The patch notes indicate that the frequency of the bear hunt has been increased, but I seem to be really out of luck with drawing this card. I would definitely prefer to have to bear hunt as a storylet (with decreased rewards if necessary), after all the other related achievements (poet, scolar) do not depend on luck either.
Indeed. Perhaps that is an oversight - when I drew the card, it was still listed as Standard frequency, nowhere near 5-times as frequent, unless earlier it was actually 5-times less frequent than the other cards.
Strictly speaking, DotPS doesn’t require luck either, since you can hunt the Pinewood Shark as many times as you like.
Yes, it used to be Unusual frequency (20% as often as Standard).
Maybe only the starter card has had its frequency amped up? The recurring ones appear to still have the same frequency.
Actually - yeah, patch notes refer to " The Incident of the Honey-Mazed Bear", which gives you only first "get me da bear" requirest. All next requests are made through card "The Bear, Again".
Upd: tried to edit to remove "requirest" typo, but this is too wonderful of a word. Not Mr.Pages level, but same direction for sure
edited by Alpha900i on 12/6/2020
Today I became Defender of the Public Safety (at 21). And I owe it mostly to a big sweetheart of a bear who can’t learn to keep his nose out of honey pots. ;-)