you at the Max with Trin, and did you repeatedly return to House Jade? Even if not, if you advance too many quests too far without completing the Aka cure quest, she'll deteoriate. It seems pretty deliberate in the code, so I don't think it's a bug. Maybe someone more familiar with reading events can double check.

Edit: I tested it, and you do not suffer +1 Deprivation each time you enter House Jade with Trin maxed, only the one time she says she's at her max when you enter. Still, if you only complete the first 2 steps of Aka's cure, then advance 4 quests far enough, you'll be back where you started. For that reason, along with making the combat easier, it really is best to complete Aka's cure quest as quickly as possible.