Hannah Flynn
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The Feast of the Exceptional Rose will arrive on the 9th of February!
Here's an idea of what you can expect that will be different or additional to previous years.
Divorce
Player divorce will now be an option, and a permanent fixture beyond the Feast!
Not only that, if you were engaged to, married to or Seen With a player who has deactivated their account, you will be freed of your obligation early next week.
Tattoos
As time has gone on, the technical side of receiving a tattoo has become very complex. We will be reviewing this content before the Christmas season begins again. This year:
- Players with one tattoo will be able to get a second.
- Players with one or two tattoos will also be able pay Fate to change them, as in previous years. (One payment will reset both, if you have two.)
- If you’ve visited for a tattoo twice before, you’ll have a new option to earn a high-value economy item.
- There’s a further new snippet of story, which gives a unique quality and a high-value item, if you have kept a Noman alive.
Dates
9th Feb Feast opens
15th Feb The Lady in Lilac arrives
22nd Feb The Feast closes
26th Feb Lilac and Encounters at the Feast cards close
Please bear in mind that content is generally launched and closed at or around noon GMT on the date it's due, and unless directly specified, we don't release content Fri - Sun.
Expect the full announcement next week!
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Estelle Knoht
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I like how Divorce get top billings in a festival of love.
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NiteBrite
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Aha so Lilac is appearing a week early. That explains why noman losses were higher the other week, you took the lost week and split it across the remaining ones. The high rate could have stayed without harming our plans after all. Not that we didn't get the emergency response teams fired up within a day to counter act the losses eve if lilac had not moved. This just makes it seem odd that you changed the losses back instead of give us the revised schedule a week early, but it all works out in the end. This just highlights the power of effective communication and the importance of scheduling. Much appreciated, thanks for sharing the FoYER schedule. You shared Hallowmas's schedule too, so the omission of sacksmas scheduling was a bit odd comparatively.
In any case, oh no! A double reset means if there is a heptagoat tattoo I will be forced to give up the noman! Haha, it's okay though I expected I might have to make such a sacrifice. Well assuming there even is a goat tattoo, there might not be.
Question: if you do a double reset, do you get to pick two new tattoos or only one?
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Hannah Flynn
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Cecil wrote:
Divorce! Well, this has gotten me excited.
Sorry for the double post, but: that's the spirit!
Also have you ever known me to spoil a surprise Cecil I mean really :P
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genesis
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My reading is that: 1) the third tattoo will not be possible, 2) FBG are aware of the desire to have a third tattoo but this is technologically difficult, 3) A revamp will happen next year either to allow for multiple tattoos or something else entirely, 4) in the meantime the people with two existing tattoos will still be able to stand out because they will have "a new option to earn a high-value economy item" that would be unavailable otherwise.
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Pyrodinium
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I don't know why I'm so hyped about divorce but... Thank you FBG!
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Hannah Flynn
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Màiread wrote:
A question: As this is my second feast, will I need to use Fate to reset the chat with Lilac in order to see the new Noman snippet and quality?
You won't need to reset the chat with Lilac to see the new content. 
Edit: blue! blue! electric blue!
edited by h4nchan on 2/5/2016
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Mr Sables
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2/5/2016
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Hannah Flynn wrote:
Divorce
Player divorce will now be an option, and a permanent fixture beyond the Feast!
Not only that, if you were engaged to, married to or Seen With a player who has deactivated their account, you will be freed of your obligation early next week.
Omg!
Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
*weeps with joy*
A thousand times: thank you!
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colinsapherson
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2/5/2016
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Thanks for the information. All very exciting. I appreciate that telegraphing everything means some of the mystique is lost, but I think overall it will be good and lead to a happier player base.
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Parelle
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Estelle Knoht wrote:
I like how Divorce get top billings in a festival of love.
I'm errr, happy for you all? Happy-ish? Happy Divorce Day?
Hmm. I'll be on number 2 this year, but will I ever be crazy enough to try for the Nomen? I am thinking not...
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Màiread
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2/5/2016
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Fantastic news all round - how exciting! I can hardly wait.
A question: As this is my second feast, will I need to use Fate to reset the chat with Lilac in order to see the new Noman snippet and quality?
You're all stars. May the season of love be as filled with as many chocolates, kisses and jars of teeth as your heart desires.
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Hannah Flynn
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genesis wrote:
My reading is that: 1) the third tattoo will not be possible, 2) FBG are aware of the desire to have a third tattoo but this is technologically difficult, 3) A revamp will happen next year either to allow for multiple tattoos or something else entirely, 4) in the meantime the people with two existing tattoos will still be able to stand out because they will have "a new option to earn a high-value economy item" that would be unavailable otherwise.
Quite right! With the possible addition of 4.a) You can change your tattoos, still.
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Sir Joseph Marlen
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2/5/2016
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Hannah Flynn wrote:
Divorce
Player divorce will now be an option, and a permanent fixture beyond the Feast!
Not only that, if you were engaged to, married to or Seen With a player who has deactivated their account, you will be freed of your obligation early next week.
Tattoos
As time has gone on, the technical side of receiving a tattoo has become very complex. We will be reviewing this content before the Christmas season begins again. This year:
- Players with one tattoo will be able to get a second.
- Players with one or two tattoos will also be able pay Fate to change them, as in previous years. (One payment will reset both, if you have two.)
- If you’ve visited for a tattoo twice before, you’ll have a new option to earn a high-value economy item.
- There’s a further new snippet of story, which gives a unique quality and a high-value item, if you have kept a Noman alive.
How wonderful! I've been waiting to move on from my inactive spouse, and now I'll finally get the chance! Cheers to you, Failbetter!
I can't wait to see what this new snippet along with the quality and valued item entails. Always the teaser as usual, Hannah! I am curious, though. Will those of us still with our lacre buddy be able to receive the Noman tattoo along with the new story, quality, and item? Or has the tattoo been retired due to this addition to the event? Also, if I were to reset my current two tattoos with Lilac, would I be able to receive one or two new tattoos from her afterwards?
edited by Sir Joseph Marlen on 2/5/2016
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Kittenpox
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2/5/2016
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Parelle wrote:
*puts on church lady hat...err bonnet*
What if you could get widowed rather than divorced? That's particularly appropriate for non-active players and could be fun to work with for role playing reasons.
I always took the stance that my character's spouse had quietly gone off to the Tomb Colonies, leaving my character behind and never to be heard from again. In a place where death is already kinda weird, it makes less sense that we'd be widowers rather than divorcees, after all.
I'm very much glad for the addition of divorce, though. :-)
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Màiread
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Hannah Flynn wrote:
Màiread wrote:
A question: As this is my second feast, will I need to use Fate to reset the chat with Lilac in order to see the new Noman snippet and quality?
You won't need to reset the chat with Lilac to see the new content.
Edit: blue! blue! electric blue!
edited by h4nchan on 2/5/2016
Marvellous news, cheers Hannah.
I'm so happy we're going to be celebrating the festival of love with a raft of cases in the divorce courts. The ambitious barrister will be delighted.
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th8827
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2/5/2016
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Any chance of additional new companions being added to the recruitable roster of Feast guests?
If you are considering it for future Feasts, I would like to nominate the Relickers. They need some love.
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Kylestien
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2/6/2016
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So we get Divorce as a option on a holiday of love, bot not any actual options to spend it with those we love or anything? or more Marrige Options in general save divorce?
...Love is dead! DX
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Anne Auclair
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This is going to be my first feast. I'm really excited ^_^
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Valiant
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Ah, and here I am, sitting ruefully in my corner waiting for new NPC spouses (two, tree years since visit to Nadir? I don't remember anymore).
But happy for those of you who can be finally free of their unwanted spouses anyway!
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Mordaine Barimen
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Thank you for this information, Hannah. I am looking forward to the new tattoo content, and am grateful for divorces for other players.
I wonder if NPC divorces are also in the works.
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Parelle
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*puts on church lady hat...err bonnet*
What if you could get widowed rather than divorced? That's particularly appropriate for non-active players and could be fun to work with for role playing reasons.
Ooo! Divorce where you need to bring in another player to be the THIRD person in the marriage (or a fourth!) it's cheaper if both parties are at fault.
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Erika
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Divorce! Well, this has gotten me excited.
And dates! Dates, glorious, wonderous dates.
WIll divorce remove any Letters from the Empress? Or this a find out for yourself thing? Are we talking small social action like Seen with, or big scale like a Wedding? No, don't say, it'd ruin the surprise.
Will marriage see any changes as well? (giddy!)
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Kade Carrion (an_ocelot)
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This is all very exciting, thanks for the news!
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A B Nile
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Thanks Hannah. Can we assume from the tattoo info that those of us who already have two will not be able to get a third?
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Rysiek
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Parelle wrote:
*puts on church lady hat...err bonnet*
What if you could get widowed rather than divorced? That's particularly appropriate for non-active players and could be fun to work with for role playing reasons.
I am not married on either char, but I love the Idea. A aditional quality perhabs? But Divorce should stay! More love stories!
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Catherine Raymond
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Thanks for the advisory. But I want to see the answer to A.B. Nile's question too: If we have two tattoos, will we be able to get a third?
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The Duke of Waltham
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Mordaine Barimen wrote:
Thank you for this information, Hannah. I am looking forward to the new tattoo content, and am grateful for divorces for other players.
I wonder if NPC divorces are also in the works.
I'm confused now; can't we already divorce NPC players? I have the "Separate from the Celebrated Artist's Model" option open in my lodgings, ready for whenever I tire of domestic bliss and decide to spend a lot of money on an excitingly acrimonious dispute.
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Sara Hysaro
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Yep, NPC divorces are already implemented for every single existing NPC spouse.
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Sir Joseph Marlen
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Remedan wrote:
I'm quite quite a new resident here in London. Will I be able to get and afford a tattoo even though I'm not a PoSI?
edited by Remedan on 2/6/2016
All that you need to get a tattoo is have your Entwined in the Intrigues of the Clathermont Family quality at 8 and then go from there with the News at Clathermont's storylet in Ladybone's Road. From there the Lady in Lilac card will give you an option to finish the story and take you to Millicent's Parlor where you can get a tattoo at the price ten actions.
Look here for a rough guide if you need any more advice: http://community.failbettergames.com/topic21486-the-incomplete-guide-to-the-feast-of-the-rose.aspx . Good luck, delicious friend!
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th8827
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What will happen if you have the Empress's Letter from the Extravagant Wedding, and you try to get a 2nd with a new Extravagant Wedding. Will there be special content for that?
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Optimatum
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Will Nomen tattoos still be possible or will the unique quality replace them? What about people who already have Nomen tattoos, will they gain the quality automatically and will they keep their tattoos? Will it be possible to do the story snippet multiple years by grinding for another Noman?
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