malthaussen
Posts: 1060
10/9/2015
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As a new arrival in Fallen London, I am far from attaining the status of POSI (unless we take the "I" to signify "Insignificance"). But as I am also spending the odd action gadding about like a social butterfly, I find myself accumulating points in Making Waves which are, in my current estate, of no apparent value to me. Is there a mechanism by which I can pass these points on to someone who can make use of them?
-- Mal
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"Of two choices, I always take the third."
Will do all socials except Loitering or Private Evenings (all my Free Evenings are accounted for), and Affluent Photographer Betrayals only, please. I am not currently accepting calling cards.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/malthaussen
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Askebaske
Posts: 25
10/9/2015
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Yep. A PoSI acquaintance can use an action from his lodgings (http://fallenlondon.wikia.com/wiki/Benefit_from_flattery_at_Dante's_Grill) to transfer your making waves to them. You will both need a free evening, but in exchange you will get some menace reduction and a confident smile.
So check with your acquaintances 
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malthaussen
Posts: 1060
10/9/2015
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Ah, thank you. At present, I am so green I haven't even accumulated Free Evenings, but I will keep that in mind.
-- Mal
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"Of two choices, I always take the third."
Will do all socials except Loitering or Private Evenings (all my Free Evenings are accounted for), and Affluent Photographer Betrayals only, please. I am not currently accepting calling cards.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/malthaussen
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
10/9/2015
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Time the Healer will give you five Free Evenings when it arrives once a week.
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Optimatum, a ruthless and merciful gentleman. No plant battles, Affluent Photographer requests, or healing offers; all other social actions welcome.
 Want a sip of Cider? Just say hi!
PM me for information enigmatic or Fated. Though the forum please, not FL itself.
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RandomWalker
Posts: 948
10/9/2015
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I feel that I should point out that the making waves transfer by way of the Grill is very inefficient, costing the receiver 10 echoes and giving them 1 CP of MW for each level of MW that the giver has. So if you had 55 CP of MW, which would put you at level 10, you would give the recipient 10 CPs of making waves. It's unlikely that you'd have even that many Making Waves.
As a menace reducer it's nice, but even there I can't imagine that many people bother with it - there are better options.
What I'm trying to say is that if you fail to offload the MWs before Time the Healer drains them, don't be too worried.
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malthaussen
Posts: 1060
10/9/2015
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Ah, MW counts as a Menace, then? I had thought they might be advantageous to a POSI trying to raise his profile so the nobs would notice him.
-- Mal
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"Of two choices, I always take the third."
Will do all socials except Loitering or Private Evenings (all my Free Evenings are accounted for), and Affluent Photographer Betrayals only, please. I am not currently accepting calling cards.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/malthaussen
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Thorbimorbi
Posts: 48
10/9/2015
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MW is not a menace, but it gets reduced every week. Probably to simulate how your actions of the past week have gone through the gutterpr... I mean, the respectable newspapers, and people are moving on to more recent stories.
Long story short: until you reach POSI, ignore it.
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
10/9/2015
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POSI players can trade in Making Waves for Notability via Slowcake's Amanuensis, an opportunity card that appears as a POSI and can be opened from lodgings with existing Notability and enough Making Waves for the next level. Each level of Notability, which is capped at 15, costs (20 - sum of Bizarre/Dreaded/Respectable + 4 x Notability) MW and sets MW to the same as your new Notability. Since Making Waves is halved every week and Notability drops by a level if it's lower than your MW (before the halving) it's rather difficult to obtain or maintain high levels of it. Fortunately high Notability is only required for very endgame optimizations.
edited by Optimatum on 10/9/2015
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Optimatum, a ruthless and merciful gentleman. No plant battles, Affluent Photographer requests, or healing offers; all other social actions welcome.
Want a sip of Cider? Just say hi!
PM me for information enigmatic or Fated. Though the forum please, not FL itself.
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