[quote=BlakeTheDrake]Hmmm… well, First Sporing IS always handy, especially once you become Noteable and can’t rely on Laudaneum anymore. It’d be something to do from 8-10, certainly. Only problem is, a ‘Failure’ there drains Summerset connection…
See, I get what you’re saying about aiming for the stuff you actually need. Problem is, none of the things that are available from university-related activities seem relevant to any of my short-term goals. They’ll all probably become useful at SOME point… or I’ll refine them into something useful… but I can’t quite predict which will be nicer. The only thing I could use in the short term is Connection: Summerset, for that ‘Seduce the Provost’ challenge at the end of Feast of the World… so I’ll probably spend some time grinding the ‘Summerset Days’ options. But even so…
…well, the items you can earn from the university mainly boils down to: Proscribed Materials, Primordial Shrieks, Rostygold, Greyfields 1882 and a few options for Stolen Correspondence and Whispered Secrets. Dunno what’s more likely be handy in large quantities, out of those. Well, certainly not the Rostygold, but other than that… (if only because I intend to move on to the Black Ribbon Duelists after I’m done with the university, so I’ll be swimming in the stuff at that point.)
Although… a closer read of the Wiki’s (recently-updated) list shows me that I DO know what I’ll be doing from 8 ‘Term Passing…’ and upwards: ‘Learned Discourse’ from under ‘Do some actual research’. Rare success gives points in Scholar, which there isn’t very many options for. So that just gives me 7 levels to ‘occupy’ myself on… and I might be able to expend a fair quantity of that grinding Summerset-connection.
Things are looking up! But any advice is still welcome. ^_^[/quote]
well… hmm… do you want any of the 4 card lodgings? the cheap way to buy them is 50 bazaar permits (must be POSI), 50 antique mysteries, or a variety of infernal items.
If you want to go for the bazaar premises, then primordial shrieks are ideal for that. upcraft to correspondence plaques when you get enough, than transfer the items to visions of the surface through sidecrafts, then upcraft to bazaar permits (though to do the tree from this alone, you would need ~12500 shrieks for 20 permits- 31250 for 50, i think.). they are also one of the items with a functional upcraft tree.
Greyfeilds are occasionally useful, but not that much, and i remember you finished the court. don’t worry about them too much, but they may be worth picking up.
stolen correspondence are useful when you become POSI, as they give you a method to store making waves in nights on the town. (well, their upcrafts do.) if you want to use them before then, they also have a complete and functional upcraft tree.
whispered secrets generally wind up as vendor trash, though they do definitely have their uses, such as buying expedition funds. upcrafting is not worthwhile unless the alternative is straight-up buying cryptic clues from the bazaar, since all their upcrafts are operating at a loss before you factor in the action.
edited by Grenem on 4/5/2015