Catherine Raymond
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12/20/2013
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Dawson wrote:
Alexis Kennedy wrote:
(The phone number was a daft throwaway joke with a reference that no longer makes sense. I've deleted it. Sorry, it never occurred to me anyone would take it seriously.)
Silly Tiger Keeper. This is the FL community you're talking about—where every word in green is subject to more scrutiny than President Obama's birth certificate.
And a good deal more informative. :-D
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Ether
Posts: 34
12/22/2013
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It appears that becoming a Correspondent requires A Scholar of Correspondence 10. I would appreciate it, if someone could tell me how to raise the quality past 9. I can't seem to find the way; the "The Correspondence Savages Your Dreams" card seems to have disappeared, or I've been tremendously unlucky as I've not drawn it once in the past two weeks, at least. Thanks in advance for any tips.
Edit: I should mention that I no longer have the access to the University option of raising it, and I'm all out of the Neath-snow, so the Semiotic Monocle option is closed off to me, as well.
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Sara Hysaro
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12/22/2013
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Yeah, that card seems to just be gone. Do you still have access to the University (1st Carousel) or the Empress' Court? Failing that you can collect pails of Unusual Snow to examine it with a Semiotic Monocle. 10 of them ought to do the trick.
Can't do any of the above? Hang tight. I'm sure something new will be introduced to let you raise your Scholar of the Correspondence quality if the card truly is gone.
edited by Sara Hysaro on 12/22/2013
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Ether
Posts: 34
12/22/2013
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Sara Hysaro wrote:
Yeah, that card seems to just be gone. Do you still have access to the University (1st Carousel) or the Empress' Court? Failing that you can collect pails of Unusual Snow to examine it with a Semiotic Monocle. 10 of them ought to do the trick.
Can't do any of the above? Hang tight. I'm sure something new will be introduced to let you raise your Scholar of the Correspondence quality if the card truly is gone.
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Oh, I seem to have edited my post before I saw your reply! Thank you, but none of those options are open to me, alas. I suppose I will just have to wait, then. Although it is rather frustrating seeing as I already have the Unsigned Message card in my hand and my Notability at six.
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Sara Hysaro
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12/22/2013
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Always time to get more snow, though getting 10 or so before the season ends is pretty much an impossible order. I understand your frustration. On the bright side, it seems as though Notability is not going to lower after December if your Making Waves is equal or higher to it. Maintaining that Notability until a new way to raise your Scholar quality shows itself is going to be a lot easier than it was in the past. Hopefully it'll be soon.
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Flyte
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Posts: 671
12/22/2013
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Here are three things you can do if you really, really want to be a Correspondent:
- Always draw opportunity cards in the Bazaar Sidestreets. A rare area-specific card, The Skin of the Bazaar, will allow you to increase SotC by one change point.
- Buy Lacre from the Urchins whenever you draw their connection card. It's expensive, though: five Storm-Threnodies a bucket.
- Persuade people to send you Surprise Packages. The chance of any given Package increasing your SotC is a little over 10%. It might even be worth using An unsigned message to solicit such a gift from Mr Pages; you'll probably draw it again before the end of the month, and if not, a recent advent calendar link gave out Favourable Circumstances, which you could use to force a draw.
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Sara Hysaro
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12/22/2013
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You'll need to lower your Watchful to 120 or under for the Skin of the Bazaar card.
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Myke Harryson
Posts: 309
1/2/2014
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Question for tohse who have been Midnighters (or there equivalents) for longer than I have: Is there another tier of profession for me to be wroking toward? I've heard people talk about Tier 4 Professions, but I'm not sure where I would look for them, since Midnighter is my third profession IIRC (Watcher->Agent->Midnighter)
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
1/2/2014
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Midnighter is Tier 4 there are the training professions which are Tier 1.
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Theus
Posts: 311
1/2/2014
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The nomenclature is confusing, and different people (and wikis) use different numbering systems. I tend to consider the training professions as existing on their own, and Tier 1 being the first professions that are upgradeable - meaning the first professions that are part of a tiered system.
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Karhumies
Posts: 75
1/3/2014
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Theus wrote:
The nomenclature is confusing, and different people (and wikis) use different numbering systems.
"Tier 4" = "Third successive category of professions, counting upwards starting from the bottom of non-training professions."
It's bound to become even more confusing in the future, if/when some professions (e.g. Doctor) eventually do not upgrade into anything, while some others do.
When confused, graphs help:
http://fallenlondon.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Profession
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George Maddux
Posts: 85
1/3/2014
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I think we should just state the notability requirement of the profession in question.
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Sigr
Posts: 21
1/6/2014
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I am looking at the wikia page with Professions right now. What is wrong with Midnighter? Its special item specs are Shadowy +3, Watchful +3, Dreaded +1, while other Professions in this tier are +12. Is it because the item is in the Expanded inventory?
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Martial Canterel
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1/6/2014
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Yes, that is most likely the reason. If you compare it to the other Home Confort Items, a +3 to Shadowy and Watchful is quite good.
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RandomWalker
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1/6/2014
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Sigr wrote:
I am looking at the wikia page with Professions right now. What is wrong with Midnighter? Its special item specs are Shadowy +3, Watchful +3, Dreaded +1, while other Professions in this tier are +12. Is it because the item is in the Expanded inventory?
Very probably. Home comforts typically only add 1 or at most 2 points to qualities, so two +3s is actually pretty impressive. Also bear in mind that the bazaar sells decent alternatives to usual equipment slots but does not sell any home furnishings. The shrine is a very impressive perk.
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Myke Harryson
Posts: 309
1/6/2014
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I can confirm that for the Midnighter. My current options are my library (+1 Watchful) my edifice of black stone (+1 Dangerous), a Tapestry from the ELder Continet (+1 PErsuasive) or the Shrine(+3 Watchful, +3 Shadowy, and +1 Dread). It blows everything else I have out of the water XD
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Playersideblog
Posts: 397
1/7/2014
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Myke Harryson wrote:
Question for tohse who have been Midnighters (or there equivalents) for longer than I have: Is there another tier of profession for me to be wroking toward? I've heard people talk about Tier 4 Professions, but I'm not sure where I would look for them, since Midnighter is my third profession IIRC (Watcher->Agent->Midnighter)
Well, there will be another tier of professions after Midnighter-level professions, and I think that'll be it. As far as we know. There's a whole list of possible professions if you mouse over the requirements for the "Choose a new profession" option in the "Write Letters" storylet. As I recall, these were the likely candidates for the next tier of professions...
Speaker, Strangler, Laocoonian, Echoist, Oneironaut, Unbishop
Unbishop is undoubtedly the next tier for the Crooked-Cross. Laocoonian is the next tier for Correspondent. Strangler is probably the next tier for Monster-Hunter. Perhaps Echoist is the next tier for the Midnighter?
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Nathanael S. Wells
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1/7/2014
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Personally I think Speaker will be the next tier for the Correspondent; as someone else already pointed out, after becoming fluent in reading the Correspondence, the next step would be becoming able to vocalize it.
Laocoonian I believe could be the next tier for the Glassman; Glassmen are explorers of Parabola, the mirror-kingdom of the Fingerkings, connected to snakes. Laocoon was a Trojan sage who was eaten by Athena-conjured snakes when he attempted to warn the Trojans about the Trojan Horse. Certainly doesn't sound great when put into Fallen London context: someone who delivers warnings, but has been detected and snared by snakes...
Unbishop, I believe, is almost certainly the promotion for the Crooked-Cross, counter-church and all.
Leaves the Echoist, the Oneironaut and the Strangler. Oneironaut is someone who travels dreams, and as such could also be a promotion for the Glassman (perhaps then, the Laocoonist is a Monster-Hunter who specializes in murdering Fingerkings?). Could also be a Midnighter promotion, since Midnight implies nightly activities and spying in dreams could easily be a new strategy.
Strangler could be a promotion either for the Monster-Hunter (but one who, one should note, would focus on prey with throats...) or for the Licentiate (which seems a bit odd, since Licentiates are known for their highly obfuscated and crypto-systematic murder schemes and being a simple "Strangler" sounds a bit like a demotion, or at least an odd difficulty heaped upon their already difficult job of killing the right person at the right time in the right place).
Echoist, I have no idea. It could be connected to the Echo currency, but that sounds unlikely since none of the other prior tier professions ever did. Or to the "echo" that is the last sound of a secret, in which case, perhaps Midnighter.
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Mordaine Barimen
Posts: 670
1/7/2014
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I don't know what I'm talking about, as I'm not even two months into the game, but why should that stop the wild speculation?
The following are listed in roughly descending order of confidence:
Unbishop- The next promotion for Crooked Cross.
Oneironaut- The Glassman dives deeper into unreal realms.
Speaker- A Correspondent gaining enough familiarity with the language to begin emplying its tongue.
Strangler- I'd put as the followup to the murderous Licentiate.
Laocoonian- Priest of the sea-god strangled by seas-serpents? Sounds like a continuation of the Monster Hunter's deeds to me.
Echoist- The Midnighter fades into the tapestry of the Great Game, becoming more myth than man (or lady, or rubbery abomination, or...)
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Violetta
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1/7/2014
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I believe Laocoonian is the next step for Glassman, as that's what the currently-inaccessible text says in the An Unsigned Note. "The Lao..."
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