Dating Emily and Sophie's Test

[Vorpoler]

So I reached BFF friendship level (max 10 stars/hearts) with Emily, before gifting her a Heart Knot and successfully enabling a relationship with her, I went through the cutscene and completed the Sophie's Test quest, where I had to temporarily lose my relationship status with Emily until I finished the quest (as in just doing the objectives for 3 days).

My romantic relationship with Emily was restored, but I noticed my relationship meter dropped back down to 5.5 hearts (whereas it was at the max 10 before) I think this has something to do with how, if you break up with someone, your status with them drops down to "friend."

In this case, I feel it's a bit unfair since I grinded pretty hard to earn those 10 hearts, even if it was before starting the relationship with Emily. I didn't technically break up with her, it was forced by a quest.

If there are no plans to change this, then I recommend to players to romance Emily as soon as you hit friend status with her (5 stars/hearts), so you can start and complete the Sophie's Quest test without losing relationship progress, like what happened with me.

[b.]

When you give someone a Heart Knot, the relationship always drops. You have to get them back as girl/boyfriend. It isn't just Emily. So it doesn't matter if you were BFF before, you can't start dating them and ask them to marry you the next day for example

[Vorpoler]

Originally posted by Bea:

When you give someone a Heart Knot, the relationship always drops.

Are you sure? I have a bunch of people who I developed well past 5 stars/hearts before I gifted them a Heart Knot. Here is a link of a bunch of people I am in a relationship with, and for most of them I have not increased my relationship with them after becoming BF/GF. (In particular the top 2, Phyllis and Sonia. Spam gift Topaz necklace haha, both were BFF before getting a Knot)

https://imgur.com/a/srLnNBw

Emily is the only one who I also had BFF with beforehand, and right after I gave her the knot, it was still maxed out (soulmate). However, after that Sophie's Test quest, she went back to 5.5 hearts (girlfriend)

https://imgur.com/a/Rv6P8yj

Maybe there's something I am missing here, but Emily was the only one I noticed that had dropped, and had that random relationship quest.

[b.]

Originally posted by Vorpoler:

Are you sure? I have a bunch of people who I developed well past 5 stars/hearts before I gifted them a Heart Knot.

No, you are right. I went and tested it just now and the relationship did not drop, it went from BFF to Soulmate.

So it is indeed strange, I hope someone else can share their experiences.

[Larsen]

I've triend with Nora, Phyllis, Mint and Gust before (mostly for achivements). Relationship didn't drop even after gifting heart knots. I've tried with 7-10 points.

I think Emily's path is bugged. Her grandma's quest drops the level and devs probably forgot about it, so it doesn't rise even after clearing it.