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Soul Trade : spirifer/this is wrong
thamiar
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11/27/2016
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Hello,
I am new to Fallen London 
Just bouth Trade Soul storyline, and I am stuck with the decision spirifer or saving souls.
What is better option? Due to the RP, I am mostly interested in Rubbery Man (Going to buy Flute Road) and Masters of the Bazaar.
Conflict between church and devils? I did not decided yet, so i think I'd like to choose the more interesting way.
Could you please tell me, what and why would you advice me?
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Harlocke
Posts: 506
11/27/2016
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thamiar wrote:
Akernis, so what you say is that Shepard does not give any valuable in-game benefits? For example those which were mentioned by Suinicide? Are they really the shade of what spirifer can give?
How you decided what to do? Something helped you to make the decision?
Shepherd unlocks a pretty useful card that lets you exchange contracts and souls for a lot of connections in 3 different factions, raise magnanimous up to 15, and wipe out most menaces. After connections are connected to favors that card might provide 3 favors at once, which could be even more lucrative, since favors can generally be cashed in for nice rewards.
Spirifer lets you exchange souls for brass at a very profitable rate. So it isn't that shepherds have no benefits, just that most players value cash over connection boosts. When you spend months or years grinding money for goats or cider, increasing the rate you earn echoes saves a lot of time.
I personally picked shepherd because my character was too ethical to steal thousands of souls from people and sell them to hell, but I'll miss that extra cash.
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Akernis
Posts: 255
11/27/2016
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thamiar wrote:
Akernis, so what you say is that Shepard does not give any valuable in-game benefits? For example those which were mentioned by Suinicide? Are they really the shade of what spirifer can give?
As Harlocke said, there are benefits they just aren't comparable in terms of monetary value.
thamiar wrote:
How you decided what to do? Something helped you to make the decision?
As with most decisions in Fallen London I chose based on RP aspects of my character. She is pretty much indifferent to that particular subject so I chose Shepard just because she finds people with a soul more interesting and lively to be around.
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edited by Akernis on 11/27/2016
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Nigel Overstreet
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11/27/2016
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Akernis wrote:
There are benefits they just aren't comparable in terms of monetary value.
Not just yet, but once we're converted over to Favours, the Shepard could turn into a very valuable grind.
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Akernis
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11/27/2016
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It's mostly a matter of personal preferences. Either path unlocks a handful of special options in the game. Going the path of Spirifer can be one of the most lucrative ways to earn echoes if done right, as far as I am aware. So technically spirifer is 'the better choice', at least in terms of tangible rewards.
If going exclusively by RP I would chose Shepard (saving souls) if you are supporting the Masters, as spirifage is technically illegal by law of the Masters. But you are never actually penalised for it in the game for doing so, so that is only if you value RP over in-game benefits.
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