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whats the point of tbfw wtfc and stteoi?.
crazyroosterman
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5/20/2017
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first of all i apologies for the abbreviations but i couldn't fit the full names of the story bars im speaking of (which if you haven't figured it out by name is in order .touched by finger work. .walking the fallen cities. and .seeing through the eyes of Icarus.
now thats out of the way on to the point.
as the title implies i am inquiring as to what the point of these are in the game since im a person of some importance and they dont realy seem to do anything at all particularly tbfw which i dont remember EVER do anything at all were as i can sort of vaguely finding the other usefull during my long journey to were i am now.
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Saklad
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5/20/2017
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They serve a somewhat important meta-purpose: preventing players from associating all quality increases with mechanics, thereby preserving some uncertainty about the effects of one's actions.
Or at least, that's my take. "Adrift in a Sea of Misery", for instance, actually says a lot by not doing anything. It represents the apparent uselessness of trying to help the city as a whole, and perhaps your determination to try thanklessly solving the many problems anyway. It's more meaningful than it would be if it was redeemable like "Something Awaits You", I think.
It also opens up new options for future content that can be extremely surprising even to veteran players. The Iron Republic is full of such things.
edited by Saklad5 on 5/20/2017
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Optimatum
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5/20/2017
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I interpret them as just measuring your character's familiarity with various aspects of the lore. Touched by Fingerwork is Parabola (and Clay Men for some reason), Walking the Falling Cities is knowledge of the previous four cities, Approaching the Gates of the Garden is Stone and the Elder Continent, and Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus is just... stuff related to the Bazaar I guess.
So yeah, mechanically the most they do right now is open up occasional options, for example with WtFC on the Northbound Parliamentarian's card.
edited by Optimatum on 5/20/2017
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