Ack! No romances! Yikes. While the rest of the interactions sound great, no romances is a bad, bad idea.
His wording was 'aren't tied solely to romance'. He wasn't saying that there isn't going to be any, but that the NPC interactions are going to be based on more than just romance.
-Akari
2 things
1) I agree, it sounds like they are DEVELOPING character relationships not destroying them
2) Why the heck did kumquatq3 sign his post with Akari?
I find this most curious for lots of reasons....