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Luna4s

Mar 21, 2016 @ 6:31am

Hearts going down again.

So I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but on the heart tab where you can view how much everyone likes you sometimes hearts go down.
It appears to be totally random, not related to if I give them gifts frequently or talk to them a lot. And when I talk to NPC's the like indicator to the right often says they like me more then the heart tab.

It also seems to happen way more with potetial spouses then other NPC's, where I first had them on 8 hearts they go down to 7 for no paticular reason.

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PhilkIced

Mar 21, 2016 @ 6:38am

It's normal for hearts to drop, but it does have correlation with speaking to them and giving gifts, everyday everyone who's not at 10 hearts lose a little bit of relationship with you (I think it was 2 points), talking to someone gives some points (I Think someone said it was 20) and gifting gives a lot of points, so if someone's heart went down it means you've neglected them. If you're really sure you gave a gift to that person very recently before the heart going down then it may be a bug.

Last edited by PhilkIced; Mar 21, 2016 @ 6:39am

DesS ツ

Mar 21, 2016 @ 6:40am

so if they got 10 hearts it doesnt drop anymore?

Zara

Mar 21, 2016 @ 6:44am

Well I won't pretend to know exactly how the system works, and the information I'm about to provide is second hand/speculation, so take it with a grain of salt

So apparently, your spouse gets jealous if you give a "Love" gift (a gift someone "really loves" instead of "likes") to another potential spouse, and will lose some affection points, which can easily lead to losing hearts toward you. I cannot confirm if this is true yet, but it seems to be a thing. (with your spouse this is easily countereacted because you can give them a gift EVERY day instead of only twice a week)

Now if that is true, it may be possible that before you are married, if you have given Bouqets to multiple people, they may go into a competition type state, and start losing points as you start to give Love gifts to their "rival". Of course this is pure speculation, and requires testing.

Last edited by Zara; Mar 21, 2016 @ 6:45am

Luna4s

Mar 21, 2016 @ 10:03am

Thats the weird thing, the hearts of Gus for example. Who I had at 10 hearts already, and talk to every day. Went down by one, while the Wizard I haven't talked to in a year practicaly. Still fully likes me.
I also haven't talked or given gifts to Abigail in a while, but her hearts never go down. While Sam who I talk to pretty frequently and even gave gifts too. Liked me less.

Zara

Mar 21, 2016 @ 10:07am

Originally posted by luna4s108:
Thats the weird thing, the hearts of Gus for example. Who I had at 10 hearts already, and talk to every day. Went down by one, while the Wizard I haven't talked to in a year practicaly. Still fully likes me.
I also haven't talked or given gifts to Abigail in a while, but her hearts never go down. While Sam who I talk to pretty frequently and even gave gifts too. Liked me less.

I am going to make the extremely rash assumption that you aren't gifting them things they hate right?

Hoshiro

Mar 21, 2016 @ 11:48pm

If you encountered cutscene with someone, saying or doing the wrong thing can cause you to lose standing with them. So that could be a possible reason why you lost hearts.

Luna4s

Mar 22, 2016 @ 6:32am

I'm not giving them gifts they hate, and I haven't had any cutscenes around the times their hearts went down either..
And no, i'm not shooting rocks at them with the catapult.