ave-puella
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12/9/2015
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Hey guys! I am a pretty new player and I'm having a bit of trouble. I keep trying to increase my society connections (I currently have 1), but all the tips that the game gives you (go to Mrs. Plenty's Carnival, the Empress's Court, or the Shuttered Palace) I either don't have access to or can't do anything because my society connections are too low; for example, I have the Carnival and the Shuttered Palace unlocked, but all the options there require having at least x society connection to begin with. I also bought an entry in Slowcake's Exceptionals, not realizing that I can't actually do anything with it until I have at least 10 society connections.
So, are there any tips for how to increase this connection without doing any of the above? Any opportunity cards or storylets I should look out for? Thanks, any help would be really appreciated!
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malthaussen
Posts: 1060
12/9/2015
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As a new player, your Society connection is, if not unimportant, not very important. It is only when you begin to approach PoSI that you need to start worrying about it. As a new player, you're better off, IMO, burning any Society connection doing Suspicious Loitering, which will give you Shadowy Second Chances that you can use to build your Shadowy stat.
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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.
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ave-puella
Posts: 4
12/9/2015
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Thank you for the advice! My shadowy quality is actually pretty decent at the moment, the main reason I am asking is because I've been neglecting the society connection for long enough that it's lagging behind all my other ones and I need it for certain stories that I am trying to pursue, so I'd like to try to begin the process of building it up. I just don't really know any good places to start!
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Suhe Gul
Posts: 200
12/9/2015
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The carnival is the place to start. It doesn't require any amount of connection to open, it locks with certain amount of connection. Do you have carnival tickets? I, once, tried to figure out what is wrong for a day until I realized I am out of carnival tickets. The shuttered palace doesn't require any connection to open as far as I remember. You will need to use a day at duchess' salon storylet.
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I am open to social actions except affluent photographer and loitering.
Correspondent and willing to make orphanage calls.
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ave-puella
Posts: 4
12/9/2015
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I do have both of those unlocked, but the society-improving option at the Carnival Big Top requires "The Darling of the Ambassador's Ball," which I don't have, and attending the Duchess's Salon requires "A Name Signed With a Flourish 4," which is the same thing I need to get the "Darling of the Ambassador's Ball" quality. I haven't really been doing anything literary in this game and I was hoping there might be some other ways to get my foot in the door that don't involve me having to pursue that. If there's nothing else I can do I will try to pursue some of those storylines in Veilgarden, but I've managed to increase all my other connections just using opportunity cards and some basic renewable events. I was hoping people might know of any of those that can increase Society. If there aren't any, I'll just take the long route, but it would be nice not to have to make my name as a writer first, when I don't really have any other need for that except to gain Society points.
Thanks again for the suggestions!
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malthaussen
Posts: 1060
12/9/2015
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There should be a storylet in the Veilgarden with a milliner, which allows you to grind silk and society. It's "The Seamstress' Favour." That's particularly useful because there are just no sources of silk for low-level players.
"Getting in With the Servants" will also give Society, and I believe you can hit Slowcake's as often as you like to get Society.
You will have to do a lot of "literary" things to continue Making Your Name in the Persuasive stat, sorry.
-- 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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Pyrodinium
Posts: 639
12/9/2015
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If you have made a name using the short story, you can use
"Charm an influential social butterfly" to grind Society CP
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Rudolph~of~Taured
(an indeterminate person of potentially rubbery lineage)
* All social actions except photographers and loitering welcome!
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Lady Sapho Byron
Posts: 770
12/9/2015
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Once your Persuasive is high enough options will open in Veilgarden allowing you become connected to Society.
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Parelle
Posts: 1084
12/9/2015
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You'll also also start getting faction conflict cards (society vs. Tomb colonies) once you've Level 5 in each. Balance there against each other (don't always pick the same side!) And you'll be able to raise both factions reasonably.
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Parelle, Lady Joseph Marlen. The Singular Librarian. A Midnighter, a Player of the Marvelous.
pages from a dusty bookshop: a badly updated FL changelog | Useful Guidance and Explanations
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Grenem
Posts: 2067
12/9/2015
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Parelle wrote:
You'll also also start getting faction conflict cards (society vs. Tomb colonies) once you've Level 5 in each. Balance there against each other (don't always pick the same side!) And you'll be able to raise both factions reasonably.
Early game, this is quite lucrative. failing to rob a drunk rat gives 2.5 echoes, really quite good for low levels, especially if the connection cards themselves are worthwhile.
Later on, successes are worth more, but for now, either the card or the robbing a drunk rat returns decent rewards, and if you get the watch from the rat... well, that's a large windfall. to be fair, though, i've only gotten 4 so far, and i've been playing for almost a year and disproportianately lucky at first.
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Grinding Favors without cards: http://community.failbettergames.com/topic22266-storylet-favors-grinding.aspx
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Guest
12/9/2015
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Long Reply short, it's in your exceptionally best interest to get your Name Signed with a Flourish to 5 at least (that's when it offers you a connection to Court.) Or do all of Veilgarden and later some Shuttered palace. By then, your Persuasive for "An Evening at the Duchess' Salon" will be good enough for you to be erudite 100% of the time easily getting around 15 cp per and boosting Society to high amounts. Short of marrying a rubbery (wo)man, that should easily stick around and refresh from then on.
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ave-puella
Posts: 4
12/11/2015
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Okay, great! I guess I'll persevere in the literary storylines after all and focus on getting my persuasive skills up. Thanks for the help, everybody!
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