Ktjn: why is it better to be mean?

[Hexprone]

Sure, an aimless young person might need some tough love, but just saying "You should be ashamed" and "It'll never happen" isn't really tough love -- it's just being a jerk.

Yet choosing all the ***hole answers is the ticket to the better quest reward. Very weird. Luckily I already had the items she gives you as a reward, so I didn't care and just answered how I wanted.

Maybe being mean to her makes her feel at home, since on the evidence of Eruyt Village the Viera are proud of being rude to people?

It's just a weird little quest.

[Hinnyuu]

You say it's rude, other people might say she needs a reality check. Tough love.

[devSin]

It's the more valuable reward, but all of it is stuff you can get elsewhere.

I think the important thing is to just be consistent (you want +4 or -4, nothing in between) so that she actually commits to something (otherwise, she just wanders around like a homeless person).

Originally posted by Hinnyuu:

You say it's rude, other people might say she needs a reality check. Tough love.

The game doesn't give you any context for the answers, however.

It's basically "be a jerk" or "be a sap". And you just have to pick whatever (unless you know beforehand what the rewards are), because the game doesn't give any indication as to what sort of answer would be most appropriate (you may as well just flip a coin for all the information the game gives you to work with).

[Hinnyuu]

Originally posted by devSin:

the game doesn't give any indication as to what sort of answer would be most appropriate (you may as well just flip a coin for all the information the game gives you to work with).

That's very often the case with FF games in general. A lot is just trial and error, expecting people to puzzle it out by replaying it over and over and observing the results.

Have you ever played Brain Blast in FFXIII-2?

[Hexprone]

Originally posted by Hinnyuu:

You say it's rude, other people might say she needs a reality check. Tough love.

How is "You should be ashamed of moving away from your hometown" a reality check?

It's just a weird thing to say to someone.

[Hinnyuu]

Originally posted by Hexprone:

It's just a weird thing to say to someone.

Weird in what context? I know plenty of people from various RL cultures that would say these things, not even trying to be mean.

While it may not be something YOU say to people in YOUR environment, this isn't the situation we're talking about, is it. And the Viera are certainly strong about their cultural identity and how they treat those who abandon it.

[SenSx]

I sent her to the hunt club...not sure if this was the best decision for her, becoming a seller for Migelo was maybe the better choice for her personnality, oh well...
In the end the reward does not matter.

[Hinnyuu]

I can never resist sending someone to the dark side. Come, my warrior bunny, let us celebrate with a hunt! For tomorrow... WE HUNT!

[Faint]

not mean but honest, it's all in how you look at it

[KarmaTheAlligator]

Originally posted by Hexprone:

Originally posted by Hinnyuu:

You say it's rude, other people might say she needs a reality check. Tough love.

How is "You should be ashamed of moving away from your hometown" a reality check?

It's just a weird thing to say to someone.

Except she asks if it shouldn't trouble her not to hear the land (outside of the woods) as a Viera, and we tell her that yes, she should be ashamed. Nothing to do with her leaving, and everything to do with how she should be trying harder instead of just sitting there complaining.

[devSin]

Originally posted by ZM | Dr. Dro:

It's not being mean, it's simply making her confront her fears and reassuring the laws of the viera that she violated.

At that point in the game, you've seen a maximum of 3 viera, and the game hasn't explained a single thing about them.

There is absolutely no basis for even talking to her, much less "reassuring the laws of the viera".

Originally posted by ZM | Dr. Dro:

What do you think? Runeblade or some potions?

She only hands out potions if you totally fail (by not being consistent). She'll give you accessories if you do the "nice" responses, and weapons if you do the "mean" responses.