Is anybody got official answer on the matter?
Not explicitly, though looking back over it all I think Anne may possibly be onto something. Cash told me in a support email, paraphrasing, "that’s all there is to the content, for now." And in the Dilmun Club thread, Absintheuse did mention to "expect to see a few updates throughout 2018." Though that could’ve just been about the Dilmun Club specifically, rather than the FLR projects as a whole.
…although, of course, a part of me thinks I might just be reading too far into it all. I can’t help it, I would absolutely love a further update to the Court. :P
Edit: Wait, and I did think it was strange how, before being banished, one was working towards becoming Imperial Artist-in-Residence; yet upon returning to the Court one works to be named Poet-Laureate. Maybe becoming a Poet-Laureate is a step towards (eventually) claiming the Imperial Artist-in-Residence position?
edited by Alice Lutwidge on 11/8/2017
Oh boy, I’ve got Courier’s Footprint, but I don’t see any way that I will ever have Persuasive 290 looking over the Best in Slot list. I think I’ll just do one of each of the new poems and novels to have them on my page.
Even without fate and profession items, it still seems pretty doable. Depending on how it all works you might have to overcap via notability though. And if you’ve got SotC 21 you’re probably an Extraordinary Mind, meaning the 12N cost just to switch posi specializations. Still, it’s a grind like any other.
Does putting to zee erase your current “A fine piece” quality? I am planning a certain trip with the Dilam club, and I would prefer not to waste my progress in the court.
Even without fate and profession items, it still seems pretty doable. Depending on how it all works you might have to overcap via notability though. And if you’ve got SotC 21 you’re probably an Extraordinary Mind, meaning the 12N cost just to switch posi specializations. Still, it’s a grind like any other.[/quote]
Thanks, I think you’re right. But I don’t want to change specialities.
And it’s more than not wanting to change–I never want to do that Notability Grind to get to 215 again. It seems like that was the most boring month I’ve ever spent here, and I had to think about it all the time to use as many actions a day as possible. It did feel like an accomplishment to do it once to get London’s Nerve, but for now, I’m not interested in doing it again.
edited by Tay1or on 11/9/2017
edited by Tay1or on 11/9/2017
I have been to Zee while progressing toward Poet Laureate, and noticed no change in my "Fine Piece" level. But going to Zee does zero your "Inspired" quality, so bear that in mind if you go voyaging.
The biggest barrier to 290 is the renown 40 items. Those aren’t hard to get; they just take a lot of time if you’re starting from low renown.
I just checked and you get exactly 290 persuasive from bazaar gear, renown 40 items, a mood, and starting POSI items. You don’t need a salon, spouse, parthenaeum club, overcapping, or destiny. A newspaper or membership in god’s editors will get your the last point.
edited by Kaijyuu on 11/9/2017
I’ve been meaning to start on renown. I’ll think about this again once I’m closer…
[quote=Anne Auclair]What’s the rush? Why do the Court Poet climb when you don’t need the resources?
Well, besides wanting to read the new text.[/quote]
I need to corner the market of fine undergarments so I can begin producing lesser undergarments for the less fortunate (but no lesser) members of society. Blemmigans, for instance.
The new novels and poems are in addition to the old ones–they are still available! So happy–I got kicked out before doing all six on my main and a couple alts, and I regretted it. Now I can publish them all.
A humble suggestion, but if you haven’t done so already, you could go ahead and build up your A Poet-Laureate quality to your current limit, and then preemptively build up enough Fine Piece for the next level. Then later on, once you can get your Persuasive high enough to finish it, at least some of the grind will already be out of the way. :) That was my initial plan, before I drew a Mood card.
edited by Alice Lutwidge on 11/10/2017
I did the thing!
A humble suggestion, but if you haven’t done so already, you could go ahead and build up your A Poet-Laureate quality to your current limit, and then preemptively build up enough Fine Piece for the next level. Then later on, once you can get your Persuasive high enough to finish it, at least some of the grind will already be out of the way. :) That was my initial plan, before I drew a Mood card.
edited by Alice Lutwidge on 11/10/2017[/quote]
Thanks for your advice, I think that you are right! I will be mixing it in with other plans like starting a salon and going for Persuasive 215. It’s a decent long term goal to work on between events.
[quote=dov]
Getting to a Courier’s Footprint is not just long and difficult, but also incredibly expensive. Creating works at Court actually pays OK on its own.[/quote]
I find that makes sense. Courier’s Footprint is not something you do for any kind of public recognition; in fact, many would probably frown on your scientific endeavours. It’s also highly dangerous and destructive - the Correspondence was never meant for mortals. It seems natural that it would require a lot of resources to push on with that goal, and of course your research must be self-funded.
On the other hand, there’s nothing inherently dangerous or materially difficult in becoming a poet. You just… write. Of course, there’s an intellectual challenge, but that comes in the form of Persuasive stat-checks (and minor investments in honey and the like), and it wouldn’t make sense if you could somehow sacrifice large amounts of material resources to write better. Plus, the whole thing comes with a lot of public recognition, and the works you produce are tangible, profitable byproduct (of which there is no equivalent when studying Correspondence). All in all, a much, much less thankless endeavour than forlornly making lead spontaneously combust in an isolated, shady lab.
So the asymmetrical design here makes a lot of sense, actually. Not to mention that given how major the grinds are, it would be a bit boring if they all (allowing for the possibility of Shadowy and Dangerous equivalents down the road) followed very similar formats.
One thing I’m confused about, however - several people mentioned that you have to reach PL 20, with a requirement of 290 Persuasive; but then the screenshot shows PL21 being achieved. What’s the actual requirement for both PL and Persuasive?
You reach PL 20 the normal way, via A Fine Work, which has a Persuasive requirement, and then at PL 20 you unlock an option to go to PL21, which is the actually become the Poet-Laureate thing
The short descriptions of the new works after you publish them are pretty funny! Someone mentioned upfront that we need a category for our publications in the inventory, and I think that’s a cool idea–
edited by Tay1or on 11/11/2017
We had the weird giving-items-qualities thing for that with Enthralling, back in the day. (Not sure if that was removed or just made invisible though.)
A separate inventory category for literary works would be nice though.
[quote=Optimatum]We had the weird giving-items-qualities thing for that with Enthralling, back in the day. (Not sure if that was removed or just made invisible though.)
A separate inventory category for literary works would be nice though.[/quote]
Item tags are most likely removed. That goes for both Intoxicated and Enthralling.
Then again, Enthralling was a bit all over the places (it seemed a bit odd for the newspaper ingredients to have it, for example) and the only time it was helpful was trading in Short Stories during Election.
Actually, I have +53 of Persuasive equipment, etc. So actually, if I overcap to 215 to work toward Prominence, all I need is a mood card on top of that, right? 207 would do it–but I’d go all the way to 215. 290 Persuasive doesn’t seem quite as far away as 300 Watchful did. That last 5 or 10 of Watchful was a bear.