Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong
37 Achievements
15-20h
PS5
Polite conversation
Win a confrontation without using a Discipline.
14.2%
How to unlock the Polite conversation achievement in Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong - Definitive Guide
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Note: See the Confrontations section in our Complete Walkthrough's Glossary for a detailed walkthrough on Confrontations.
"Confrontations" are essentially this game's form of combat, just without the combat. Think of it like a card game's combat, but purely by text. Many times throughout the game while you're in a conversation, some of your options will involve using your attributes, Skills, and/or Disciplines to win against the other person's attributes, powers, etc., to get the outcome, or something you want, such as information, and these options are often tied to optional objectives or bonuses. A Confrontation is similar, but a more intense version, and each one can have a large impact on the story.
To win or lose a Confrontation involves many factors, but Attributes & Disciplines offer a variety of ways to improve your chances at succeeding. For this trophy however, you will need to win a confrontation without using a Discipline. It won't be that hard, although it can depend on your Attributes and Traits. More than likely, you will need to use your Focus to win certain Stages, which costs Willpower points, so keep an eye on your meter (the first meter on the top-left of your screen, made up of a row of blue diamonds).
Every Confrontation has "Stages", the number of which is different in each one. Each Stage ends with either a Success or a Loss/Miss. There is a maximum number of misses allowed for each one, and if you exceed it, you lose the whole Confrontation. According to the game's little tutorial, "To win a Confrontation, you must make it to the Final Stage and win. In the case of a Miss during the Final Stage, the Stage is repeated until the Confrontation is won or lost." Essentially, if you get a miss in the Final Stage but haven't lost yet (you haven't gone over your max misses yet), you will enter a "Last Chance" Stage. If you succeed in it, you'll win. If not, you will keep going until you either win or run out of misses and thus lose.
A good majority of Confrontations offer 1 correct white answer per Stage (i.e. answers that don't require any Attributes or Disciplines), so this trophy should be pretty easy to get. Generally speaking, if a Stage doesn't have a correct white answer, 99% of the time it's a Confrontation that allows more than 1 mistake, so you can lose that Stage without losing the entire Confrontation.
Either way, when you win a Confrontation without using a Discipline, you'll get this trophy. Remember, options that use the blue Attribute Skills like Intimidation or Education, which cost Willpower, are fine; only options that use the purple, Hunger-causing Disciplines are forbidden for this trophy.
"Confrontations" are essentially this game's form of combat, just without the combat. Think of it like a card game's combat, but purely by text. Many times throughout the game while you're in a conversation, some of your options will involve using your attributes, Skills, and/or Disciplines to win against the other person's attributes, powers, etc., to get the outcome, or something you want, such as information, and these options are often tied to optional objectives or bonuses. A Confrontation is similar, but a more intense version, and each one can have a large impact on the story.
To win or lose a Confrontation involves many factors, but Attributes & Disciplines offer a variety of ways to improve your chances at succeeding. For this trophy however, you will need to win a confrontation without using a Discipline. It won't be that hard, although it can depend on your Attributes and Traits. More than likely, you will need to use your Focus to win certain Stages, which costs Willpower points, so keep an eye on your meter (the first meter on the top-left of your screen, made up of a row of blue diamonds).
Every Confrontation has "Stages", the number of which is different in each one. Each Stage ends with either a Success or a Loss/Miss. There is a maximum number of misses allowed for each one, and if you exceed it, you lose the whole Confrontation. According to the game's little tutorial, "To win a Confrontation, you must make it to the Final Stage and win. In the case of a Miss during the Final Stage, the Stage is repeated until the Confrontation is won or lost." Essentially, if you get a miss in the Final Stage but haven't lost yet (you haven't gone over your max misses yet), you will enter a "Last Chance" Stage. If you succeed in it, you'll win. If not, you will keep going until you either win or run out of misses and thus lose.
A good majority of Confrontations offer 1 correct white answer per Stage (i.e. answers that don't require any Attributes or Disciplines), so this trophy should be pretty easy to get. Generally speaking, if a Stage doesn't have a correct white answer, 99% of the time it's a Confrontation that allows more than 1 mistake, so you can lose that Stage without losing the entire Confrontation.
Either way, when you win a Confrontation without using a Discipline, you'll get this trophy. Remember, options that use the blue Attribute Skills like Intimidation or Education, which cost Willpower, are fine; only options that use the purple, Hunger-causing Disciplines are forbidden for this trophy.
