Qi unromanceable?

[Tesabella]

I've been attempting to romance Qi for a while now but may have missed the flirt option during his stargazing quest, and I've almost maxed out his friendship entirely, yet he won't accept a heart knot from my character.

Is he bugged? Or how can I determine if he's bugged out? Is there anything I can do to fix it?

[TaylerBootz]

I dated him just fine. There's a scene about exercise that is cute and has a heart option and the telescope. I maxed him fully before using the heartknot. There's a chance apparently that romanceables won't accept the first time.

I tried to date Ernest, but he refused and since he stays in the apartments all the time I gave up, dated Qi and Pen (for the laugh) and married Logan. Qi was kinda boring, not gonna lie.

[Tesabella]

I've been trying literally daily for... several in game weeks now. So it's not a question of the first time. I'm 2 hearts from maxing out his friendship.

I'm apparently unable to trigger the mission The Assistant, so I'm not sure what requirement I'm missing there... The poster just doesn't exist. So that might at least be related, somehow.

[TaylerBootz]

Originally posted by Tesabella:

I've been trying literally daily for... several in game weeks now. So it's not a question of the first time. I'm 2 hearts from maxing out his friendship.

I'm apparently unable to trigger the mission The Assistant, so I'm not sure what requirement I'm missing there... The poster just doesn't exist. So that might at least be related, somehow.

The Assistant happens really early I thought. There's usually an opaque circle (indicating a cutscene or something usually) and I remember in both 1.0 saves (not sure what heart level - apparently 50 relationship) I went in and there was a cutscene for the assistant. I am pretty sure I did the telescope after that as it took awhile to get to the second ruin. I never knew about a poster... (I had to look at the wiki which is not always correct as they made it incredibly difficult for people to add to it. I guess there's a whole drama about the wiki.)

You may want to send your save file and logs to the email the devs always post about. Should be in one of the pinned posts at the top of the discussions about reporting bugs.

[House Gnome]

Originally posted by TaylerBootz:

There's a scene about exercise that is cute

I have not romanced Qi but I saw that exercise cut scene on YouTube and almost fell out of my chair laughing at the builder. I was NOT prepared for that.

[sarahviliocco]

I am also having the same problem. I've given him the heart knot 5 times now and he has rejected it each time saying that he is running more tests/getting more data or something like that. I'm not sure what to do now except keep trying?

[Tesabella]

Originally posted by sarahviliocco:

I am also having the same problem. I've given him the heart knot 5 times now and he has rejected it each time saying that he is running more tests/getting more data or something like that. I'm not sure what to do now except keep trying?

At least you're getting a different response from me! He gives me his "i don't want this" line :c

[Tesabella]

Originally posted by TaylerBootz:

Originally posted by Tesabella:

I've been trying literally daily for... several in game weeks now. So it's not a question of the first time. I'm 2 hearts from maxing out his friendship.

I'm apparently unable to trigger the mission The Assistant, so I'm not sure what requirement I'm missing there... The poster just doesn't exist. So that might at least be related, somehow.

The Assistant happens really early I thought. There's usually an opaque circle (indicating a cutscene or something usually) and I remember in both 1.0 saves (not sure what heart level - apparently 50 relationship) I went in and there was a cutscene for the assistant. I am pretty sure I did the telescope after that as it took awhile to get to the second ruin. I never knew about a poster... (I had to look at the wiki which is not always correct as they made it incredibly difficult for people to add to it. I guess there's a whole drama about the wiki.)

You may want to send your save file and logs to the email the devs always post about. Should be in one of the pinned posts at the top of the discussions about reporting bugs.

If you didn't start your playthrough when it first hit early access, you'd be correct about it being early! but the quest released after i had paused my play.

[sarahviliocco]

Originally posted by Tesabella:

Originally posted by sarahviliocco:

I am also having the same problem. I've given him the heart knot 5 times now and he has rejected it each time saying that he is running more tests/getting more data or something like that. I'm not sure what to do now except keep trying?

At least you're getting a different response from me! He gives me his "i don't want this" line :c

I was able to move forward in the story line. My mistake was that I hadn't triggered the scene where Qi asks Fang why he felt a spark when he touched me. If you are still having trouble, I bet it's because some specific scene hasn't been triggered. The scene where you are in Qi's lab and somehow touch him (and he reports a shock/bolt of electricity) is what eventually triggers the scene where Qi asks Fang why he felt the spark when touched. This then leads directly to Qi asking you if you like him/want to date. It should really be a mission because I had totally forgotten that Qi said he was going to Fang to see if there was a medical reason for the jolt.

[Tesabella]

Originally posted by sarahviliocco:

Originally posted by Tesabella:

At least you're getting a different response from me! He gives me his "i don't want this" line :c

I was able to move forward in the story line. My mistake was that I hadn't triggered the scene where Qi asks Fang why he felt a spark when he touched me. If you are still having trouble, I bet it's because some specific scene hasn't been triggered. The scene where you are in Qi's lab and somehow touch him (and he reports a shock/bolt of electricity) is what eventually triggers the scene where Qi asks Fang why he felt the spark when touched. This then leads directly to Qi asking you if you like him/want to date. It should really be a mission because I had totally forgotten that Qi said he was going to Fang to see if there was a medical reason for the jolt.

So this is related to a mission but I'm not able to trigger it.

I've confirmed that I haven't completed the following:
Definitely Not a Ninja Sword (plot locked, so of course i haven't)
The Assistant (the poster that triggers this is missing - a yt video suggested they were directed to the quest by a voice line from Grace, so I may need to increase my friendship with her?)
Hand-Foot Coordination

I meet the listed requirements for those last two quests, so I'm assuming my game is bugged at this point, which sucks. I was looking forward to romancing him.