For those who are not aware, there is a big spreadsheet which people have been using for years to record data on success/fail rates for various actions, and more importantly, the rates of getting the occasional Rare Successes that come with really cool rewards
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v-OSVnf1qcRTV89G4Yj4wlo3GY3kxa0y-MpYC07T9-4/edit#gid=1
It has just come to my attention that The Wheel of Affection, at Mrs Plenty’s Perfumed Pleasure Garden, is not recorded in the sheet. there’s quite a few actions that nobody got around to testing.
http://fallenlondon.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Affection
Perhaps more interestingly to you folks, this action has a rare success option that grants an Antique Mystery, as well as a point of masquing. This could prove very useful to those of you that are trying to save up for a Reservation at the Royal Bethlehem, or who just need more maquing for this feast
This action is only available while the feast lasts, so we have a limited time window to record the data, and to reap these lovely rewards. With that in mind, i’d like to enlist some help with populating the data, and everyone who participates can earn antique mysteries too. The action is also moderately profitable even when you’re not getting a rare success.
To help, first of all open up the sheet in another tab
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v-OSVnf1qcRTV89G4Yj4wlo3GY3kxa0y-MpYC07T9-4/edit#gid=1
Go to the Luck Challenges page on the spreadsheet, and scroll down until you find The Wheel of Affection
It’s row 193
And before visiting the wheel, i’d strongly advise going to Mrs Plenty’s Carnival, and stocking up on carnival tickets. We don’t know the rate of success and rare success yet, but a big stockpile of 50 or so will probably be Plenty. You can’t purchase them while you’re there, so get them before you go! I recommend purchasing them with either whispered hints, or cryptic clues, as both of these options have a chance to get you 3x the amount of tickets
To actually get to the Perfumed Pleasure garden, open up the Celebrate the Feast of the Rose storylet (it’s available anywhere, anytime, during the feast) and select Visit the Perfumed Pleasure Garden. This costs a small amount of Making Waves (3cp) but it grants you two free carnival tickets
Once there, use the Wheel of Affection option, and see what results you get
On Failure, it gives a Gift of Scorn, which can be sold for 0.20 echoes. Failure also gives -1cp persuasive, which isn’t much unless you’ve used notability boosting
On a normal Success, it gives 10x Romantic Notions, worth a total of 1 echo
And on a Rare Success, you get a Memory of Light, an Antique Mystery, and a point of Masquing. Worth a total of 13 echoes
All attempts, regardless of the result, will also consume one carnival ticket
After each attempt, note down your results in the spreadsheet, by editing the appropriate column on row 193 (normal success, failure, or rare success) to be 1 higher than its current value. You don’t need to do anything else, all the other columns will magically fill themselves in using formulas and maths
To save time, you can do several attempts in a row, remember what you got, and add in the appropriate amounts to each column
And one last thing to remember: If you’re going to record results, please record ALL results that you do. If you only record when you get a rare success, that causes the data to become skewed and display an incorrect rare success rate. We don’t want that.
Once we get enough data,i’ll work out the average profit for this action and post that too.
Enjoy riding the wheel, and i hope you get lots of antique mysteries!
ALTERNATIVELY
If you can’t be bothered with all the spreadsheet stuff, you can posts your results here, and i will personally enter them into the sheet. If you’re going to do that then obviously don’t enter them into the sheet as well, we don’t want results being recorded twice
edited by Nanako on 2/18/2016
