1 hours ago
Topic:
A List of Paramount Presence
SingingFlame
Posts: 34
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Two of my characters, Matilda and Anne, have been Paramount Presences for a while. I would've posted here earlier, but I had completely forgotten this thread existed until a few days ago. Thank you for taking the time to keep it updated!
Matilda_Ydmos (Monster-Hunter) Explorer of the Unterzee and Rattus Faber sympathizer
London's Blood 2 - Happy in love
London's Marrow 1 - Money, Money, Money!
London's Nerves 2 - Caprine understanding
London's Sinew 2 - The deadly force of Freedom
Anne_Carnacki (Midnighter) Sanguine ribbon duelist and semi-permanent resident of the Tomb Colonies
London's Blood 2 - Happy in love
London's Marrow 1 - Money, Money, Money!
London's Nerves 1 - Starry wisdom
London's Sinew 3 - A true companion
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3 hours ago
Topic:
Whitsun is here!
theonie
Posts: 77
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phryne wrote:
Does someone have a profile link to the Rare Success Whitsun newspaper edition? I'd like to read it but wasn't fortunate enough to get it myself...
Yes, link here. I was lucky, got the rare success on the second try at a Whitsun edition.
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3 hours ago
Topic:
Better Integrating New Content
NotaWalrus
Posts: 221
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PSGarak wrote:
*snip*
I kinda disagree with the premise here, since one of the big draws of Whitsun was the new companions, with the fate-locked ones being the very first companions that increase four of the the new stats (Parabolan Panther/Kitten aside). Next year they'll likely stop being fate-locked for those who saved up Ha'pennies. Not to mention that there are items from the cave of the nadir that increase Glasswork, and companions from the Feast of the Rose that increase Kataleptic Toxicology and A Player of Chess.
The distinction between "items that raise the new stats" and "items that don't" is not "the former are in endgame content" but "the former are in content that happened to come out later".
One more thing about the Tier 3 renown items. When renown first came out, these items were invariable best-in-slot except for maybe profession items. Since then, we've seen them surpassed by ambition and event items, and now many of them only hold value as collector's items. Giving them some of the new stats would make them attractive again for new players to try to attain. A player starting the game now would probably be unlocking the parabolan base camp and the lab at around the same time as the grind to renown 40 gets in view. They are both endgame content, it just doesn't seem that way to old players because we've already seen it.
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4 hours ago
Topic:
Whitsun is here!
Her Ladyship The Ydell Sovereign
Posts: 76
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babelfishwars wrote:
Hello! You can no longer buy any eggs. Please remember to do what you will with them as soon as you can, as even if they are mid-incubate, or hatching, when the time comes on on Monday, they will go...
edited by babelfishwars on 5/22/2020
Well, being on HST, this explains why I wasn't able to buy any eggs even though it was still the 22.  I forget everything is done on BST.
edited by TheLampades on 5/23/2020
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4 hours ago
Topic:
Better Integrating New Content
PSGarak
Posts: 834
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There has been teasers that seem to imply increasing the stat caps. Personally, I'm expecting Tier 4 Renown items.
Revisiting old content is difficult because there's a lot of it. And it's deeply entangled with its mechanical and narrative context. It gets difficult to merge new systems into old content without upsetting something for either new or old players.
Personally I'm OK with there being a division where here is the end-game content, and here are the stats that support it. BDR is basically both irrelevant and difficult to obtain before you're a POSI. While there might be opportunities for both stats and checks before you become a POSI, it's probably for the best that there's a content barrier where it suddenly becomes relevant. The biggest issue with the new content is that there isn't a single big barrier saying "this is the next step" the way there was for being a POSI. This plays into the sentiment I've heard from people of "this is fun, by why am I doing it?" but it also dovetails with there not being a signpost saying "here there be dragons, and by dragons I mean new stats."
I'm still optimistic that this will tie all together with the next batch of content. The Paramount Presence changes, in particular, suggest that there will be a "next step" type of content.
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5 hours ago
Topic:
Better Integrating New Content
Lady Karnstein
Posts: 277
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Off the top of my head, it seems like they might need to be consistent with whether the tier 3 Renown items grant one of these traits or not. I think having the tier 3 Profession ones do so was a good, intelligent move. I think you could make a case depending on how common you wanted it to be for it, but that if one does they all probably should.
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6 hours ago
Topic:
Heart's Desire Finale
Wojciech
Posts: 52
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Wojciech wrote:
...I'm extremely tired and irritated by the search for Eyeless Skulls...
Random does work in mysterious ways here, pals. After 16 days of uselessly depleting my fortune in one expedition to the Shrine after another I've only obtained two Skulls. I've been angry and frustrated and didn't want to spend any more money, so I resorted to just wandering the Quarter.
Guess what? I've got 3 remaining skulls in one day; it took 60 actions or so.
Finally, I can finish this story.
edited by Wojciech on 5/22/2020
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7 hours ago
Topic:
Weekly Fallen London Questions, 18/05/2020
NotaWalrus
Posts: 221
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fungo maddens wrote:
I missed the March ES, and it's not listed on the Fate page. Will it be?
Eventually it'll get added, yes.
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7 hours ago
Topic:
Weekly Fallen London Questions, 18/05/2020
fungo maddens
Posts: 6
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I missed the March ES, and it's not listed on the Fate page. Will it be?
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8 hours ago
Topic:
Better Integrating New Content
NotaWalrus
Posts: 221
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Quidam wrote:
Obviously, some of your suggestions sound like great ideas, and some of them might eventually be implanted, but I'm not a big fan of the use of "it should do this" or "They should do that." I think we have to be careful when we talk about design, because there might reason not to do those things. For instance, in that place in the Labyrinth of Tigers, part of the player (which included myself) didn't know that the captive where...well I'm too lazy to put a spoiler tag, but I think giving Fingerking Favors might ruined the mystery and revelation. Also, some of the quality you mention are later game content, and putting them in early game content might spoil some story beats and ruined some mechanical challenge. I just wanted to be the devil's advocate to suggest some caution about prescriptive statement aimed at designer.
edited by Quidam on 5/22/2020
Point taken, I tried to qualify most of my statements with a "feels like" to avoid precisely this. The "should"s are more meant in a "this should be possible given the logic of the world" rather than "this should be a thing in the game".
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8 hours ago
Topic:
Whitsun is here!
phryne
Posts: 1347
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Does someone have a profile link to the Rare Success Whitsun newspaper edition? I'd like to read it but wasn't fortunate enough to get it myself...
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9 hours ago
Topic:
Best and worst EROTIC scene in Fallen London
Gul al-Ahlaam
Posts: 225
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This is really interesting topic. I think "athletic" can work in the right context- but it's hard to make it not sound silly, it makes you giggle more than blush. It definitely doesn't work in the context of the Cheesemonger storyline, and I would probably agree with you about it being the most poorly written. For context:
Catherine is quite a beauty. Surely the best place for persuading her to join the Game is a private chamber. You wouldn't want to be interrupted.
[Persuasion Success>]
Well, that was exhilarating. And athletic. No one as young as Catherine should know all those things.
Catherine smokes a cigarillo while you laze on a divan. It occurs to you that you were seduced as much as she. And she is carefully bringing the conversation around to matters of intrigue... [story stuff continues from here]
I think I understand the genre trope they're going for, villainous spy seduces innocent into the world of backstabbing and intrigue, with the twist of her attempting a simultaneous seduction, trying to get into the life on purpose? But the crux of that trope is in the relationship between the two characters, and like you say, the description makes no effort to try and capture the complex and difficult emotions, and instead opts for the most blasé possible description of two people having sex with one another (It was exciting! Our bodies moved!) and then uh... a line I'm not sure I understand the point of. Hmm.
Also, I don't know about best, but the Genial Magician probably has my favorite erotic scenes. I like how each one is presented with the structure of a kind of performance or magic trick, the focus on changing colors and flashes of different sensations, and on the heightened emotional state. I like the Urbane Magician's the most, honestly, because it totally pivots to cold colors and electricity and sharp scratches and rustling scales, which are so exciting and so unlike the kind of descriptions in the trysts with other versions of the magician, while still using the same language.
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9 hours ago
Topic:
[Fan Art] Jane’s Half-Real Gallery
JaneAnkhVeos
Posts: 132
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Seems like I forgot one of the collages...
The Red-Handed Queen:
[spoiler] [/spoiler]
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10 hours ago
Topic:
Better Integrating New Content
Quidam
Posts: 49
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Obviously, some of your suggestions sound like great ideas, and some of them might eventually be implanted, but I'm not a big fan of the use of "it should do this" or "They should do that." I think we have to be careful when we talk about design, because there might reason not to do those things. For instance, in that place in the Labyrinth of Tigers, part of the player (which included myself) didn't know that the captive where...well I'm too lazy to put a spoiler tag, but I think giving Fingerking Favors might ruined the mystery and revelation. Also, some of the quality you mention are later game content, and putting them in early game content might spoil some story beats and ruined some mechanical challenge. I just wanted to be the devil's advocate to suggest some caution about prescriptive statement aimed at designer.
edited by Quidam on 5/22/2020
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10 hours ago
Topic:
Better Integrating New Content
Optimatum
Posts: 3666
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I hear that Written in the Glim now gives Shapeling Arts from one choice, so hopefully we'll get more changes in this vein!
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10 hours ago
Topic:
Better Integrating New Content
NotaWalrus
Posts: 221
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As with most, I am thoroughly enjoying the parabolan base camp and the laboratory. The Bone Zone I'm not quite as keen on since I don't see why my character would care about it, but I'm sure it'll grow on me. However, one thing that bothers me about this new content is how disconnected it feels from everything prior. I feel like there are places earlier in the game where the new content could be integrated to make it feel less disconnected from the whole of London. Here are a couple suggestions:
-The Renown 40 items tend to be super cool and I feel like some of them really fit the new qualities. Particularly, The Location of an Underground Organ feels like it should give Shapeling Arts, the Great Game and The One Who Pulls the Strings feels like they should give A Player of Chess. The Oneiric Key and What Might Be A Thudnerbolt feel like they should give Glasswork, the Infernal Vinification Aparatus feels like it should give Artisan of the Red Science, The Beatific Stone and the Oneiric Key feels like they should give Mithridacy.
-Flute Street maybe should be updated to give cp of Shapeling Arts on some end-of-carousel choices, particularly examining the devices that the Rubbery Men use for the arts.
-The Garden Embassy Exceptional Story really feels like some rewards should be changed to Preserved Surface Blooms somewhere.
-That place where they imprison possessed people in the Labyrinth of Tigers feels like it should somehow connect to Fingerking Favors.
-The Unearthly Fossil should really be possible to investigate in the lab and someone in the Bone Zone should be interested in buying it.
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13 hours ago
Topic:
A List of Paramount Presence
norathar
Posts: 6
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I just made Paramount Presence 4 days ago (and finished Nemesis 2 days ago, as a reckoning had been postponed until I could make PP!)
Norathar is now a Paramount Presence of the Ancien Regime, a Correspondent. Persuasive was my first specialty and Watchful the last.
London's Blood 2 - Happy In Love
London's Marrow 1 - Money, Money, Money!
London's Nerves 3 - Strategies Beyond Comprehension
London's Sinew 3 - A True Companion
I'm now off to get my last 5-card lodging (have to grind Notability back to 9 for the Brass Embassy suite), and after that I suppose I'll be adrift and in search of a new goal.
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13 hours ago
Topic:
Best and worst EROTIC scene in Fallen London
NotaWalrus
Posts: 221
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Failbetter has recently become good about removing/changing problematic elements left in the game from early versions (Sometimes to the game's detriment, in the case of the Outlandish/Unprovenanced Artifact, I think), so it's likely now that you've brought this to attention it won't last long in the game
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14 hours ago
Topic:
Heart's Desire Finale
The Curious Watcher
Posts: 263
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Hattington wrote:
I noticed The Curious Watcher just received his monthly reward for Power. Could anyone who picked another reward, any at all, please share theirs?
edited by Hattington on 5/22/2020
This is the monthly reward for Time.
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14 hours ago
Topic:
Whitsun is here!
AbsolxGuardian
Posts: 75
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Are we going to be able to turn in our speculation about Whitsun for rewards like Putting Together the Pieces of Lacre or is the newspaper the only reward we can get?
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