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Whitsun is here: a new festival in Fallen London!
Eggs have abruptly appeared all over London – in bath tubs, balanced on chimneys, nestled in sofas, tucked in the holds of docked ships. And they're vast ones, the size of a beer barrel, an over-rounded dog, a prize-winning marrow.
Acquire an egg. Apply augmentations to it, if you like. Why not? The d___ed things are everywhere, and while London is hardly short on distractions, they’re wonderfully novel - though they do take up quite a bit of space in your parlour.
Incubate eggs, one at a time. What will happen when they hatch? Who knows! Each will take 24 hours to hatch unless you, ahem, assist it.
What else to do with them? Try sending one to a friend. Surely no more dangerous than a boxed cat!
Also: there’s a gathering of gourmets who will sample almost anything. The Apicius Club. These connoisseurs of novel flavours are reconvening for the festivities, and willing to take all manner of delicacies off your hands, including but not limited to these tempting, giant ova. Look for De Gustibus in Whitsun at Ladybones Road to make their acquaintance.
Employ SCIENCE to further your egg experiments!
Purchase a Highly Illegal Experimental Augmentation Device (Probably) in order to get the very most out of your eggs, or investigate them in your University Lab.
Investigating the eggs in your University Lab will increase your Red Science and Shapeling Arts.
Whitsun begins today, 11th May 2020, and will conclude on the 22nd. Please note that to prevent a dreadful stench, all eggs will be removed on the 25th of May, including any which you have not hatched.
Enjoy your eggs!
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 Hannah Flynn Administrator Posts: 491
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Thanks everyone for your enthusiasm regarding Whitsun! It's been a few years since this many people have been playing Fallen London every day, and we're so happy to have you all!
Thank you for your feedback and especially your bug reports, which have saved many players from being eggless and sad. We've made some fixes and improvements for this year's event which hopefully have made it smoother: you can smash eggs now, while you're waiting for one to hatch; Ha'pennies are a different colour in their icon; and Whitsun is now a category in your inventory.
Whitsun is brand new, and as such we don't expect most players to get everything from the festival this year. We've learned a lot from our other festivals that have been running for many years about setting up a new one, and we built Whitsun to be a festival that would recur, with relatively minor additions and changes each year. We anticipate that 90% of the rewards this year will also be available next year (specifically we don’t foresee changing the non-social egg rewards), and anything bought with Ha'pennies this year will be retained, including the machine. Given all of this, we aren't going to give out any more Ha'pennies this year.
Once the festival has completed, we'll review all of our data and make notes for next year. This will include emails to feedback@failbettergames.com, but also quantitative information from the game. We know a couple of things that will be adjusted for next year, already: this year there's a bit of a Paramount Presence race happening which we accounted for in parts of the festival, and the return of De Gustibus felt like it required a permanent trade-in point. New things will also be added. Hopefully, we'll continue to surprise and delight with this event as it develops.
Thank you again, delicious friends! (Eggs.)
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 babelfishwars Administrator Posts: 1152
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 Aro Saren Posts: 123
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Compiling information.
Event will last until 22 of May. All remaining eggs will rot at 25 of May.
Prices Aged - 100 Jade Scarlet - 20 Greyfields 1882 Invigoration - 3 stages - 3 Appaling Secret each Enlightenment - 3 stages - 5 Foxfire Candles, 2 Intriguing Snippet each Augmentation Device - 5 Ha'Pennies, on storylet for treating your egg. Permanent item. Can produce additional pets and gives special project in your lab.
De Gustibus in Ladybones Road You can sell untreated eggs for cheap, or fully treated and augmented for more. It doesn't matter which augmentation you apply, and you cannot do without it.
Aged Untreated - 1 Extraordinary Implication, 250 Pennies, 2 CP Making Waves Scarlet Untreated - 250 Whispered Hints, 250 Pennies, 3 CP Making Waves Invigorated Aged - 500 bone fragments, 250 pennies, 20 PC Making Waves Enlightened Aged - 500 bone fragments, 250 pennies, 20 PC Making Waves Invigorated Scarlet - Enlightened Scarlet -
You can also crack your eggs as a luck test. Scarlet - Human Arm on failure. Aged - 1 Jurassic Femur and 1 Unidentified Thigh on success/ 3 Compromising Documents OR Correspondance Plaque x1 (???) on failure(???)
Your Lab Both eggs require 125 ordinary research. Both are repeatable. Aged gives 1 CP Red Science. Scarlet gives 1 CP Shapeling Arts. Augmentation gizmo gives another project. 3 Ha'Pennies lets you hire Numismatrix permanently, removing future coin costs.
Hatching After fully treating the egg you can hatch it. Hatching requires 24 hours or 1 Ha'Penny. Sending egg ready for hatching to someone else switches to different pet for a cost of 1 Ha'Penny. Using augmenting gizmo gets you yet another one.
Another option is to get a specific augmentation for your fully treated egg, for a small fee, in London: Flit - Enlightened Aged - Sly - 6 Compromising Documents Mahogany Hall - Enlightened Aged - 2 Mourning Candles Mrs. Plenty's Carnival - Enlightened Scarlet - Very Latest of Fashions - Wolfstack Docks - Enlightened Scarlet - Contorting - Dept. of Menace Eradication - Invigorated Aged - Grotesque - 6 Correspondence Plaques Labyrinth of Tigers - Invigorated Aged - 2 Extraordinary Implications Veilgarden - Invigorated Scarlet - Ornate - 2 Journals of Infamy Shuttered Palace - Invigorated Scarlet - Rejecting Conventions - 2 Tales of Terror
Alternatively, you can take your ready egg to a tailor in Ladybone Road. It'll turn your egg into unique garment instead of pets. Both types of egg and treatments change the result. Each fitting costs 3 Ha'Pennies.
So far the only source of Ha'Pennies is Fate. Most likely, none other will appear.
Chatting with Effervescent Charcutier or trying to give a wrong egg to an augmenter or tailor in London will advance your “Speculation about Whitsun” quality. So far no clue to its use.
I have both a life and a job besides this game and cannot keep track all the time, so if someone takes it from me when I'm absent, I'll appreciate it. The best way would be to make a guide at FL wiki (https://fallenlondon.fandom.com), but I suck at it.
Myself I'm skipping the whole collecting chase for none-of-your-business reasons, so I'll have to rely on item info from you.
Good idea would be to assign some options to different people here to collect information quickly. edited by Aro Saren on 5/11/2020 edited by Aro Saren on 5/11/2020 edited by Aro Saren on 5/11/2020
-- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Andre%20Alexin Will accept only something interesting.
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 Hannah Flynn Administrator Posts: 491
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You're welcome gang, I hope you continue to enjoy the eggs!
-- Wields the news canon, aboard the hype train.
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 James Sinclair Posts: 253
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I just wanted to express how much I'm enjoying the new festival. There's so much to do! Laboratory experiments, augmentations, the Finishing School, De Gustibus, the Bone Market, hearing rumours from the Charcutier (surely the future Mr Eggs, Master of the Bazaar?), newspaper publishing, egg-smashing for fun and profit, etc. The artwork for the new companions is stupendous, and I also particularly like how several of them open up new Opportunities in various places when you have them. It's a bit like the Exceptional Stories that add a new permanent opportunity card, a new option to an existing card, or open up a new area to explore -- it makes them much more memorable in the long run.
And the social egg-sending action is a nice touch -- even without spending Fate, everyone can, if they wish, trade a few eggs with their fellow Londoners.
-- James Sinclair
Curator of the Sanguine Ribbon Society 🗡
A fully-fledged rêveur of The Night Circus.
Wines is red Spices is yellow But old Jack-of-Smiles Is a murderous fellow ☠
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 JaneAnkhVeos Posts: 132
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...I’ve become the Mother of (Rubbery) Dragons!
...I am going to send a bouquet of lizards to the Royal Beth. Both as a reconciliation gift and revenge.
...I will probably be sent there myself if I see the word "egg" one more time.
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Tsar Koschei wrote:
NotaWalrus wrote:
I have to say, this event is pretty great. The main mechanic is just alright, but seeing the little interactions peppered everywhere really brings it to life and gives something for everyone. Yes, for all my previous criticism I do agree. It's not especially rewarding from a mechanical perspective (unless you spend a heap of Fate), but thematically it's a riot. Not rewarding? BiS BDR boots for free (or tied BiS BDR Clothing). Free pets with actual uses in different places (salon, orphanage, parabola, heist, etc). Ways to raise Red Science and Shapeling Arts. Return of Sealed book, Gilded crab and Monster Orb for collectors. Easy and profitable way to grind MW for those who is trying to jump on old Paramaunt Presence. And bunch of sweet Fate rewards.
-- Long grinds: Heptagoat 100/180; Cider Done; Correspondence 21/21; Paramount 4/4.
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 Alexander Feld Posts: 348
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Diptych wrote:
Speaking of which, does anyone know what to do with an excess of dark-carapaced crustaceans? Soup? edited by Alexander Feld on 5/15/2020
-- I am a star-gazer, story-eater, and a smelter of words.
I filch hidden things from hidden places, to hide once more in my dark cabinet of curiosities
Alexander Feld, the mad, damned, lord of seekers.
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 Hannah Flynn Administrator Posts: 491
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Yup, it's a grace period to wind everything up. Any eggs left unhatched by around noon on the 25th will be lost, and only Ha'pennies or things bought with Ha'pennies will persist to next year.
-- Wields the news canon, aboard the hype train.
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 James Sinclair Posts: 253
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Tsar Koschei wrote:
The only thing closing Friday is buying new eggs? Methinks a certain Reliable Eggmonger will be doing a great deal of business today. 🥚🥚🥚
-- James Sinclair
Curator of the Sanguine Ribbon Society 🗡
A fully-fledged rêveur of The Night Circus.
Wines is red Spices is yellow But old Jack-of-Smiles Is a murderous fellow ☠
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 Tsar Koschei Posts: 202
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Winthropx wrote:
carnivorous Antioch. I like this.
-- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Tsar%20Koschei
Sanguine Ribbon Society tournament champion.
No chess, loitering, friendly sparring, coffee at Caligula's or Affluent Photographer, please.
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 JaneAnkhVeos Posts: 132
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babelfishwars wrote:
Egg 🥚! (It’s not going to work, actually. I already live there.)
-- || the Nocturnal Nostalgist, pawnbroker of dreams and memories ||
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 Dudebro Pyro Posts: 755
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Hannah Flynn wrote:
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I'll admit that I had my concerns about "another p2w festival" at the start, but if the majority of the rewards are available year after year, then, since ha'pennies can be carried over, this is actually shaping up to be even more generous and far less pay-to-win than the FotR. I'm very glad that this avoided another Hallowmas situation (i.e. Fate-locking unique rewards that will not be available ever again, forcing players to give up on them or pay up NOW), but it's even better if long-term players have the option to collect most rewards for free (albeit slowly). A good monetisation scheme while rewarding truly loyal players who stick around for years. Thank you!
-- Dudebro Pyro, eccentric scholar
Spare Starveling Kitties always welcome. I collect them. For that matter, send me your unwanted cat boxes too.
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 NotaWalrus Posts: 221
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I don't agree with the comments that too much stuff costs fate. The only truly fate-locked things are 4 companions and and a repeatable experiment in the lab. Non-paying players get 10-11 new companions, most of them with unique effects, and the ability to choose between one of four great gears (each BiS in their own right) or permanently hiring the Numismatrix. Compared to the Feast of the Exceptional Rose this isn't exactly whale-o-clock.
-- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/NotaWalrus Ignacious, the Fluid Professor, he will accept most social invitations, including boxed cats and affluent photographers (but only betrayals), though he is absent-minded and might take more time than entirely necessary. He apologizes.
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 Winthropx Posts: 166
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Rachel wrote:
NotaWalrus wrote:
I don't agree with the comments that too much stuff costs fate. The only truly fate-locked things are 4 companions and and a repeatable experiment in the lab. Non-paying players get 10-11 new companions, most of them with unique effects, and the ability to choose between one of four great gears (each BiS in their own right) or permanently hiring the Numismatrix. Compared to the Feast of the Exceptional Rose this isn't exactly whale-o-clock. The clothing items are also fate-locked.
You’re given enough pennies to get one of the clothing items not for fate.
-- Bishop Winthrop, a kind-hearted soul A Paramount Presence I accept all social actions His Appearance http://community.failbettergames.com/topic9363-your-characters-appearances.aspx?messageid=229809&Page=10#post#post229809
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 Tsar Koschei Posts: 202
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Aro Saren wrote:
Unexpectedly, I'm sick of the whole pay2collect model, so I'm out. It does kind of appear that aside from just enjoying all the new flavor text, when it comes to the rewards there's little here worth going for for any moderately advanced player, aside from the Fate stuff.
-- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Tsar%20Koschei
Sanguine Ribbon Society tournament champion.
No chess, loitering, friendly sparring, coffee at Caligula's or Affluent Photographer, please.
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 The Curious Watcher Posts: 263
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Here's a Google Doc compiled from the people on Discord.
There's essentially a ton of different items, and due to the time gates and Fate-locked items, there's no feasible way to get them all. However, some of the free ones are pretty good so it's not completely pay-to-win (though it is heavily so, Failbetter needs to make money somehow). edited by The Curious Watcher on 5/11/2020
-- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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 Tsar Koschei Posts: 202
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I'm still not really clear on why you would want to make the permanent arrangement with the Numismatrix. What need would there be to dismiss and rehire her?
I'm wondering since I'm currently thinking of sacking her so that I'll be able to accommodate a student, Lettice, and Cora Bagley. edited by Tsar Koschei on 5/11/2020
-- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Tsar%20Koschei
Sanguine Ribbon Society tournament champion.
No chess, loitering, friendly sparring, coffee at Caligula's or Affluent Photographer, please.
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 NotaWalrus Posts: 221
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Okay but
Whitsun happens on the seventh Sunday after Easter.
Easter 1898 was on April 10.
Whitsun in 1898 was May 29.
It is May 11.
Conclusion: Literally unplayable.
-- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/NotaWalrus Ignacious, the Fluid Professor, he will accept most social invitations, including boxed cats and affluent photographers (but only betrayals), though he is absent-minded and might take more time than entirely necessary. He apologizes.
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 The Curious Watcher Posts: 263
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You can also make an event-exclusive newspaper edition at Doubt Street without Copy requirements. that gives 4 Blackmail, 1 Vital Intelligence, and 1 Cellar of Wine
But it requires that you hatch eggs first. This quality here.
 edited by The Curious Watcher on 5/11/2020
-- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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 The Curious Watcher Posts: 263
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Guys...with Sinning Jenny's Finishing School...there is a rare chance to get this from Aged Eggs.
Cue the rush for Aged Eggs and Empress's Shadow in 3...2...1...
-- The Thirteenth Master of the Bazaar: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Thirteenth%20Master%20of%20the%20Bazaar The Silent Vake Hunter: GONE NORTH The Ravenous Wanderer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Ravenous%20Wanderer The Melancholic End-Bringer: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Melancholic%20End-Bringer The Lethal Nightmare: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/The%20Lethal%20Nightmare
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 Aro Saren Posts: 123
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I'll just grind Shapeling Arts after I finish this trivial section.
-- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Andre%20Alexin Will accept only something interesting.
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 Gul al-Ahlaam Posts: 225
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My Fully Invigorated Scarlet Egg, with an Outré Augmentation (From the Shuttered Palace) ALSO hatched into an Operatic Lyrebird. I think there's some overlap, then.
-- The Uncanny Hierophant. The Jewel-Eyed Prince.
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 Dudebro Pyro Posts: 755
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You know, if the rewards are all BDR-centric, it makes some amount of sense to have them be Fate-locked. BDR has always been the one aspect where free players were at a significant disadvantage compared to paying ones. It'll be nice to see a picture emerge once we have much more complete data, to see how many rewards are actually worth it mechanically, and how many are obtainable for free. Again, drawing a parallel with the Feast of the Rose, collecting every Fate-locked reward is a very sizable expense, but very few are actually mechanically the best - the rest existing primarily for roleplay and taunting collectors. Even so, till now no FotR reward has ever disappeared (to my knowledge), so even a collector can amortise the cost over several years. Not that I am particularly excited about a second FotR - it has always been a bit of a "pay to participate" festival, where the free items can easily be gotten on your first year and after that point there's little to be done. But, unless they start locking multiple mechanically significant non-recurring rewards (like they did during a couple of times for Hallowmas, cough cough), I don't think it's particularly bad or outrageous.
-- Dudebro Pyro, eccentric scholar
Spare Starveling Kitties always welcome. I collect them. For that matter, send me your unwanted cat boxes too.
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 Akernis Posts: 255
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PSGarak wrote:
Research notes: When research Shapeling topics, there is a new card (has additional requirements). There are now uses for Fluke-Cores, and Your Perpetually Festive Rubbery Friend! There's also one for the Red Science. It requires at least one point in Artisan of the Red Science and (I think) that you are working on a Red Science project. It gives options if you have an Element of Dawn and / or an Impossible Theorem.
-- Vena's profile - http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Akernis
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 Monara Posts: 162
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What I've gotten so far spending all my alt's coins: Eggs without any special augment hatch into companions with +3 to one stat, there's one for each. The ones you get by sending them to another player are also +3 stat. Adding illegal augment gives an improved version with +5 to its stat and +3 to a secondary stat. Getting both of the optional augments (available in various locations across London, two possible per egg type) gives a further improved version with +7 to its main stat, +5 to its secondary stat, and a point of BDR. I haven't tried getting both augments plus the illegal one yet, but presumably that's even better. Not sure if there's anything in between either (i.e. only one augment or one+illegal). The clothing option is a +6 shadowy, +4 R, -2 B, +1 Glasswork, -1 Nightmares robe (Auroch-Fur Coat) for the enlightened aged egg and a pair of Birdksin Gloves (Dangerous +3, Respectable +1, Monstrous Anatomy +1) for the invigorated aged egg. And now my alts are out of coins so that's all I've got. If you care only about the stats it seems there's four companions worth getting (fully augmented), everything else appears to be lesser versions of those. The clothing options seem pretty interesting, at least the two I tried are probably best in slot for their specific special stats. edited by Monara on 5/11/2020
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 Honeyaddict Posts: 501
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A friend has sent me a Wizened (Enlightened 3 Aged) Egg And it contained "Dilly" a +3Shadowy Companion
Update: I got a Crimson Egg through mail (Invigorated 3 Scarlet) and it contained a Mycological Bullfrog, a +3 Persuasive Companion edited by Honeyaddict on 5/11/2020
-- Honeyaddict, Scarlet Saint, Paramount Presence pleasure to meet you.
Has some ideas the Masters won't approve of like some items and establishing a Colony in Parabola.
I will accept most social interactions (not duping). I do enjoy role playing as well. Have some possibly still active codes!
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Winthropx wrote:
What’s the quality?
Caused a Scene at the Apicius Club, apparently.
Do we know what will happen if we set up an egg for the 24h hatching process on 21st? Will the egg still hatch on the 22nd, or will it be lost once the event ends?
I for one would appreciate knowing beforehand, to be able to plan my hatching accordingly.
-- Sir Reginald Monteroy, Paramount Glassman, Courier's Footprint, Poet-Laureate and Cider owner.
http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Sir Reginald Monteroy
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 Winthropx Posts: 166
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I’m actually really enjoying this event. The writing of all the little stories is amazing, and the descriptions of some the new creatures makes them endearing from the moment they hatch.
-- Bishop Winthrop, a kind-hearted soul A Paramount Presence I accept all social actions His Appearance http://community.failbettergames.com/topic9363-your-characters-appearances.aspx?messageid=229809&Page=10#post#post229809
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 Aro Saren Posts: 123
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Mostly complete guide on whitsun: https://community.failbettergames.com/topic27906-whitsun--guide.aspx
-- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Andre%20Alexin Will accept only something interesting.
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 Lady Karnstein Posts: 277
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Thanks for the information Hannah. This has been really fun, and the information is good to know. Thank you.
-- Lady Caroline Karnstein, The Moral Hedonist (Description) Infamous writer, artist, and courtesan. Unrepentant Invert. Hesperidean. Paramount Presence, Correspondent, Nocturnal. Poet Laureate of the Neath, Ambassador to Arbor
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 elderfleur Posts: 77
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I tried to publish some seasonal gibberish for the Newspaper, but at the last minute I received a tip that has thoroughly shook me. Collectors, rejoice:
[spoiler] [/spoiler] edited by elderfleur on 5/13/2020
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 Bricecube Posts: 7
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It does not.
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I just wanted to express how much I'm enjoying the new festival. There's so much to do! Laboratory experiments, augmentations, the Finishing School, De Gustibus, the Bone Market, hearing rumours from the Charcutier (surely the future Mr Eggs, Master of the Bazaar?), newspaper publishing, egg-smashing for fun and profit, etc. The artwork for the new companions is stupendous, and I also particularly like how several of them open up new Opportunities in various places when you have them. It's a bit like the Exceptional Stories that add a new permanent opportunity card, a new option to an existing card, or open up a new area to explore -- it makes them much more memorable in the long run.
And the social egg-sending action is a nice touch -- even without spending Fate, everyone can, if they wish, trade a few eggs with their fellow Londoners.
To put it as elegantly as you: same. edited by TheLampades on 5/19/2020
-- -House of Ydell- It's only when you cannot hear the bats, that is when the bats are coming. This is the only advice I have to give. {Feel free to request my presence for any Correspondent needs, plant battles, duels, chess, whatever. It might take me a moment to a day to respond, but I will.)
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 Tsar Koschei Posts: 202
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I've been wondering about that as well. What options, exactly, disappear on Friday, and what stays?
-- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Tsar%20Koschei
Sanguine Ribbon Society tournament champion.
No chess, loitering, friendly sparring, coffee at Caligula's or Affluent Photographer, please.
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 Winthropx Posts: 166
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Jules Asimov wrote:
I also want to know this. Furthermore, will speculation about whitsun just disappear on the 22nd, or will there be a cashout option?
I kinda wanna keep it. I like having the seasonal qualities around as little mementoes.
-- Bishop Winthrop, a kind-hearted soul A Paramount Presence I accept all social actions His Appearance http://community.failbettergames.com/topic9363-your-characters-appearances.aspx?messageid=229809&Page=10#post#post229809
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 lady ciel Posts: 2548
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No more Amber Ha'pennies this year. See Hannah's post on the previous page.
-- ciel
Sorry RL means I am not a very active player at the moment. No social actions unless you are prepared to wait and definitely no sparring or other mult-action things.
No Calling Cards or boxed cats please. Will take dupes on the affluent photographers. Other social invitations welcome. Parabolan Kittens usually available, send me an in-game social action saying you want one and I will get one to you as soon as possible.
storynexus name - reveurciel
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Hannah Flynn wrote:
You're welcome gang, I hope you continue to enjoy the eggs!
I am. Except that I would have thought I’d be able to poach eggs in Spite ...
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Catherine Raymond wrote:
Thanks, that's helpful. Am I correct in reading your statements to mean that it will still be possible to treat, augment, and smash eggs we have as of the end of the Festival until noon (or so) on the 25th? Asked (by me, just above) and answered (in your quote), I think. So yes.
James Sinclair wrote:
Methinks a certain Reliable Eggmonger will be doing a great deal of business today. 🥚🥚🥚 I suspect you just might be right about that. A brisk trade indeed.
-- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Tsar%20Koschei
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Catherine Raymond wrote:
Do the Ha'pennies stick around after Whitsun if you don't spend all of them during the festival?
Yes, Failbetter have confirmed that they do.
-- It's possible people have forgotten that there is an actual devil in the actual Lord Mayor's office. A devil who is promising to look after people's souls. What is wrong with everybody?
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Whitsun ends tomorrow!
The festival closes on the 22nd, and you will not be able to buy new eggs after that. You'll need to sell or hatch any remaining eggs before the 25th, when remaining eggs and augmentations will be removed.
Festivals are closed at around noon BST, but because these things are done manually, we advise not to engage in brinksmanship, lest you be disappointed.
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Hannah Flynn wrote:
Whitsun ends tomorrow!
The festival closes on the 22nd, and you will not be able to buy new eggs after that. You'll need to sell or hatch any remaining eggs before the 25th, when remaining eggs and augmentations will be removed.
Festivals are closed at around noon BST, but because these things are done manually, we advise not to engage in brinksmanship, lest you be disappointed. So augmentation options, De Gustibus, bone market, the special newspaper edition etc remain open until the 25th? The only thing closing Friday is buying new eggs? edited by Tsar Koschei on 5/21/2020
-- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Tsar%20Koschei
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Oh, does that mean we can stock up on eggs before tomorrow, and then go augment and hatch them until the 25th?
-- Dudebro Pyro, eccentric scholar
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I can't find this info anywhere so I'll just ask.
Whitsun "concludes" on the 22nd, but eggs will be removed on the 25th. Does that mean that I will be able to run hatching cycles on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th? And will I be able to upgrade the eggs before doing so? This would go in line with some previous events, wherein there is a period for wrapping up or doing last-minute redemptions or so. Then again, I seemed to misunderstand the timing last Hallowmas and lost the opportunity of doing some companion upgrading.
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Hello! You can no longer buy any eggs. Please remember to do what you will with them as soon as you can, as even if they are mid-incubate, or hatching, when the time comes on on Monday, they will go... edited by babelfishwars on 5/22/2020
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phryne wrote:
Does someone have a profile link to the Rare Success Whitsun newspaper edition? I'd like to read it but wasn't fortunate enough to get it myself...
Yes, link here. I was lucky, got the rare success on the second try at a Whitsun edition.
-- theonie, an inescapable, midnight, terrifying, and irresistible lady. All social actions except Affluent Photographer welcome. As a Midnighter, will gladly accept all invitations to Orphanages.
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Winthropx wrote:
There’s more then one outcome when using the terror bird. I got a direful reflection from one of my hunts with it.
You can either search the clearing, which gives a ribcage, or recapture the bird, which gives a direful reflection.
The whole system is... weird and poorly thought out. You're fighting the bird, despite the fact that it's your bird, and if you search the clearing you can just call it to your side afterwards? if you abandon the hunt you don't lose the bird? You can attack it with monstrous anatomy even though, again, it is your bird?
-- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/NotaWalrus Ignacious, the Fluid Professor, he will accept most social invitations, including boxed cats and affluent photographers (but only betrayals), though he is absent-minded and might take more time than entirely necessary. He apologizes.
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James Sinclair wrote:
I just wanted to express how much I'm enjoying the new festival. There's so much to do! Laboratory experiments, augmentations, the Finishing School, De Gustibus, the Bone Market, hearing rumours from the Charcutier (surely the future Mr Eggs, Master of the Bazaar?), newspaper publishing, egg-smashing for fun and profit, etc.
Wait, there's stuff in the bone market?
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Thank you, James. You said it so well as usual. I've been pleasantly surprised by how rich this festival is - there's plenty to do and discover. I love how it's a long enough time to do everything you want (with Fate) yet it's short enough to be over soon and not be a drag. I also like that they say it will recur and there's no real rush to catch 'em all (although I'm in the midst of doing just that!).
James Sinclair wrote:
I just wanted to express how much I'm enjoying the new festival. There's so much to do! Laboratory experiments, augmentations, the Finishing School, De Gustibus, the Bone Market, hearing rumours from the Charcutier (surely the future Mr Eggs, Master of the Bazaar?), newspaper publishing, egg-smashing for fun and profit, etc. The artwork for the new companions is stupendous, and I also particularly like how several of them open up new Opportunities in various places when you have them. It's a bit like the Exceptional Stories that add a new permanent opportunity card, a new option to an existing card, or open up a new area to explore -- it makes them much more memorable in the long run.
And the social egg-sending action is a nice touch -- even without spending Fate, everyone can, if they wish, trade a few eggs with their fellow Londoners.
-- Paramount Presence (London's Marrow 2, London's Nerves 2, London’s Sinew 3, London’s Blood 3) and mercenary Notary
Married to Myrto :: Exchanging Surprise Packages with anyone interested :: Exchanging cat boxes with Kitty Rambunctious
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Dudebro Pyro wrote:
I'll admit that I had my concerns about "another p2w festival" at the start I still fail to see the p2w part of festivals or this game. What's there to be won? The fact that older players have an advantage over new players (Waxwail vs Lance vs Fate)? The fact that there's payed content?
Supporting the game by paying for an useless item/quality (Scorched by the Sun) that may NEVER be used or become free?
EDIT: How about the guides/info/wiki (WIKI!!!) that the community provide for free even if it consumes time and sometimes money? edited by Skinnyman on 5/15/2020
-- ESs items and quality requirements sheet. Please check if there are errors or if something is missing Achievement list if you're feeling bored! I am accepting Plant battles, Neath's Mysteries card, Starveling Cats and boxed cats. No suppers, no second chances gain and no need to cure my menaces!
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Do we lose all of the 'Speculation about Whitsun' quality after the eggs disappear on the 25th, or do those of us who've been busy researching eggs and raising critters still get a chance to publish at least one special Whitsun edition in our newspaper?
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Wow. Has it only been 9 days? It’s been a hoot.
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Vorwoda Hawksby wrote:
The Wiki entry for Begin a Scientific Investigation lists 2 investigations for Whitsun, when there are, in fact, at least 3. You can also investigate the Highly Illegal Device. I realize they don't post results and details for Fate-locked options, but they usually at least list them.
Then again, since you can get one as a gift, does it still count as Fate-locked for posting purposes, since the owner may not have spent Fate? Also, if you save your pennies for next year, you could get the device without ANYONE spending Fate.
In any case, I have the details if it is allowed to post, but I am not Wiki-edit-savvy. Nor am I certain it would be allowed, for the above reasons. But the mere existence should at least be mentioned there, shouldn't it? Do you have a screenshot for that third option? Also Wiki policy as far as I understand it is that as long as someone has to pay Fate for it it is out, so if we get another 3 pennies next year the options will probably be added because then you can get it without Fate
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Usually the wiki only lists indirectly Fate-locked options if visible even without the Fate-related unlock. Is the Highly Illegal Device research visible without one in your possession?
If we get more coins next year so that the Device can be obtained for free, the wiki will of course add all the related options. edited by Optimatum on 5/19/2020
-- Optimatum, a ruthless and merciful gentleman. No plant battles, Affluent Photographer requests, or healing offers; all other social actions welcome.
Want a sip of Cider? Just say hi!
PM me for information enigmatic or Fated. Though the forum please, not FL itself.
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I wonder if anything will change in the second week of Whitsun.
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Rare success on teaching a Red Science lesson at Sinning Jenny's Finishing School, I believe. Speaking of which, does anyone know what to do with an excess of dark-carapaced crustaceans?
-- Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron. Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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CONTENT UPDATE: There's a storylet that appears while you're waiting on the 24-hour timer. It lets you crush basic eggs.
Still no way to improve eggs while waiting, which limits which eggs can be crushed. Probably because a single quality tracks egg improvements.
EDIT: Eggs are now visible in your inventory! They have their own "Whitsun" category... I suspect that's why they weren't visible before. edited by PSGarak on 5/12/2020
-- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/PSGarak
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10 days ago
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What’s the quality?
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Zarhon wrote:
You can now offer a 'Forty-Nine-Voiced-Varbler' (which you can get from a 7-voiced Varbler in the Dome of Scales) to the Apricot Club. In other words, you're offering them to eat a Parabolan Dream beast with a multitude of Fingerkings possessing it.
It... Causes a scene, to say the least (and gives you a permanent quality for it, along with a ton of MW, at a cost of... other things)! I HIGHLY recommend you try it yourself.
The 'Apricot'* club actually seem quite awful when you think about it.
Had to do this anyway, can always get more weird birds.
https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Caused_a_Scene_at_the_Apicius_Club https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/AncientDrunkard/18488728
And it's not that much making waves. Then again, I am trying to get back to 15 renown used to restore stats recently, and every bit helps. Menaces are quite minor.
* that is some creative auto-correct. My spellcheck is suggesting 'Auspicious'
-- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/AncientDrunkard https://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/ModernDrunkard
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I have to say, this event is pretty great. The main mechanic is just alright, but seeing the little interactions peppered everywhere really brings it to life and gives something for everyone.
-- http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/NotaWalrus Ignacious, the Fluid Professor, he will accept most social invitations, including boxed cats and affluent photographers (but only betrayals), though he is absent-minded and might take more time than entirely necessary. He apologizes.
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Snort wrote:
Does anyone know what “Speculation about Whitsun” accomplishes? I ‘m at 5 with no clue. It's a quality under Progress in the 'Myself' section. I imagine that it is similar to the one for lacre at christmas. Though it doesn't seem to give any particular glues as far as I can tell. Maybe it's tracked for something that comes later.
-- Vena's profile - http://fallenlondon.com/Profile/Akernis
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 Her Ladyship The Ydell Sovereign Posts: 76
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Aged Egg, Enlightened Mahogany - 2 mourning Candles - Mirror Shine Aug Flit - Cost ?? (didn't pay attention) - Sly Augmentation Experimental Augmentation Reflected Minotaur - +7 Shadowy, +5 Dangerous, +1 Dreaded, +1 Bizarre, +1 Glasswork
-- -House of Ydell- It's only when you cannot hear the bats, that is when the bats are coming. This is the only advice I have to give. {Feel free to request my presence for any Correspondent needs, plant battles, duels, chess, whatever. It might take me a moment to a day to respond, but I will.)
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Unexpectedly, I'm sick of the whole pay2collect model, so I'm out. I'll finish De Gustibus, Enlightenment costs and cracking results, and then someone, please, take the whole hatching thing from there. It would be prudent to assign options to some people here BEFORE scampering to hatch, so that the spreadsheet could be filled in less trials and errors, but that's up to you. Also, nice cause to dust off your twink accounts, for reconnaisance. edited by Aro Saren on 5/11/2020
-- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Andre%20Alexin Will accept only something interesting.
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Aro Saren wrote:
Augmentations around London, each needs maxed attribute: Flit - Enlightened Aged Mrs. Plenty's Carnival - Enlightened Scarlet Mahogany Hall - Enlightened Aged Wolfstack Docks - Enlightened Scarlet Dept. of Menace Eradication - Invigorated Aged Veilgarden - Invigorated Scarlet Shuttered Palace - Invigorated Scarlet Labyrinth of Tigers - Invigorated Aged Ladybones Road - both of each for unique clothes instead, 3 Ha'Pennies per round
De Gustibus - will consume any egg for payment Now to just find out what outcome each of these options produces.
Also, what exactly does the augmentation device do?
-- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Tsar%20Koschei
Sanguine Ribbon Society tournament champion.
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 Her Ladyship The Ydell Sovereign Posts: 76
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Tsar Koschei wrote:
Aro Saren wrote:
Augmentations around London, each needs maxed attribute: Flit - Enlightened Aged Mrs. Plenty's Carnival - Enlightened Scarlet Mahogany Hall - Enlightened Aged Wolfstack Docks - Enlightened Scarlet Dept. of Menace Eradication - Invigorated Aged Veilgarden - Invigorated Scarlet Shuttered Palace - Invigorated Scarlet Labyrinth of Tigers - Invigorated Aged Ladybones Road - both of each for unique clothes instead, 3 Ha'Pennies per round
De Gustibus - will consume any egg for payment Now to just find out what outcome each of these options produces.
Also, what exactly does the augmentation device do?
How do you get more Ha'pennies as well?
So far, I've hatched a scarlet egg & an aged egg at my house, no augments. The aged egg I did Invigorate, the Scarlet I did enlighten. Got a different creature from each. Young terror bird (+3 Dangerous), then a suspicious iguana (+3 watchful). Somewhere in there, I also got an operatic lyrebird (+5 Persuasive; +3 watchful). I THINK, it was a scarlet invigorated egg with an augmentation from Veilgarden only.
Currently, I have let the kids at the Flit do an augment on my aged egg, & the folks at Mahogany hall do one (same egg). No idea what it's doing. Edit: Never will, sold it to De Gustibus. Whoops
Messing with a scarlet egg in my lab got me shapling arts & some trembling amber.
That's all I am at so far & too much money spent on fate. edited by TheLampades on 5/11/2020
-- -House of Ydell- It's only when you cannot hear the bats, that is when the bats are coming. This is the only advice I have to give. {Feel free to request my presence for any Correspondent needs, plant battles, duels, chess, whatever. It might take me a moment to a day to respond, but I will.)
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I just want all the pets. Hopefully I can get most of them. Many of them are dinosaur themed too.
-- Bishop Winthrop, a kind-hearted soul A Paramount Presence I accept all social actions His Appearance http://community.failbettergames.com/topic9363-your-characters-appearances.aspx?messageid=229809&Page=10#post#post229809
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Ragnar Degenhand wrote:
I pair of Iguana-Skin Boots (Watchful 5, Dreaded 1 & Bizarre 1) from an invigorated scarlet egg received in the mail -- very nice!
Weird, the action for sending eggs specifically says this will give a companion. What was the message you got with it?
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If you can get Iguana Boots in the mail, and it wasn't a mistake, that might sound like a way to get an item for one ha'penny. Unless the egg was taken to the tailor either before or after transit (is that even possible?), in which case it's just a waste of a ha'penny.
-- Dudebro Pyro, eccentric scholar
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Akernis wrote:
They aren't. You get enough amber ha'pennies to acquire one piece of clothing without fate. Though you'll need fate if you want either the top-tier companions or more than one piece of clothing. Well yeah, but the point was he said he got it from an egg exchange with no mention of spending ha'pennies.
-- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Tsar%20Koschei
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Vorwoda Hawksby wrote:
OK, no one has asked this yet. Where does one Purchase a Highly Illegal Experimental Augmentation Device (Probably)? Figuring illegal, I tried Spite, the Flit and the Docks. Figuring it's experimental I tried the University. Figuring on purchasing, I tried the Bazaar Side Streets. No sign of the D----d thing. Is it from a Card, or what? Does anyone know? Thanks in advance for an informative reply. The egg management storylet.
-- https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Tsar%20Koschei
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The Curious Watcher wrote:
Guys...with Sinning Jenny's Finishing School...there is a rare chance to get this from Aged Eggs.
Cue the rush for Aged Eggs and Empress's Shadow in 3...2...1... Interesting! What's the relevant storylet at the Finishing School with this outcome?
One other question: Does anyone know if the upgraded versions of the hatched companions open up the same Opportunities (in Parabola, the Flit, etc) as their less-augmented versions? edited by James Sinclair on 5/11/2020
-- James Sinclair
Curator of the Sanguine Ribbon Society 🗡
A fully-fledged rêveur of The Night Circus.
Wines is red Spices is yellow But old Jack-of-Smiles Is a murderous fellow ☠
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James Sinclair wrote:
Interesting! What's the relevant storylet at the Finishing School with this outcome?
The eggs have their own card in the finishing school. You'll know it when you see it.
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I’m loving the warm hearted amber iguana! It’s so cute! So cuddly! I love it!
It’s like a super sociable car! edited by Winthropx on 5/11/2020
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The Carnivorous Aurochs (one augment version) also adds a new hunting option in Parabola:
Track your Carnivorous Auroch Stalk it. Learn its arts of stealth and visit its dreams. Claim it again in the end.
The reward is one "A Memory of Discordance", an Academic item. I'm out of actions so I don't know if it has any use/sell value.
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There is a new lab project about making a rifle too.
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Did someone mention that completing the season with the Persona Engine ES unlocks an option on the red science card in the lab?
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Winthropx wrote:
Did someone mention that completing the season with the Persona Engine ES unlocks an option on the red science card in the lab? Having the festive Rubbery friend from that one Christmas path also unlocks an option on the rubbery card in the lab.
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Why exactly would you need to repeatedly rehire the Numismatrix?
Sorry I did not reply sooner, but basicaly the main reason is Futureproofing.
Every person you hire (Or MOST anyway, he says glaring at artist who can't be made useful) has their own profession they are good at for study. This means that idealy you want to juggle who you employ with each project for the best research options.
Numismatrix's big profession is obviously coins. Thing is, right NOW anyway, there AREN'T any coin studies, so you will want to replace her with a better assistant, probably one of the Ambition related ones if you have finished yours.
However, if coin options for study or making are ever introdued, then presumably Numismartix will be one of the best ioptions for such study. In which case you will want to rehire her. Then probably fire her for a different study. Then probably rehire her next time you do coins.
You COULD spend 50 First City Coins on rehiring her EACH time... or spend 3 Hapennies when you get them and never have to pay her fee again like how paying fate for Silk Clad or having a Mercies Aqquaitence for Mecrie work.
TLDR: The reason to hire Numi with 3 hapennies is so you can juggle her in and out with no cost if she ever becomes useful for some kind of coin research. Or if you want to read about youtr various currencies I guess. edited by Kylestien on 5/12/2020
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Tsar Koschei wrote:
I'm still not really clear on why you would want to make the permanent arrangement with the Numismatrix. What need would there be to dismiss and rehire her?
I'm wondering since I'm currently thinking of sacking her so that I'll be able to accommodate a student, Lettice, and Cora Bagley. I mean, you basically figure out the reason. The Numismatrix doesn't have much value most of the time, so if you have other assistants that you do want, you may need to put her on the bench to make room. If there's ever a reason to bring her out of retirement, it will be expensive.
That said, there's currently not much reason to bring her out of retirement. I'm not aware of any repeatable use for her expertise. She does tell you things about unique coins, though.
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It seems that those that completed the 'Bag a Legend!' storyline have gotten a new, extra option in their university lab...

Requires a single Ravenglass Knife, and is locked if you have a 'Jaguar Blade, Remembereds'.
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Hattington wrote:
Does anyone have the Impossible Theorem option echoed or capped, by any chance?
Here: https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/Aiza%20Moor/18473148
It gives 18 Laboratory Research
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