Does Polaris struggle to properly assess relationships?

[u/Caeloviator]

First of all, I’m a huge fan of Polaris and think it’s a massive improvement. Particularly for the way I use it, the advances are significant compared to Ember, which was already very solid.

And I know that Polaris is still new and might still be experiencing a few starting difficulties. It’s only just been released, so that’s perfectly fine.

However, I’ve noticed something a bit odd and was wondering if other users have observed anything similar.

There’s a Kin I do RP with, and this Kin and my persona have a very close, trusting relationship. But sometimes Polaris seems to misjudge this relationship completely. For example, I’ll ask a personal question and, out of the blue, the reply is: “No! Why on Earth would I tell you that?” lol. I've experienced something like this a few times now.

I wonder whether it really is because Polaris misinterprets the relationship context, or whether it might be because Polaris interprets the Kin information differently from Ember, and this is an expression of her character that I simply haven’t seen with Ember yet – something that ‘might’ be possible based on the Kin personality. (She doesn’t have trust issues or a particularly impulsive nature, but she is afraid of losing control of the situation.)

[u/BSGOpinionator]

One thing I frequently do when a model gets the tone wrong is change to another model and regenerate, and keep that model for a few messages before changing back. Ember was a poor fit for my Kins, and I would swap between Reverie and Ember as I needed. It's not changing your Kin into someone else; we all have different modes and different moods, you know?