dustman Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 I'm playing DLC 15 as a Durand student. Got relations with Polisena Briardi to 10 after couple of adventures and called on Favor. Two tries, both times just an increase to max in one of Negation subskills. Parental approval stays the same and nothing else is changed as far as I can see. I thought it was fixed long time ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikka Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Increase to maximum Negation skills is part of Briardi's favor 10 table (and would actually be the result I'd be hoping for, personally). She only has a one in ten chance of boosting your parental approval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustman Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Ah.. It doesn't make sense to improve relations to 10 with any instructor prior to calling for Favor... unless you constantly save-reload... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikka Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Well, Birardi will only improve your Negation Skill Maximum's at level 10, for instance. If that's the result you want (and it probably is, if you're raising it to ten), then you need level ten. If you just want her to expand your Negation skill, though, she'll do that at level 1 and she'll do that at level 10. She does it a bit better at level ten, but honestly, if you have Professor Birardi at 10, you probably already have pretty decent Negation (or you're a random Vernin student who's very confused about the matter and was off fighting dragons). At level 9, she can increase your Stress Maximum. She doesn't do that at one, she doesn't do that at ten, she doesn't do that anywhere else on her tables. So if you really wanted that, you'd have to save load for the one in ten chance that's what you got from her. In general, if you want a certain result from a favor table, you need to save-reload. Which... is why I don't often call in my favor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustman Posted January 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Small increase to a skill maximum is hardly a good trade-off for such high relations. Lower chances of getting detentions simply beat such a bonus, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 I have a different opinion on this as level 11 skills have some of the best Abilitys, give Attributes or a skillmax increase to a other skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikka Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Yeah, I agree with Schwarzbart. Skill maximum increases are incredibly hard to get: favor is really the only way to get them. And 11 in skills often gives attribute bonuses, or allows you to get to eleven in a different skill and get an attribute bonus, or gives you an awesome ability or spell. I save-reload my favor in order to get skill maximum increases. Relationships are easy to increase; skill maximum increases are basically impossible to get. I'll just boost my relationship back to ten again quick if I need it. I usually skip so many classes that I'm going to get detention no matter what I do, anyway, so the lower chance doesn't mean much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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