I recently discovered that a forum existed for Fallen London. It’s time for a discussion!
Every now and then you have runs of good and bad luck. Pretty normal stuff.
Good luck is simple enough. You pick up the occasional watch here and there. Perhaps an extremely profitable item conversion. Generally, you make more money and sometimes faster progress.
Bad luck, however, has a much wider array of results. It’s quite complex.
Sometimes, you get the worst luck at the worst possible time and you want to throw your phone across the room because you failed that 99% challenge that results in an instant trip to New Newgate when you’ve already got a huge amount of Suspicion. You had the right amount of CtD too.
The unexpected run of bad luck in the Flit or the Unterzee can be the worst, setting you back several actions because of challenges your skill and money could not mitigate. And if you’re like me, you despise action waste and the CP and Echo waste that comes with it.
I feel like London would not be that much different if there was some sort of high-stakes gambling system added. Like gambling Echoes or expensive items among other players. Basically like trying to get the yacht or the library but with the chance of real profit involved.
Anyway, here’s the question.
Londoners, what’s the absolute worst luck you’ve had while making important choices or going through long runs of storylines and other stuff?
If your luck is amazing and always works out where it matters, then there’s always the possibility that you misclicked something you really didn’t want to misclick, like accidental A Turncoat maxout while Echo grinding or perhaps something even worse. Tell us about it!