We'd rather not create unique qualities; it takes time we could otherwise spend improving the game for everyone, especially once you factor in concerns about fairness – if we do this for Connected: Society, would we have to do it every time we retire a quality? If not, where would we draw the line? The reward for remarkable levels of Connected will be remarkable levels of Renown.

I'm sorry you were caught off guard. It's happened to probably everyone using the forums here at least once. And yes, that kind of sucks. The mechanics of Fallen London aren't static, however, and are constantly evolving. Every holiday this is brought home to people who thought things would never change. It is the norm. If it really bothers you then I recommend either: not forgetting the forums, or finding a more static game. There's not much else to be done.

Your other complaint though, goes straight to the heart of the opportunity deck. The obvious answer is that a player isn't supposed to get them so fast. The opportunity deck exists for good reason. It allows FBG to widen the potential pacing of potential story arcs, the rewards potential of stories, and create variation in anticipation/excitement when drawing.

If all stories were storylets, then the per-action would have to be super-tight. Like, "directly linked to your stat" tight. Otherwise everyone would just do each story once, and then do the most profitable thing thereafter. As it is, the variation in card rewards means, some you will use (because they are always profitable), and others will be discarded (allowing spare actions to use in storylets). Favors are super-duper-profitable. Some go as high as 4.13 Epa! That's crazy high. If they were pinned, the entire economy would implode.

It also throttles progression granularly; limiting the rate you can increase Renown and forcing you to face real opportunity costs to prove your loyalty. If you turn favors to Renown (or just spend them), then the conflicts aren't really a big problem.

From a RPing standpoint, the inability to grind favors makes sense. And from a wealth/progression standpoint, the Favors/Renown system is just hugely-out-of-control-profitable.

I'm sorry you hate it, but... it may be better thought out then first glances make it appear.

Just wanted to point out, that FBG seems to have changed some of their ideas about having all conflict cards be high end (possibly as a result of that thread). The Orphans/Docks card, shows that at least not all will wipe out a connection.
edited by MrBurnside on 3/26/2016

Has Going Gentle really been bumped up from locked at Society 5 to locked at Society 50?

Did this change happen? I'm looking in my contacts menu on myself and it still says I have 23 levels of connected: the tomb colonists which is as many as I have always had. I don't see the word renown in there, although I do have favors too. That's a bit confusing.
edited by NiteBrite on 3/25/2016

As some of you have noticed, the Connected Tomb-Colonist rework is now finished and live!

Parelle wrote:

I'd like more of the Urchins/Docks style cards anyway as they increase Favours.

For some reason I haven't drawn that card yet - but if I've got the correct impression from various posts, that would indeed be a good format for the less... implacable conflicts. Do you know if it's discardable?

Anyone else still have their old Connected Tomb Colonists ranking?