Koenig
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2/21/2015
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I recently got this opportunity card while playing the game, however I do not have the correspondence level to enhance my profession with it, the notability to gamble with its gift option, or any of the raw levels for its four other options. My question is; should I hang on to it until I get the required stats or attributes to become a correspondent, or should I gamble with the gift option now? Considering the card description states that it appears with "Very infrequent frequency" I wanted to weigh the value of my options before making any choices I might regret.
   
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Sara Hysaro
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2/21/2015
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Unless you're actively grinding your Scholar of the Correspondence quality I would just gamble on the gift option. It'll turn up again later.
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Sara Hysaro
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Well, the first thing you'll want to do is get your Scholar of the Correspondence quality up to 7 by Seeking Curious in the Forgotten Quarter. Searching for more evidence of the Correspondence gives you 1 CP, so you'll need to get and use this option 18 times.
After that there are a few different ways to boost it to 10. Are you still welcome in the Empress' Court? You could write symphonies to increase that quality by 1 point per symphony. Going from 7 to 10 would take 27 Symphonies. Not very fast, but you'll make some echoes while you're doing it.
The other method is easily the fastest if you have the necessary resources. It's expensive to the point that I'd recommend still going through the Forgotten Quarter first. It will give you 1 point per action at a cost of 1 Extraordinary Implication, 1 Aeolian Scream, and an amount of Correspondence Plaques equal to your Scholar of the Correspondence quality. You can do this if you are welcome at the University, and it's in the Shadowy Dealings storylet you can find there.
Lastly, if you've spent Fate on the expansion to Theological Husbandry you can easily pick up a Corresponding Ocelot. That'll give you a free point every now and then.
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Sara Hysaro
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2/23/2015
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If you lose favor with the University you can earn your way back in via the storylet you unlock for finishing the University content. You'll definitely have enough time to get up to 10 by next year.
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Sara Hysaro
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2/23/2015
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The University's story arc is establishing your Department of the Correspondence. To raise your Scholar of the Correspondence quality using the expensive method I mentioned above you want to go into the Shadowy dealings at the University storylet.
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Aximillio
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2/23/2015
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If it's not yet at 3, you should go beneath the neath at Mrs Plenty's Carnival. Then you can look for evidence in the ruins up to 7. After 7 it gets harder. You have one option if you're still in the early days at the University, and there are some one-off-options. Other options are opening boxes of the unexpected; a rare opp card in the Bazaar Sidestreets; the opp card of the Corresponding Ocelot, and the opp card of the owl. (In addition to burning resources at the University, of course!)
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Sara Hysaro
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2/23/2015
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The boxes come from Surprise Packages, which you can either get from other players or the Unsigned Message card (if you pass the check). You aren't guaranteed to get the result you want, though.
Most of the cards are Standard frequency (requiring only that you have the pets/lodgings), but the opportunity card in the Bazaar Sidestreets is Rare.
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Sara Hysaro
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2/24/2015
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It's the storyline for the University. Gaining access to the University (assuming you don't unlock it with items) requires you to become a Scholar of the Correspondence. Your intention there is to eventually establish your own Department of the Correspondence to teach others what you've learned. The first set of storylets in the University just you getting used to the atmosphere there, and learning about the place. After your Watchful reaches the right level you'll unlock a storylet that will let you move on from being a mere guest lecturer and actually start working towards that goal.
None of this deepens your understanding of the Correspondence unless you explicitly work towards that. There's a storylet on the first term that has a chance of increasing your Scholar of the Correspondence, and progressing far enough into the second will unlock the option to study your Correspondence Plaques (the expensive option I talked about before).
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Sara Hysaro
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2/24/2015
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You are indeed supposed to be investigating into the murder case to proceed. The other storylets just cycle over and over without giving any progress. Worth doing to see the text, but the murder investigation is the real focus. Didn't want to spoil it for you in case you hadn't gotten that far.
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Sara Hysaro
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2/24/2015
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Nope! Feel free to investigate into the murder case as much as you please, though I'd refrain from concluding it until you've gotten your Scholar of the Correspondence quality up to 10. It doesn't influence the ending, but you wouldn't want to end up barred from Shadowy Dealings for a while if your goal is to become a Correspondent.
And just in case you missed it on the last page, there's a nice little exploit you can do if you'd like to grind for echoes. It might be worth leaving the investigation open for a while if you like the amount you get from it.
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Lomias
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2/24/2015
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Koenig wrote:
Is there anyway to know which option kicks you out without spoiling? I would like to avoid it if possible.
edited by Koenig on 2/24/2015
Cause inconvenience to the Masters and then you will be kicked out.
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Sara Hysaro
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2/24/2015
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The option is really obvious. Really really obvious. Trust me. Though you might end up wanting to click it anyways, depending on what sort of character you're playing.
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