[quote=ClockworkCheshire]I’m a fairly new player to Fallen London, (I’ve been playing for around 3 months now, and absolutely loving it!) and a certain Name has caught my eye.
I know I will eventually become a Seeker, of that there is no doubt. BUT, I also realise I’m a VERY new player. I’m not even a POSI yet, and I know that Fallen London has so much to offer.
Seekers, I would like some advice. At what point should I Seek the Name? Does it matter? If I want to get the most out of Fallen London, should I wait for a while? Explore some more for a few months before I am ready to drive my character into madness? At what point did YOU Seek the Name?[/quote]
I didn’t start until about two weeks ago. that said, my advise would be as follows:
A) Don’t seek the name, it will ruin your stats, bring pain, suffering and ultimately death.
B) if you must seek the name, start it slowly. Marsh-mired (well, the options locked with it) and unaccountably peckish cards can provide one level SMEN each week, which is far cheaper than most alternatives (but holds the price of being one level a week.) This will be a light penalty, if you go through it using those cards, every week, in exchange for cheap progress. this would also take 25 weeks to get you from lv.2 to lv. 27, where they stop functioning, which should be plenty of time to get set up.
C) Don’t sell your soul. This will save you much pain and suffering.
D) Expect to Destroy your character at the end. [this is not a euphemism, this is as gone as a killed character isn’t.] make an alt when it looks like you’re getting close- not now, so that the suffering is even worse- since you have to start over from scratch.
E) Gather lots of case notes from the detective case option this festival. as many as you can. this will save you much suffering in getting cerise’s candle. 100 is not overkill, though it is undeniably plenty.
F) try to get a ticket to winking isle as soon as you hit SMEN 21, and read a guide on it. this’ll be the best way to progress between candles- which really doesn’t say as much as you’d think.
G) Do not start the serious phase of seeking until you’ve played all content you are interested in. Don’t go north until you’ve seen the world and know what you are giving up.
edited by Grenem on 7/8/2016