Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-29984007-20200520171144/@comment-36170150-20200606232355

TheThosha wrote:

Wow, thanks a lot Scoutman, very instructive, sorry for the late answer, but the message didn't show and I just noticed it while reading through previous comments.

In the grand scheme of things I'd say it doesn't change anything since the checks for the Simon Lvl are pretty easy if you do all the fights. I'd also say that doing all relevant storypoints (without sacrificing too much Exp or checks) is best and that making more morale correct decisions is better than a few more Exp points (which don't help pass any checks): having a long discussion with Nalili instead of a short one. This is my opinion, but I want my walkthrough to be morally correct as long as I don't sacrifice too much. I totally get that, I worked on a guide to help some friends I had recommended the game to (never actually posted it online anywhere, might one day try to polish it and post it) and I ran into the same issue when I was mapping Simon's route.

I believe I had worked out a way to save the most days by skipping the final sexual training with Nalili (the one where she teaches Simon how to use tentacles), but I felt that would be so harmful to the overall flow of the story (Simon just randomly whips out tentacles during the reunion with no previous training), that I decided against putting that in my guide even if it would technically be a bit more optimal.

I mentioned having a short talk with Nalili and reducing days in the brothel because those two felt superfluous enough that you wouldn't miss much by skipping them for extra EXP if you so desired. The short talk just removes an extra line of dialogue Nalili has about how interesting Simon's life seemed to have been (I felt the rest of the stuff does plenty to develop their relationship), and I cut out the stamina training in the brothel because I felt the game had already made it plenty clear that, yes, Simon is really good at this sex thing and has great stamina, at this point you're just showboating.