It seems that the actual frequency of appearance of a card is proportional to the number of lock and unlock requirements.
Since The Lady in Lilac has none of them, and An Encounter at the Feast has only 1, these cards are easily outfrequented by a bunch of City Vices and some other multi-conditional Standard Frequency cards, which flood the deck.
This is an explanation of StoryNexus internal mechanics, that was investigated by mp and some other inquisitive people. Fallen London depends on the StoryNexus engine, thus FBG have no all the power over the problem to just go and fix the things. We can only hope, the devs will find some workaround eventually. edited by Mr Coltrane on 2/16/2019
StoryNexus is made by FBG - FBG are the devs. They have all the power to just go fix it, they’re just understandably quite busy right now, what with the Skies launch and the Feast still going on and such.
Well, my bad then. Probably I’m just misguided by wrong sources of information.
Of course, it is even better news that FBG are the devs. Please, forgive me my ignorance. :)
Anyway, I only wanted to explain that weird deck behaviour.
Anyway, I only wanted to explain that weird deck behaviour.[/quote]It’s always good to bring up that subject so people can be aware of such a thing.
Specially with those nasty Singer (3 requirements) and A devil’s taken a shine to you (4 req) cards. Best to keep those in hand as they do count as a lot of normal cards!
To be honest, keeping the two Singer cards in hand effectively brings a 5-card lodging down to a 3-card, so at that point you’re better off just moving to a Remote Address and getting rid of a few other City Vices cards as well (which are slightly less frequent but by no means rare, either).
(…I say, sitting in my 5-card lodging with the two Singer cards in hand.) edited by Dudebro Pyro on 2/16/2019
[quote=Dudebro Pyro]To be honest, keeping the two Singer cards in hand effectively brings a 5-card lodging down to a 3-card, so at that point you’re better off just moving to a Remote Address and getting rid of a few other City Vices cards as well (which are slightly less frequent but by no means rare, either).
(…I say, sitting in my 5-card lodging with the two Singer cards in hand.) edited by Dudebro Pyro on 2/16/2019[/quote]
Not exactly. Five cards are perfect for Heists and for Polite Invitations. On the other hand, I am myself at Remote Address now, as City Vices annoy me deeply.
I’m aware of the deck behavior, and I’m expecting a fix for that is in FBG’s schedule since they’ve confirmed it. I keep the Singer card and such in my hand to prevent those cards from showing up (I use a five cards hand), but still the Encounter card doesn’t show up frequent enough compared to lodging cards and such, for something that’s labeled as Frequent Frequency. What I’m saying is that frequency is clearly not enough judging from the yearly complains, and since the number of companions we can get each year grows, it makes it harder for someone’s first Feast to get them all unless they manage to stockpile a huge number of gifts in case the deck RNG loathes them. edited by silurica on 2/16/2019
I mean, the number of gifts to stockpile is the same either way. The only difference is that they’ll have to be patient and wait for the cards to become storylets before being able to cash in, rather than having opportunities throughout the Feast.
While I agree that, if your luck is particularly bad, having to wait can be annoying (especially if you’re a new player who’s not aware that they’ll be pinned - there’s no clear in-game indication of that that I’m aware of, which could lead to panic), the alternative would be to flood the deck with them which would be highly irritating to anyone not currently looking to cash in that very moment. The last thing I’d personally want would be not one, but three cards constantly showing up, more frequently than the Singer: the FotR! card is already doing a good job of clogging my deck.
Or they could just be made pinned storylets from the start, but I can definitely see the flavour reasons for not doing so. edited by Dudebro Pyro on 2/16/2019
So I know the Missionary grants a great card for the opportunity deck. Do any of the other Feast companions do the same? Or alternately a bad one, to be avoided?
[quote=Dudebro Pyro]I mean, the number of gifts to stockpile is the same either way. The only difference is that they’ll have to be patient and wait for the cards to become storylets before being able to cash in, rather than having opportunities throughout the Feast. […][/quote] If someone finds enough Encounters early on dipping them below 20 Masquing, they can recover that Masquing with the Feast Of The Rose Card instead of cashing in gifts. Once the stories are pinned, that Card disappears and the "free" Masquing disappears too.
Ι seem to have enough fate gifts to get either Lettice or the Archbishop. Lettice is useful in a Salon, the Archbishop has a beautiful story. Doing either will allow me to grind and play a bit more. Or I might keep them for next year, in case something like the Deacon turns up! What to do, what to do…
actually I just need the Lady in Lilac for getting the Clathermonts storyline finished - as the Feast of the rose companions are totally boring for non fate players who alredy participated in last years Rose feast - there is no new good companion in the feast from which one could benefit, besides the Dreadful surmises (which are nice, but I already got them maxed out).
But not being able to finish Clathermonts would be quite disapointing (still got no Lady in Lilac up to now) - I hope that my luck changes before the feast ends.
Idk if I am late, but if anyone can find it in their hearts, I am trying to get 40 masquing. I unfortunately am not able to pay back in any Fate related activities, but if you need any favours that could be repay my debt, consider them done.
Good to know, thanks. And as I understand it, none of them has any stat that even reaches, let alone exceeds, 10? So lacking any mechanical relevance, it’s purely a matter of who you like the idea of having hanging around you. And the text while unlocking them is the only story content associated with any of them?
Looking at the lineup of Fate companions, none of them particularly tickles my fancy. A couple of them are somewhat interesting, but hardly at the cost of a full story, let alone two. The Cheery Man’s cane would be quite good for duels, but it still falls short of Feducci’s lance… maybe I’ll just pass on the rest for now, then. edited by Tsar Koschei on 2/16/2019
Hmmm, just a thought; if you finish the Last Constable story, keep her alive and not talking to you, and then get her a companion then that does count as reconciliation of shorts. So there is that.
Also FotR card showing up often is the least of my worry considering it’s an actually profitable card (2.5-5.00 EPA not counting rare successes if you play the right options). It can make decent profit combined with the non-companion option on the Encounter card… edited by silurica on 2/16/2019
It is indeed a wonderful card, perhaps my favourite part of this whole holiday, along with Lilac. My only headache is that I keep landing on the set of options including the Duchess’ banquet, on which as far as I can tell none of the choices on offer (excluding the princess, of course, but that’s no longer available to me) are particularly attractive, so I spend a lot of energy on rerolling Airs.
I don’t care about cards. I don’t care about stats either! I get to hang around with the Contrarian, and that’s all I ever wanted fom this Feast! squeeeeeee…