The last time I played was when Act 3's combat was still being iterated on. Is there a difference between the different ways to beat someone? Shattering just doesn't seem like it's worth the effort compared to normal combat or a seduce win, after trying it out on Kana's mom.
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The only difference shattering does (currently) is that you dont need to do their loyalty quest afterwards if you Shatter them. Considering how the loyalty quests are NOT difficult, its not really worth it compared to how difficult shattering them CAN be (especially the early combat). Though personally if anyone DESERVED to be shattered, Maven is at the top of that list.