And even that only goes so far... I just hit level 70, and it seems that for awhile now, my hardcore stat and dmg stat capped at 5999, won't go above that, even though my actual hardcore is at 7k, and I think my hp stopped at 37k.
So now, on top of affection levels requiring months or lots of $$$, even levels are useless. I still have 3 troll girls, but I can't bring myself to care anymore, since no matter what, it will take years to level them all up.
I don't understand why they put so much effort into killing this game.