Vyrlokar
Posts: 75
4/24/2012
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A half burnt note floats on the stolen river...
Actions spent: 2248
Sell price of the materials spent: 2083.5
Number of Coruscating Souls obtained: 31
I have crafted a plan to capture and bind the creature known as the Overgoat. I plan on luring it into a vulnerable position by placing 36 Coruscating Souls into a circle inscribed with Correspondence Sigils. Once it is mine to command, I will force it to reveal the position of the murderer of my dear Elizabeth. They say none can escape the Overgoat's gaze, and yet if I am to capture it, I must remains hidden from it...
OOC: The Fidgeting Writer storyline is the best grind spot right now, with an average of over 3 echoes per action, as long as you already have the materials. It fill also raise the Touched by Fingerwork and Seeing Through Eyes of Icarus qualities (and I'm not sure if it also raises the Faling Cities quality). Check my sig to see my progress!
edited by Vyrlokar on 4/29/2012
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Profile: http://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Vyrlokar
Overgoated thanks to the Fidgeting Writer story, follow my progress here! http://tinyurl.com/CSGrind
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Passionario
Posts: 777
5/2/2012
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"There's an Overgoat-herder down at Failbetter Games forum who claims you can render Terror Tales into Coruscating Souls on any kitchen stove. I have tried it. I have a box of wasted black lenses to show for it. Thirteen of my Fidgeting Writers tried to view a Mourning Candle through the lenses when I left them unobserved a moment too long. The one that lives is locked in Carrywell's sanitarium now. I do not expect they will ever dare to release him.
I have developed a dislike of Overgoat-herders."
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Passionario: Profile, Story, Ending
Passion: Profile, Appearance
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stickfigureman
Posts: 4
9/24/2012
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Count me among the ranks of the overgoated.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/StickFigureMan
The grind for coruscating souls felt like descending into madness. (Echoing very prettily what my character was feeling.) How long have I worked on it? Weeks? Months? I can't remember. I lost my mind; I lost my life. At one point I walked away from it all and found myself in the middle of the Unterzee, with no destination, just needing to get away. But even there I couldn't stop reading Tales of Terror.
From time to time I would go to the Bazaar and discard possessions at random, just flinging them away, anything to get me a little bit closer.
Now I have an overgoat. I can't even remember why I wanted one. Oh yes: To keep an eye on it. What was I thinking?
I'm going to go lie down for a while.
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Tea Biscuit
Posts: 54
2/16/2013
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I finally got my Overgoat this morning, after more than three months of grinding. Yippee! (I've equipped it so that it shows up in my Profile as a pet rather than as a mantelpiece item.)
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Tea~Biscuit
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Vyrlokar
Posts: 75
4/24/2012
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SeanH wrote:
I'm out, or nearly out, of lots of the required materials (ironically, mostly because I sold them to contribute to my Overgoat Fun*) - is it worth going through the Fidgeting Writer storyline anyway, or should I stick to stealing things from the Flit?
*I meant Fund, but what isn't fun about an Overgoat? I've currently amassed E8635.48... so close!
edited by SeanH on 4/24/2012
The best solution for you would be to go to Polythreme and grind Romantic Notions (many of them, at least 2-3k) and Surface Silk Scraps (at least 1k), on top of getting Memories of Distant Shores via que Investigating and Fascinating storylines (if you have not done so already), and when you return, craft the 10p items into 50p items, and then convert them to the items to toe other required 50p items (Check the wikis for what steps you need for each thing). This is better than using "unfinished business" storylets to grind the tier items, because you get 120p per action while grinding, and since you get tier 1 items, you can convert them in bulk for a 250p benefit per conversion. Obtaining Strangling Willow Absinthe from A Presumptuous Little Opportunity card is also a good choice, since the card gives you 4 echoes of benefit per action, and you can easily get the required wine by trading Connected (Society) in the palace. Without taking into account the time spent at the sea, my calculations say that you can average over 2.3 echos per action, or more if you keep getting A Presumptuous Little Opportunity cards.
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Profile: http://www.fallenlondon.com/Profile/Vyrlokar
Overgoated thanks to the Fidgeting Writer story, follow my progress here! http://tinyurl.com/CSGrind
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