Weekly Fallen London Questions, 28/05/2018

What is a person of mysterious and indistinct gender? An inquisitive little pile of questions!

But enough talk! Have at answering previous questions!

I just tried the Call in Favors in the Empress Court one and yes, it’s busted. It seems the redirect storylet is costing you an action and not actually letting you see the storylet for trading your society favors.

I am an individual of mysterious and indistinct gender.

[quote=Kaijyuu]But enough talk! Have at answering previous questions!

I just tried the Call in Favors in the Empress Court one and yes, it’s busted. It seems the redirect storylet is costing you an action and not actually letting you see the storylet for trading your society favors.[/quote]

Ugh! &quotsteam boldly&quot in the unterzee is also affected. This is going to make seal-hunting a lot harder, and I’m already out at zee.

Why do the ambitions (or at least Bag a Legend) go in increments of one and then jump to 10s (90, 100, 110, 120, 130)?

well, I wasted some actions trying to do call in favours in empressess court and it didnt let me in and I tried a few times before noticing it was costing me actions. RIP :) I see here people are also having issue with.

So what was the question?
Ask someone else :)

Does anyone have the latest available estimate of the size of FL content in words? Approximate to an order of magnitude would do.

Hm,so both the favors and the lamp card are busted. Probably the new site will solve that.

Finally got around to the Last Constable storyline, and when you start the preparation the Constable

[spoiler]she asks you to steal Cantigaster Venom and adds:

[quote=The Last Constable][…] unless you happen to have venom of your own, this is the only way.[/quote] Which made me wonder, if you do have some Venom, does the story give you an option to use it or at least acknowledge it in any way?

EDIT: and 30 seconds after writing this post I went to do the actual heist and saw the option to use your own. I’m still wondering whether the Last Constabled acknowledges it if you have it, though.[/spoiler]

I remeber some promotional blurb claiming FL had something along the lines of a few million words (might have been &quottwo million&quot or &quotfive million&quot or something). That was a few years ago, but I doubt they added an order of magnitude’s worth of content since then (even counting Exceptional Stories). I will never be able to find the actual source though, sorry.
edited by Dudebro Pyro on 5/29/2018

I suppose it’s because it’s basically garbage wine. You can trade it up with the A Presumptious Little Opportunity card, but it requires absurd amounts.

Besides grinding honey, what other options for MW preparations change the Airs of London?

So. My current set of Shadowy gear has always given me +71. But suddenly, as of sometime today, it’s now displaying as +70. As far as I can tell none of the gear has changed stats. Anyone else having similar issues?

Older stories use consecutive numbering and later stories leave gaps; Failbetter began doing this in case they ever want to go back and add additional content. In the case of Ambitions, the first sections were written in the early days and the second sections were written after the change.

It’s because Greyfields 1882 functions as the first tier Wines item, with Greyfields 1879 effectively being tier zero. Mysteries is similar with two bottom-tier items (Whispered Hints and Cryptic Clues), though that category is weird in general.

Is this happening on the old site or the new?

Both. Changing outfits doesn’t fix it either, though my other outfits are the stats I’m accustomed to.

What’s your Shadowy gear?

So, if you’re away and don’t complete the silly little make-work storylet for the exceptional story for a particular month, your chance to participate in it is gone forever? Even if you’ve paid for it? Is there a reason that it’s like this? I guess I’ll start cancelling my subscription for the months I fancy taking a break or am not going to be here.

You should definitely cancel your subscription when you’re not playing, yes. Or otherwise, mark the last Thursday of each month in your calendar as Exceptional Story Day and unlock it right away. It’s what I do when I’m subscribed.

Regarding the story you missed: contact support, they’re usually very understanding with this kind of thing. Just don’t let it happen too often ;)
edited by phryne on 5/31/2018

What’s your Shadowy gear?[/quote]
Support solved the mystery; apparently the Gang of Hoodlums was not properly applying its bonus.

In the cycling option for the new season, who is the lady/girl incognito?

I’m Notability grinding, and I’m wondering, what point should I start doing marriage Notability grinds rather than MW?