Diptych
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6/3/2018
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Hullo hullo hullo; here's this week's thread for Fallen London questions!
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Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
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Barse
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6/7/2018
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GuesssWho wrote:
So why is St. Fiacre named after a type of cart, exactly?
St. Fiacre is a real life saint (or three) who was famous for his healing abilities, and the name is from pre-Christian Ireland. People think Fiachra might mean something like "battle-king", or be a derivative of fiach, "raven." The name "fiacre" to denote a carriage comes indirectly from the saint, rather than the other way around - the Hôtel de Saint Fiacre in Paris was semi-famous in the 17th century for renting carriages to patrons, and by this convoluted coincidence Saint Fiacre became the patron saint of cab drivers.
Edit: London doesn't have a St. Fiacre's Cathedral, although we know some saints had a name change after the Fall, and other obscure saints rose to prominence. Presumably (?) St. Fiacre's is the Neathy analogue to St. Paul's.
edited by Barse on 6/7/2018
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Optimatum
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6/4/2018
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I suspect that making Exceptional Friendship the unlock requirement for a storylet is much easier, both code-wise and in server load, than checking every single account for Exceptional Friendship every month to set a quality.
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Siegron
Posts: 65
6/7/2018
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Well here's a question a little different from the new update ones. I am curious about one specific event, and that is the revel of the masters. After completing it it seemed seriously suspicious when it came to the reward, it did not seem Worth all the stuff I put into it. For someone who already has Connected with the masters above 1, is there absolutely any reason to even start the story over again? The things I invest do not seem to pay out well when I get my ''reward'' from Wines.
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Ragnar Degenhand
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6/7/2018
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Yes, it's a well-known resource sink -- one to avoid if you can. And it comes back again and again.
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Dudebro Pyro
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6/4/2018
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A question from last thread made me think - why do Exceptional Stories lock forever if you're not active, indeed? One could say it's an incentive for players to remain active, but if they're paying the subscription anyway I don't see why it would matter. It's not like forcing them to come back one a month is likely to lead into additional fate purchases - rather, it's more likely to force people to cancel their subscription if they are afraid of missing the story. I also doubt there's any significant amount of people who will purchase an older story after having missed it despite being subscribed (maybe a few, but probably nowhere near enough to make a financial difference).
It doesn't make much sense from a gameplay perspective either - while you would get stuck with introductory storylets, this is still the case right now since after unlocking a story it always adds a universal storylet. You could also tuck them all away into a single storylet (e.g. "review recent exceptional opportunities" in your Lodgings or something).
Have FB ever commented on this, or does anyone have reasonable ideas?
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