Re Shrine expeditions, the ppa is highly variable, there’s also the action and item cost of supplies, and I’m also not sure it’s a good idea since I’d want the expedition actions to be white/straightforward since failure here is more costly, and that’s not the best way to train a skill.
[quote=empirimancer]Does anyone have thoughts on the highest ppa actions that also train Watchful at a high level? How about Dangerous?[/quote]If you can draw enough cards to meet the Tomb-Colonists often enough to trade Collections of Curiosities to them, then the War of Assassins can give you 178.57 ppa and train any of the stats depending on which options you go for. Might be worth doing that even if you don’t draw cards often enough, as it looks like the War of Assassins might be increased from 34 to 44 Actions (just my conjecture based on this thread). And if so, it seems like a good idea to stock up while they’re 178.57 ppa instead of only 142.05 ppa.
If you can still do University investigations you can use those to raid message drops in the Flit for 171 ppa, which trains Watchful. And as long as you haven’t progressed to the Fourth Coil in the Labyrinth of Tigers you can deal with mirror-smugglers in the Third Coil and use The Hunt is On! to kill Goat Demons in the Flit for even better ppa, which trains Dangerous.
WoA is still 34 actions =)
Since it sounds like there aren’t any good options, I guess I’ll continue with the assassins for now even though I’ve already accumulated a stockpile of Collections. The tomb colonists sure are taking their time showing up.
Because I keep seeing this being referenced here and there, I’ll just be leaving this here:
http://fallenlondon.wikia.com/wiki/Money-Making
Using the Nadir is a good option if you aren’t afraid to lose your stats, the best Nadir cards are
The End of Battles - 62.50
An Unlikely Garden - 62.50 (Hardest persuasive challenge)
Woods in the Winter - 1cp of Dramatic Tension
Or The Catafalquerie with 7 PtPT - 312.65 ( Which can be used to gather more Lacre, it’s also the action that gives you the most money in the game ,that’s repeatable, it also can get you an overgoat in about 37 actions)
EDIT: I almost forgot but when selling the location you can obtain a total is 1562.50 echoes.
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Forever Changed by the Nadir
Imprisoned by Nightmares
edited by Turtwigii on 4/9/2015
Didn’t the rewards there get an increase in value with that change? I think even whirling contraptions were improved (by increasing rewards of printing an issue of your newspaper), but I haven’t been in the new business since then.
Anyway, I think one of the best grinds I have been doing is still heisting Baseborn&Fowlingpiece. 8 actions of setup leave 7 more actions to get 5 progress if I want ppa>200. (with more actions, ppa goes down: 191, 180, 170, 161, 153, 145, …). It’s often possible to 5 progress in 7 or fewer actions, because there are several cards that just give me 1 progress, and a bunch that have a chance of giving 2 progress (some of which even have an expected value of more than 1 progress). Those searing enigmas there really make a difference.
edited by xKiv on 4/9/2015