Ashwini Natasha
Posts: 1
2/22/2017
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Hello everyone! This seems like the kind of question those of you with more experience might be able to answer so I don't have to find out the hard way.
I need more Whispered Hints and am getting a little desperate to get more. All the menial tasks to earn them use up actions so quickly! I was thinking I could buy some from the Bazaar, especially since I just visited the Flit for the first time and got loads of rats on strings. However, even though the rate for them on Watchmaker's Hill is really good, it turns in ALL your rats. Every once in a while they seem to come in handy, and I'm a bit nervous that I'll give them all away then need them when I unlock more stuff.
What are your thoughts on this? Should I sell just a few at the Bazaar for at least some pence, or would I be ok giving away all the rats I've collected since joining (504) for a few Echoes? Thank you everyone!!
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Siankan
Posts: 1048
2/22/2017
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Professor Logan's advice is good, and as she says a lot of it depends on how you like to play and what you're doing in the game. My advice was based on the assumption that you are trying to reach your Whispered Hint goal in the shortest time possible; if that be not true, adjust accordingly.
DonaghyLogan wrote:
I like to keep about 500 of everything
I've had a policy almost since the beginning of keeping a reserve of 100 in every item, and selling or converting whatever excess I acquire over that. However, that policy has modified over time, as my needs have changed. Currently my horticultural interests lead me to keep unlimited quantities of rats, candles, and so forth, and I keep 1,000 glim and unlimited quantities of rostygold in reserve against various needs. That said, achieving a goal or locking and unlocking opportunity cards might change those numbers up or down at any point.
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Aberrant Eremite
Posts: 362
2/22/2017
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This is a good general rule - for one thing, it makes it easy to decide what to sell to the Bazaar and how much of it. For another, it's rare to need more than 100 of any one of these per action pre-PoSI. "Every item" applies to the common currencies: rats, Glim, Rostygold, Nevercold Brass, Moon-Pearls, Foxfire candles, Deep Amber, etc. Jade Fragments and Whispered Hints also function as common currencies, but they can be upgraded, so it's more useful to hang on to them.
When you need a lot of one type of common currency, it's generally better to find the "best" (whether that's the most efficient or the most fun) way to get it directly than to get other currencies, sell them at the Bazaar, and then buy other what you need. It's probably not worth trying a more complicated method unless you need a *whole* lot.
Siankan wrote:
I've had a policy almost since the beginning of keeping a reserve of 100 in every item, and selling or converting whatever excess I acquire over that. However, that policy has modified over time, as my needs have changed.
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