NiteBrite
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11/11/2014
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In response to the questions on the previous page, I should mention that shortly before Hallowmas began this year, a day or so before it was announced on the forums, I saw my confessions quality raise by three levels. I asked around with a few others who had participated in last year's hallowmas and they too had gained about three free ghost levels of confessions out of nowhere, unannounced, silent, messageless levels of confessions that appeared out of nowhere overnight. I don't know if this was a true-up imbalance fix or if it was just an across the board +3 broadcast (seems more likely), but if that happens every year then in theory you can work off your list imbalance slowly over time.
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A B Nile
Posts: 414
11/11/2014
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I raised the issue of leftover Confessions via a bug report a few days ago (before I knew why it had happened). FBG responded that they will restore the balance before next Hallowmass. So there's that.
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NiteBrite
Posts: 1019
11/16/2014
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Apologies for digging up this old thread, but it took me a while to compose a response to some of the questions asked of me earlier in this thread. Primarily, the question of how I got so much hallowmas spirit this year. If you would like to know more, and are not shy of massive spoilers and tons of memes you can read more here at my blog: http://britetimes.tumblr.com/post/102816732879/hallowmas-spirit-explained-nitebrites-confession
I'd post it here, but its over 9,000 words long (almost 10,000). I hope this answers all your questions. Thanks again everyone and happy hallowmas even though its pretty late to be saying that.
Edit: this is basically my personal Hallowmas confession. It tells of my errors of pride and whimsey and all manner of things. These are the sorts of things my character would confess during this event.
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dov
Posts: 2580
11/17/2014
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Thanks for that post, NiteBrite.
A fascinating read.
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Grey Kestrel
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11/17/2014
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Thanks Nitebrite, as a player who started three months ago it was a really interesting dive into the game's history.
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Fhoenix
Posts: 602
11/17/2014
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==> [S] NiteBrite Ascend
Oh you.
This is a really fun read. I remember the old K&C and the meme wars, but it's fun to hear about it from somebody who was in the center of events.
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Fhoenix
Posts: 602
11/17/2014
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Btw, Nitebrite, did you have to use action refreshes to send/accept that massive amount of confessions? Even with the hat trick it's still 3 actions to send and 6-7 to reciprocate. Which puts a limit on how much you can do in 5 days.
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NiteBrite
Posts: 1019
11/18/2014
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Well you have to remember a good portion of my contacts are non-posi. I'd guess roughly 20%-30% of the confessions I took this year were impropriety or other non-posi request which costs one to two actions to accept at most. After about 6 confessions, I can't send reciprocation back to non-posi so that was strictly one way acceptance.
[spoiler]To answer your question:
Did I spend nex?
Yes about ~$30 (including an EF extension $5, and the facetailor which was like another $5 or so).
Did I have to?
No not really. In fact, I probably could have played more optimally without it, but this wasn't about being optimal or saving money. Hallowmas is my favorite holiday event so I don't mind spending on it and being inefficient in order to have a good time.
Remember, the optimal hallowmas strategy is to send confessions every action until the five days are up and not touch your inbox until after sending closes. The reason for this is because you get the better part of a month to accept confessions (a few weeks at least) that are sitting in your inbox even after sending (5 day limit) closes. This gives you several extra days above and beyond what you were thinking.Instead of doing that though I spent my five days just accepting stuff as it came in, and sending out confessions as I felt like it.[/spoiler]
edited by NiteBrite on 11/18/2014
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