Lottie Bevan
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11/25/2015
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We're altering the algorithm used to determine when you get new actions and opportunity cards.
Currently, actions refresh every tenth minute since the last time the player spent an action while at maximum actions. In other words, the timer doesn't start until they spend an action. Opportunity cards work the same way.
Instead, actions and opportunities will now refresh every tenth minute since the character was created.
What does this mean for my account?
Your action and opportunity card count will now be aligned. It will be a slightly more unpredictable - but slightly better - experience.
For example: if you have actions/op cards due at 10, 20, 30 minutes past the hour, and you spend five actions at 9 minutes past the hour, you'll get:
- another action after 1 minute, at :10
- another action after 11 minutes, at :20
- another action after 21 minutes, at :30
...and so on.
You’ll never lose out by this method, but you may gain!
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The Duke of Waltham
Posts: 150
11/28/2015
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I am vaguely surprised to see so many people appreciate the synchronisation of the two clocks, because it has never bothered me much that a new card would not appear at the same time as a new action; I like this feature mostly for the increased accuracy in the clock. There is another side to this update, however, that really does make me happy. For the first time since the change, I have just used a red card with an empty candle.
This would normally reset the timer, and effectively cost a fraction of an action; I distinctly remember myself trying to use red cards as close to the beginning of the ten minutes as possible (provided I had spent all my available actions first, of course). Now, however, the timer is not affected at all by the use of the red card, which is therefore perfectly free in terms of actions—the next one appeared as scheduled about three minutes later. Finally!
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The Master
Posts: 804
11/25/2015
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It seems like this also reset my actions and opportunity cards so they are all full now, scared me for a moment.
Edit: it seems like the game is slower for me now, hope it doesn't last very long.(The slower loading time, I mean).
Edit2:erm, my actions have restarted again?
edited by The Master on 11/25/2015
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The Duke of Waltham
Posts: 150
11/25/2015
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Heh, this happened while I was on a heist, with an empty deck and no actions; the sudden refill helped me get to 21 Burglar's Progress!
More to the point, I am glad for this change. The first new action after I start using a full candle will come faster now, the two timers will be synchronised (theoretically, anyway), and may I be so bold as to hope for smoother, more regular timing henceforward? (Actually, my two timers are almost synchronised right now, but not quite. I guess we can't get rid of glitches altogether, but it might be easier to evaluate how fast or slow one of the timers might be by looking at the difference between them.)
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H. Cartwright, secretary.
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thedeadlymoose
Posts: 214
11/25/2015
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Very happy with this change.
I just tried it out by entering the Cave of the Nadir. No timer reset! Excellent.
(Although the timers are still jumping around, or at least started to once I entered the Nadir, which seems somehow appropriate.)
EDIT: Yeah, timers still jumpy on my other characters. This doesn't take away from how exciting this update is, though.
edited by thedeadlymoose on 11/25/2015
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th8827
Posts: 823
11/26/2015
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Yay! now I don't have to wait a few minutes to play a newly drawn card!
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Sestina Valdis
Posts: 210
11/25/2015
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I thought my account was hacked! But o, bless you, bless you.
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A Past Scattered Across Discarded Stockings
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Zareen Bakara
Posts: 66
11/28/2015
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They only don't cost actions if you click them when you have 0 actions available. Otherwise, they cost actions as normal. But the stories on red-bordered cards occur without giving you any chance to back out via "Perhaps Not," so this makes sense.
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Jeremy Avalon
Posts: 345
11/25/2015
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Lottie Bevan wrote:
Your action and opportunity card count will now be aligned. It will be a slightly more unpredictable - but slightly better - experience.
Thank you! I can't tell you how many times I've put off starting to burn my candle just so this wouldn't itch at my brain all day.
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Guest
11/25/2015
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I am happy my deck and turns now work together instead of up to seven minutes apart. Thank you very much Failbetter Games!
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myrese
Posts: 22
11/25/2015
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Yahoo! Hopefully this will fix the jumpy timers problem.
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Shalinoth
Posts: 493
11/25/2015
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Very nice. Thanks!
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Zareen Bakara
Posts: 66
11/28/2015
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They don't cost an action, but they used to reset the timer. So, if you were on zero actions but had only a minute until your next action, clicking a red-bordered card would cause your timer to be set to -10 minutes, which was almost the same as costing an action. What's presently being celebrated is the change away from this, as now the timer remains the same even if you click a red-bordered card.
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Shalinoth
Posts: 493
11/29/2015
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Duke, I known your niche pain! I am also glad to be able to play red cards without obsessing over the timer being as near to 10 minutes as possible. Sweet relief. :P
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ArtificerProdigy
Posts: 30
11/25/2015
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Haha, yeah, surprised me too to get all my actions back. Wish I hadn't been rationing them now. =P
Cool change though, I like the sound of this system. I assume this means the timer will no longer reset when switching areas, such as going on a heist? I'm also guessing we can play red cards at any point while having zero actions with no consequence?
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malthaussen
Posts: 1060
11/25/2015
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Yes, it is running a bit slower, but that might be just a touch of server overload. It's happened before.
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John Savage
Posts: 198
11/25/2015
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Yes.... a bit surprised to find full candles and decks..... excited to watch this change play out! Thanks!
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Charlotte_de_Witte
Posts: 360
11/25/2015
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It reads as a much better system. Thank-you FB team for your hard work!
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Social actions welcome. Only, send me dupes if you need help with the Affluent Photographer please, I like the bats! [And boxed kitties, and extreme gardening]- Thank-you!
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Parelle
Posts: 1084
11/25/2015
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Count me in the crowd who got doubly surprised by the change! But it makes sense to do.
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pages from a dusty bookshop: a badly updated FL changelog | Useful Guidance and Explanations
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Vincent Asmund
Posts: 314
11/25/2015
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Pretty rad changes!
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2518
11/25/2015
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Very generous of FBG, thank you all very much!
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Charlotte_de_Witte
Posts: 360
11/28/2015
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Somehow I have just made both clocks sync. I can not describe how happy this makes me.
- and now its gone 
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"Do one thing for me, Sredni Vashtar."
Social actions welcome. Only, send me dupes if you need help with the Affluent Photographer please, I like the bats! [And boxed kitties, and extreme gardening]- Thank-you!
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