Kylestien
Posts: 749
10/8/2014
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Hello.
Now before I begin, I understand this may be a little controversial, and should it break any rules I apologize. Also, I ask for kindness and respect on the matter since I am also pointing out something about myself here.
Now, the first thing you need to know about me is that sometimes, for various reasons I will not go into here, I can get confused at some things that may seem simple to others and may well be simple. For example, I have seen some money making tips like this one on another thread I made:
Hmm. For a new player, spamming social action seems to be good: a certain action gives you about 1.2 echo on average. For an advanced player, I know you could do the carousel for a collection of curiosity, sell them for 5 maps on the faction card, and sell the maps - 1.4 per action. But I have not visited the unterzee yet, so I don't know much.
Now, to many who are familiar with the game, this seems simple enough. But to ME personally, this can be confusing. What is the action that gives 1.2 Echoes? What is the carousel? What faction card does he refer to? Are we talking about partial maps, map scraps, what? And what the heck is a Untarzee? is that a sort of unknown monkey? (Okay, that last one about the Untarzee was a joke.  )
I know there is a advice for new players thread, but again aside from some parts of the first post it can be somewhat obscure.
My point is, a lot of tips can confuse new players or people that for some reason or other lack understanding, and I was wondering if it could be possible to make a sort of, for want of a better term (SPOILER AND FATE LOCKED CONTENT FREE) Idiot's Guide To Fallen London for both beginner, intermediate and end game players, and for those who may be interested but for some reason do not quite understand what people are saying, the exchange rate math, what fate content is good without spoiling it, and anything else that is worthy of note while at the same time making sure to not spoil the secrets of the neath.
edited by Kylestien on 10/8/2014
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A B Nile
Posts: 414
10/9/2014
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Without meaning to offend anyone (and this isn't specifically aimed at you, Ben) I'd like to offer an opinion:
If you're very new to the game, and you use these forums or the Wiki to seek out optimal money making/grinding strategies then you're going to miss out on a lot of really fun stuff that happens to be unprofitable.
Many people start second characters once they've become more experienced so that they can revisit the early stories. Don't worry about making mistakes or not playing in the most Echo-efficient way. This isn't Grinding London (well, not until much much later in the game, anyway).
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(seeking Acquaintances and accepting all social actions)
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zbr308
Posts: 77
10/8/2014
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Oh, I must apologize, I wrote that in a hurry.
The social action is actually an invitation: you can find it in your lodging:
Invite a friend to join you in something potentially dangerous.
All this blood has got you thinking about death.
It pays 50 surface currency on luck success, 20 on fail. Each currency can be sold for 0.03 echo. You'll have to put in an email address by hand, though; so not really a good way to "spam".
As for the carousel, Mr Gillsing has explained, and I seemed to have made a mistake, I thought it requires 44 actions.
edited by zbr308 on 10/8/2014
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