DonaghyLogan
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2/13/2017
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I've been pulling cards pretty religiously today, and I've only gotten "An Encounter at the Feast" once (finally got the Ghostly Presence I've been hankering after and named him Edward). As a companion collector, the odds of getting the other 8 non-Fate companions I want are not looking good, or so it seems.
I was wondering how many times my fellow Neath-dwellers have drawn "An Encounter at the Feast" this year, to get a better sense of my odds and to satisfy my curiosity. Am I just having bad luck? Or is once every 12 hours or so pretty standard?
Thanks everyone!
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Ragged Martha
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2/13/2017
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Kaijyuu wrote:
We've got nearly a full week left. Keep drawing cards and you'll (likely) be able to get them all.
Peh! Applying reason of all things to matters of the heart! Each day that passes is a petal fallen from an Inevitably Typical Rose! Who'd hold a feast for a flower like that? Why, just make it a mushroom at that point! "The Feast of the Exceptional Morel!"
...Begrudgingly, you have a point.
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Ragged Martha
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2/13/2017
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The Master wrote:
Plynkes wrote:
Just the one so far today.
In my experience the likelihood of a particular card appearing is inversely proportional to the amount one desires its appearance. So the trick is to stop wanting it.
You can't just stop wanting something, if you want something really badly you will want it, you can't just trick RNG by acting like you don't want something.
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Begging sir's pardon, but perhaps application of Irrigo bears consideration in this matter. After all, it's very difficult to want something you've forgotten about. Trust me -- I've tried.
...Have I? I think I have. Hold a moment, I need to piece this together. Could've sworn...
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Plynkes
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2/13/2017
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The Master wrote:
You can't just stop wanting something, if you want something really badly you will want it...
It's perfectly possible if you have a proper command of yourself, rather being enslaved by your own emotions and desires. Damn it, standards have dropped such since the Fall. The old colonel would be turning in his grave...
...If we could actually keep the blighter in it.
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suinicide
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2/13/2017
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DonaghyLogan wrote:
The Master wrote:
Didn't this become a storylet last year? (Before the feast ended I think it got turned into a storylet).
Interesting . . . can anyone confirm or deny this?
Pretty sure, yeah.
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Teaspoon
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2/13/2017
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Ditto.
Never understimate bad luck, though.
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OctaviaCrowe
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2/13/2017
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Skog me, but we all been rogered right proppa by Lady Luck, ain't we?
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Kaijyuu
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2/13/2017
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We've got nearly a full week left. Keep drawing cards and you'll (likely) be able to get them all.
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Saklad
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2/14/2017
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I have forgotten how horrible trying to drawing Encounters at the Feast is.
Maybe this is supposed to be a metaphor about love you can’t bring yourself to confess? Except even more frustrating?
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Mr Sables
Posts: 597
2/14/2017
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My alt and main both drew the card once each yesterday . . .
Nothing today, so far. I do think another was correct that the cards were made into a storylet last year, at least if I remember rightly, but - still - find it hard to believe either are 'frequent'.
Edit: I think this thread is my good luck jinx; yesterday my main got the encounters after reading this, and today my alt got encounters and my main got Lilac . . . I think I'm just going to stalk this thread for a while. Not that I'm superstitious at all 
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Siankan
Posts: 1048
2/14/2017
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Be encouraged! I drew the card three times yesterday: once for my own ghostly presence, one for Sister Lydia, and one for a certain diplomat. Luck will eventually turn, and also, even a single Encounter at the Feast per day would net you most of your non-Fate companions by the end of the week.
Also, there are a few measures you can take to improve your chances, however so slightly. First, move to a Remote Address until the Feast is over (or at least until you've seen Lilac and the Encounter card as much as you need to); this will trim out City Vices cards. Flip cards in the Forgotten Quarter to trim out area-specific cards. If you have any story-based cards that you can resolve (any lingering POSI cards, for example), advance them to the point they're no longer in your deck. There was a topic somewhere on the subject of deck trimming that might have more advice. None of these will dramatically increase your chance of finding the card, but they'll all help, and the cumulative effect can be noticeable. (That said, nothing involving an RNG is guaranteed.)
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naraoia
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2/15/2017
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Having been through this several times now (this and other festivals), it always works out the same. You draw and draw and draw and you'll get it often enough to get all the companions you want--barely. Then for the rest of the feast, you'll draw it ever third or fourth card, when it clutters up your deck while you wait for something else.
I believe the Devs sometimes increase the frequency of a card, especially when a lot of people complain about it on this forum.
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Siankan
Posts: 1048
2/14/2017
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DonaghyLogan wrote:
I've been sitting on a rare mood card and don't want to lose it, though - would moving lose me that card?
I don't think so, unless you've got four cards sitting in your hand right now. To my knowledge, the only thing that wipes your cards is leaving London for some other area. Otherwise, people would be changing lodgings every time they got a Merry Gentleman or Eyeless Skull card.
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dov
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2/15/2017
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This is part of the great tradition of the Feast:
Week 1: Everyone exchanges gifts and are excited.
Week 2: Lots of despair and frustration at the lack of Lilac and/or the Encounter card.
It's a proud tradition, going strong for several years now. It's no surprise that the game itself comments on the difficulty of finding Lilac's card. It wouldn't be the same Feast otherwise :-)
Jokes aside - hang in there everyone. The cards *will* appear if you keep flipping. It might take a few minutes or a few days, but it will happen. Also, if past behaviour is to be trusted as a guide, the cards' frequency will increase as the Feast progresses.
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Aberrant Eremite
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2/16/2017
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Siankan wrote:
I held Lilac in my hand for a while...
So romantic! How very much in the spirit of the season!
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Tay1or
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2/17/2017
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So I contacted FB about the problem, they replied that nothing was blocking my encounter card, I was just having bad luck. Just turned two cards--I got the Feast of the Rose and the Lady in Lilac. At the same time. When I have Masquing 30. Argh. I've never gotten the encounter card, not once, all week, and I'm turning cards regularly all day long.
ETA: Ah, it came at last! My first companion!
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DonaghyLogan
Posts: 205
2/16/2017
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I just drew An Encounter again! Julian the Presbyterate Diplomat with an athlete's physique finally has a retreat in my Dripstone-Snared Third City Sub-Temple.
Now just to draw it seven more times . . . .
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DonaghyLogan
Posts: 205
2/16/2017
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Here's some confirmation that the Lady in Lilac and Encounters both became storylets last year: http://community.failbettergames.com/topic21774-thoroughly-maddening-millie-lilac-shakes-fist.aspx?Page=3
Edit: Also, whoops! I think I just accidentally reported someone to the moderator. Please pay no mind.
Edit II: It appears that the link above is giving some people problems. Here's one that might work better: community.failbettergames.com/topic21774-thoroughly-maddening-millie-lilac-shakes-fist.aspx
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Siankan
Posts: 1048
2/20/2017
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Lilac and the Encounter are now storylets. If you still need to clean up, now's the time.
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dov
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2/20/2017
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suinicide wrote:
DrMoriviri wrote:
Siankan wrote:
Lilac and the Encounter are now storylets. If you still need to clean up, now's the time.
And it appears that the feast of the rose card is now retired. I know this because I had one in my hand, and now I can't use it (when I click on it, nothing happens). So, if you don't have any gifts left, you can't gain masquing anymore.
Oh boo, that's disappointing. I was hoping to do a last minute send off if I needed more.
Well, they were very clear about the timeline from the start, so that this year there would no surprises:
Absintheuse wrote:
On the 13th February we will be releasing the Lady in Lilac card into your opportunity deck, allowing you to trade in your gifts for Masquing. From the 13th, you’ll also be able to turn in your Masquing for special companions on the Encounters at the Feast card.
The Feast will end on the 20th February. The Lady in Lilac and Encounters at the Feast will remain available until the 24th, after which your remaining Masquing will be converted to Making Waves when Time, the Healer visits.
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Plynkes
Posts: 631
2/16/2017
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But roulette is exciting fun! That's why it's on TV all night after everyone has gone to bed. I would put money on a roulette table.
As long as it was somebody else's money.
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Bertrand Lyndon
Posts: 95
2/14/2017
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Siankan wrote:
DonaghyLogan wrote:
I've been sitting on a rare mood card and don't want to lose it, though - would moving lose me that card?
I don't think so, unless you've got four cards sitting in your hand right now. To my knowledge, the only thing that wipes your cards is leaving London for some other area. Otherwise, people would be changing lodgings every time they got a Merry Gentleman or Eyeless Skull card.
I moved not too long ago and I think you only lose the cards you are no longer eligible for (like city vice cards when you get a remote address). I managed to keep the Keen-Eyed Lapidary card when I moved to the Third City Temple, so I think moving is alright.
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An Individual
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2/15/2017
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It seems the RNG is inflicting it's traditional chaotic reign of terror upon all of us this feast. I have seen the Lady in Lilac a couple times but after 2 days of intense card flipping have yet to see An Encounter at the Feast even once.
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Siankan
Posts: 1048
2/15/2017
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naraoia wrote:
I believe the Devs sometimes increase the frequency of a card, especially when a lot of people complain about it on this forum.
I doubt anyone is specifically responding to forum chatter; that makes for a random and uncertain way to handle frequency. However, it is entirely probable that the frequency of important cards does indeed increase later in the Feast, so people who desperately need them don't get stuck. Take Christmas, for example, where we know for certain that the Mr. Sacks cards come more frequently as time goes on. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if they used the same procedure during other seasonal events, as well. Consider it a developer's way of outflanking the RNG.
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The Master
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2/15/2017
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DonaghyLogan wrote:
The Master wrote:
Siankan wrote:
naraoia wrote:
I believe the Devs sometimes increase the frequency of a card, especially when a lot of people complain about it on this forum.
I doubt anyone is specifically responding to forum chatter; that makes for a random and uncertain way to handle frequency. However, it is entirely probable that the frequency of important cards does indeed increase later in the Feast, so people who desperately need them don't get stuck. Take Christmas, for example, where we know for certain that the Mr. Sacks cards come more frequently as time goes on. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if they used the same procedure during other seasonal events, as well. Consider it a developer's way of outflanking the RNG.
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Or we can just wait until the cards become storylets(since two other people said that they think it was like this last year as well it will probably just be that again).
Didn't the Mr. Sacks storyline become a storylet near the end of the Christmas festivities?
They did.
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Arandia
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2/15/2017
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And still no encounter. Not even one. Meanwhile, of course, I have been sitting on a Lilac and a Rose card forever, not able to use them until after I have drawn ... you guessed it.
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DonaghyLogan
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2/15/2017
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Arandia wrote:
And still no encounter. Not even one. Meanwhile, of course, I have been sitting on a Lilac and a Rose card forever, not able to use them until after I have drawn ... you guessed it.
I'm in almost the same position (I've only gotten TtH once)! It's so frustrating. Plus, I'm having wifi problems now, so my card-drawing has been dramatically reduced :0(
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Bertrand Lyndon
Posts: 95
2/14/2017
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Siankan wrote:
Be encouraged! I drew the card three times yesterday: once for my own ghostly presence, one for Sister Lydia, and one for a certain diplomat. Luck will eventually turn, and also, even a single Encounter at the Feast per day would net you most of your non-Fate companions by the end of the week.
Also, there are a few measures you can take to improve your chances, however so slightly. First, move to a Remote Address until the Feast is over (or at least until you've seen Lilac and the Encounter card as much as you need to); this will trim out City Vices cards. Flip cards in the Forgotten Quarter to trim out area-specific cards. If you have any story-based cards that you can resolve (any lingering POSI cards, for example), advance them to the point they're no longer in your deck. There was a topic somewhere on the subject of deck trimming that might have more advice. None of these will dramatically increase your chance of finding the card, but they'll all help, and the cumulative effect can be noticeable. (That said, nothing involving an RNG is guaranteed.)
I envy your luck, though I manged to get another Encounter today. Anyway, I wanted to thank you: I did most of the deck-trimming, but I had forgot about the Forgotten Quarter (the pun is unwanted).
However, all this will have to wait until I manage to capture the glorious colors of Parabola on my skin (Nightmares 7 is a bit of a bother).
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Arandia
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2/14/2017
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Zero encounter cards so far ...
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The Master
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2/13/2017
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Didn't this become a storylet last year? (Before the feast ended I think it got turned into a storylet).
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Bertrand Lyndon
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2/13/2017
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I'm in the same situation as DonaghyLogan. Pulled a lot of cards, only one Encounter. Got myself a Cat's Chiefest Claw (because of the Dreaded bonus).
Since I aspire to be a companion collector, and this is my first Feast, I must say I feel a bit disheartened, but I won't stop trying. I hope to get a few more companions before it all ends.
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OctaviaCrowe
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2/13/2017
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Nah, that's pretty normal, from what I rmember.
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Ragged Martha
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2/13/2017
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Ms Logan, if there exists a method to swap one's fortune for another, inform me posthaste that we might undertake it together. I find myself in an apparently enviable position, having become acquainted with a smattering of companions during the Feast's festivities -- feastivities, perhaps? -- but I've yet to meet the enigmatic Lady in Lilac...and I'm going to have to meet with her at least twice before the Feast concludes!
Until then, I'm relegated to prancing about like a peacock (well, a peahen, technically) at his Lordship's functions! D__n these socialite gadabouts, they drive me to drink and deny me even that during their blasted parties!
In short, it's rough all over. Here's hoping both of our fortunes take turns for the better.
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Ragged Martha, a dead woman walking. What's not to love? Don't waste her time (And you'll know if you are, you little devil, you), and she won't waste yours. Corresponds entirely through telegrams, perhaps excepting gifts she delivers in person.
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Catherine Raymond
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2/13/2017
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There is actually more than a week. Look at the notice and you'll see that Lilac's card will be around until the 24th so people can cash in their Masquing.
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The Master
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2/14/2017
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Plynkes wrote:
The Master wrote:
You can't just stop wanting something, if you want something really badly you will want it...
It's perfectly possible if you have a proper command of yourself, rather being enslaved by your own emotions and desires. Damn it, standards have dropped such since the Fall. The old colonel would be turning in his grave...
...If we could actually keep the blighter in it.
Your austere nonsense...(looks at my austere quality), I mean, of course, I was just saying that in the name of those hedonists who can't keep the honey money for the poor or for the revolution...
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DonaghyLogan
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2/13/2017
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I'm glad to learn I'm not alone! I'll keep up the incessant card-flipping, then. Best of luck to everybody in a similar position!
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Plynkes
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2/13/2017
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Just the one so far today.
In my experience the likelihood of a particular card appearing is inversely proportional to the amount one desires its appearance. So the trick is to stop wanting it.
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The Master
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Plynkes wrote:
Just the one so far today.
In my experience the likelihood of a particular card appearing is inversely proportional to the amount one desires its appearance. So the trick is to stop wanting it.
You can't just stop wanting something, if you want something really badly you will want it, you can't just trick RNG by acting like you don't want something.
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