Mordaine Barimen
Posts: 670
12/28/2013
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Yesterday I became a Journalist and was quite happy with myself at leaving a beginner's profession finally. Today, however, I was presented with a chance to jump immediately into full Authorship.
I took that opening for promotion and felt quite clever, but now I can't help but wonder- did I miss out on anything important by moving on so quickly?
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Gillsing
Posts: 1203
12/28/2013
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According to the wikia, the only checks made for journalist are for the weekly payment and becoming an author. So it certainly doesn't seem as if you missed out on anything. Apparently Persons of Some Importance can publish their own newspapers, but I assume that's completely separated from the journalist profession.
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Aximillio
Posts: 1251
12/28/2013
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Unless more content is released about journalists an author is superior in every way.
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Mordaine Barimen
Posts: 670
12/28/2013
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Thank you for the reassurances, gentlepersons.
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Riley37
Posts: 125
12/29/2013
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There are niche cases in which you might get a better total stat boost with the Journalist's notebook + your other gear, than with the Author's companion + your other gear, depending on what your other gear is. But you haven't missed any in-game storylines.
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Raymond Price
Posts: 48
12/29/2013
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Gillsing wrote:
Apparently Persons of Some Importance can publish their own newspapers, but I assume that's completely separated from the journalist profession. Confirmed. I've published a newspaper despite being a Rat-Catcher instead of a Journalist. Presumably it's on murine migrations or something.
Riley37 wrote:
There are niche cases in which you might get a better total stat boost with the Journalist's notebook + your other gear, than with the Author's companion + your other gear, depending on what your other gear is. Also edge cases where one profession's payment might be more useful than a higher one. Training professions give much appreciated stat boosts, some lower professions give useful components that their upgrades don't, things like that.
edited by Raymond R Price on 12/29/2013
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Mordaine Barimen
Posts: 670
12/29/2013
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Comparing what one has that the other doesn't:
Sworn Statements and Dubious Testimony don't seem to have any uses and Nevercold Brass isn't that hard to come by.
In exchange I will get Stolen Kisses, Cellars of Wine, triple the Bohemian gain, and Whispoered Secrets and Cryptic Clues wholesale.
The payments seem a clear improvement in this case. And the equipment was a net gain for me as I'd not had a Persuasive Pet yet and the Watchful bonus outperforms my poor Haunted-Looking Dog by three.
I was more worried about storyline options I might have missed, which apparently aren't out there. Thank you once again for the answers, everyone.
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Aspeon
Posts: 311
12/29/2013
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There's actually one minor option that you'll lose access to if you upgrade again, to Correspondent. A player with a Salon has an option to invite another player who's an Author to speak- there's not a lot of text for that, but it is technically a loss.
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Mordaine Barimen
Posts: 670
12/29/2013
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I shouldn't have to worry about that until I'm POSI, correct?
Besides, I may very well jump ship prior to upgrading to the next tier anyways.
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Riley37
Posts: 125
12/29/2013
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Mordaine: correct. Correspondent requires Notability and Notability requires PoSI. In the meantime, Aspeon's post alerts me to the Salon/Author interaction, and my character is an Author, so your question has also brought me to new and useful knowledge!
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Kermitron
Posts: 29
1/2/2014
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I've been an author for awhile and I did occasionally get invited to Salons, but I just made the jump to Correspondent. Let's see where this career change takes me!
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Playersideblog
Posts: 397
1/2/2014
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Kermitron wrote:
I've been an author for awhile and I did occasionally get invited to Salons, but I just made the jump to Correspondent. Let's see where this career change takes me!
Nowhere good, I'd wager.  Welcome to the club. 
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