Pumpkinhead
Posts: 516
3/10/2017
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Amanda Albright grieved, and would like to know the other endings, if someone would be so kind.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I did it!
Edit: Incidentally, I just noticed that even though Erzulie's appears to have taken my tattoo away, it didn't actually take away my point of Bizarre. Not a huge deal, but another bug/ish thing that'll remain forever.
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McGunn/Bsymstad is on the slow boat, waiting to see if he can find out what death is. (I'm done with London for now. Thanks for everything!)
Amanda Albright is a *spoiler* now, like she always wanted.
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Teaspoon
Posts: 866
3/11/2017
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I observe on a similar note, that a pending request I had for an Indulgent Evening with my spouse before going North (this was before I divorced them, of course; no one needs a spouse who's gone North) remains as a mantelpiece quality.
Also my sensible alt who I kept to, y'know, actually play FL, has taken up Seeking.
No, I don't understand either.
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Pumpkinhead
Posts: 516
3/11/2017
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Teaspoon wrote:
Also my sensible alt who I kept to, y'know, actually play FL, has taken up Seeking.
No, I don't understand either.
I don't think you can call that one a bug. I think that's your fault.
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McGunn/Bsymstad is on the slow boat, waiting to see if he can find out what death is. (I'm done with London for now. Thanks for everything!)
Amanda Albright is a *spoiler* now, like she always wanted.
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Teaspoon
Posts: 866
3/11/2017
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True.
I might grind up a Destin's the hard way, for variety. That's about the only thing I didn't try last time.
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Pumpkinhead
Posts: 516
3/11/2017
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Ugh. Destin's. I only got it with help (shoutout to Grenem, who married me at the bazaar, giving me the last 2 points of notability. Thank you for putting all that effort in, it helped me a lot!)
Granted, all I was doing was side-converting tier-3 actions and the got me to Notability 10 without a whole lot of trouble, but I'm not sure if it would have gotten me all the way. Maybe I should have invested in a salon, but I hate relying on cards.
If that's your only motivation for seeking again, I don't know if it's really worth doing it. I guess it is kind of fun to scare the amanuensis off.
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McGunn/Bsymstad is on the slow boat, waiting to see if he can find out what death is. (I'm done with London for now. Thanks for everything!)
Amanda Albright is a *spoiler* now, like she always wanted.
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Teaspoon
Posts: 866
3/11/2017
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Well, I've been grinding Notability with the alt anyway - I'm up to 8 now - just to have fun with the salon.
I don't really have a motivation for seeking *again*, I just...hmm.
Mmm.
The whole reason that I started playing FL was because Seeking sounded fascinating, and now that it's gone I rather miss it.
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Pumpkinhead
Posts: 516
3/11/2017
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I can totally understand that. I was here before I started seeking, but it's definitely what has kept me around recently. Without it, I probably won't be checking into FL more than once a day.
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McGunn/Bsymstad is on the slow boat, waiting to see if he can find out what death is. (I'm done with London for now. Thanks for everything!)
Amanda Albright is a *spoiler* now, like she always wanted.
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Màiread
Posts: 385
3/11/2017
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Forgive me for not leafing through the whole thread! I want to take one of my characters NORTH, but I'm finding it all a little overwhelming (thanks, fibro fog). Is there a simple checklist of requirements anywhere I could peruse to get a handle on things? I've looked at the wiki guide, obviously, but it's a bit much at the moment. What I'd like to do is make myself a concrete step-by-step plan so I can keep track of where I am and what I need to do so I don't waste time flailing about. I'm not looking to rush the process, just to make sure I don't keep getting lost.
Cheers!
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Teaspoon
Posts: 866
3/11/2017
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Behold: http://saint-arthur.tumblr.com/post/145666811499/general-seeking-progression-as-it-stands-right
the main omission from that list is Saint Beau's Candle, which requires a lot of moon-pearls and a lot of memories of light
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LouBlue
Posts: 53
3/12/2017
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I've got a question about St Destin's candle: Can you still get it through notability, off of Slowcake's Amanuensis' card, or is it just Winking Isle content?
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phryne
Posts: 1350
3/12/2017
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Slowcake's works just fine.
Also note, you cannot get Destin's on WI. You can only lose it there.
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LouBlue
Posts: 53
3/12/2017
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Ah, so. OK. Back to grinding MW it is for me! I've got the Calling Card, but I'm putting off going to WI until I've got my Cider. Don't want to have to just toss 50K worth of echoes!
And thanks!
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laskaris
Posts: 66
3/14/2017
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So, question. I just came back from Winking Isle for the last time (thank god) and need to get the last four candles. But my Seeker was an alt and a relatively new POSI who came into a calling card sooner than I expected, so I kind of...didn't do most of the initial POSI grinds and my BDR is Terrible. I have a boat, Cave of the Nadir access, 2 points of Notability, and...not much else. Oops.
Would it be faster for me to try to do those grinds now that I don't have to sell everything not the pretty white dress on his back and grind Notability for Destin's, or should I just wait for the Festival of the Zee in August and Torment?
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Teaspoon
Posts: 866
3/14/2017
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I'd sell everything for BDR equipment, become a Midnighter, and spent all my time grinding Society for a Salon. If you get started now then you'll probably do fairly well.
Besides, it's not like you have much else to do right now.
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laskaris
Posts: 66
3/14/2017
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Thanks for the advice. I'll try to work on that, then.
And it's true.
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
3/14/2017
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If you're planning on going all the way NORTH anyways, it's much easier to get Destin's through Torment than Notability. So it really depends on whether you would rather go NORTH as soon as possible or go NORTH with a minimum of grinding.
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An Individual
Posts: 589
3/14/2017
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laskaris wrote:
So, question. I just came back from Winking Isle for the last time (thank god) and need to get the last four candles. But my Seeker was an alt and a relatively new POSI who came into a calling card sooner than I expected, so I kind of...didn't do most of the initial POSI grinds and my BDR is Terrible. I have a boat, Cave of the Nadir access, 2 points of Notability, and...not much else. Oops.
Would it be faster for me to try to do those grinds now that I don't have to sell everything not the pretty white dress on his back and grind Notability for Destin's, or should I just wait for the Festival of the Zee in August and Torment?
I went through the same thing with Minimum Viable Seeker. It missed the Fruit of the Zee festival by inches. Frankly, I did the Notability grind to get Destin's with my main account which has about 28 BDR and it was still a highly unpleasant process. I didn't even bother trying with Minimum Viable Seeker. Just put the brakes on and waited for Hallowmas to roll around so I could get the Torment destiny. The wait for Fruit of the Zee is longer than that wait was, but unless you're really itching to get this over with I'd wait.
If you're going ahead with the grind "Membership of God's Editors" is an easy +4 BDR. You should also be able to get +2 from a "Respectable Landau" or "Clay Sedan Chair" without too much fuss. After that, just buy whatever BDR gear you can from the Bazaar and I've found collecting large numbers of "Tales of Terror" through "Thefts of a Particular Character" and up converting them all the way to "Uncanny Incunabulum" (with the help of an "Endowment of a University Fellowship" to keep the connections up) the easiest way to perform big MW sprints. The other methods I've found either rely on cards or have worse CP to Action ratios.
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laskaris
Posts: 66
3/14/2017
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That's very informative, thank you.
...and checking my stats, my BDR is currently, uh, 5. And the Notability grind is hell enough on my main who has much better BDR and stats (+ who didn't just dump all their stuff down a well). I guess I might poke at the Notability grind to give myself something to do but waiting is...definitely the better option.
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Catherine Raymond
Posts: 2518
3/15/2017
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laskaris wrote:
That's very informative, thank you.
...and checking my stats, my BDR is currently, uh, 5. And the Notability grind is hell enough on my main who has much better BDR and stats (+ who didn't just dump all their stuff down a well). I guess I might poke at the Notability grind to give myself something to do but waiting is...definitely the better option.
You can improve your BDR with items from the Bazaar, you know, though the best improvements seem to be items you need Fate to get. Still, if you have enough Echoes, you can get headwear, clothing, and boots that will provide a BDR boost. In addition, Profession items can give BDR, as can your Club (attainable if you're a POSI), Transportation (from the Extended part of your Inventory) and Affiliation (ditto) can add to your BDR.
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LouBlue
Posts: 53
3/16/2017
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Follow-up question: Drowning my Secrets from the Seeking Road can bring my SMEN quality to 35, right? The wiki says there's no limit. I don't have great odds there but I'd rather grind out St Destin's before heading to Winking Isle.
Also, how many trips did you folks who've been to the Island take? It it possible to do everything in a single go? Or do you need to collect Proscribed to get the Calling Card again?
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