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Goat Farming
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11/5/2014
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I've been in the neath over a year now and have finally decided it's time to take up that most lofty of London past times. Goat farming. But the goats are expensive and the bits of change I gather are but small drops in a very big pool. Some searching has indicated that the using the Fidgeting Writer story line to turn Tales of Terror into Coruscating Souls is the most efficient (if frustrating) way to do this but a lot of that information seems to be rather old. Is this still considered the best approach or is there a more efficient way to do this that I'm missing?
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Sara Hysaro
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11/5/2014
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Try to pick something fun, or at least something that also helps another goal of yours. Want to cap your Advancing the Liberation of Night quality? No reason not to collect Mourning Candles to convert from the Affair of the Box. Get all three newspaper qualities to 10, just for the heck of it. Publish a ridiculous amount of Epic Poems. Pick something fun that you wouldn't mind repeating for months, and if you happen to get bored move onto another fun thing.
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upthrust
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11/6/2014
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Fighting a War of Assassins is nice for when you're getting close to maxing out. They're some of the highest level stat challenges in the game, plus you can use it to farm Collections of Curiosities which you can trade through the Tomb Colonists card for 5 Puzzling Maps. The payout can take a while, but it shouldn't matter in the long run if you're saving up to buy an Overgoat.
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Sara Hysaro
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11/6/2014
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Playing the Fidgeting Writer when you aren't feeling particularly keen on doing it is a terrible idea. This is one of those cases where numbers can be somewhat disregarded - no matter how you go about it this will take time. No need to suffer through a couple months, especially since you just recently came back from a hiatus. Efficiency is nice, but if Fallen London starts to feel like a chore you might end up leaving again.
Personally I would recommend the Affair of the Box along with the War of Assassins. Run through the War of Assassins until you build up a supply of Collections of Curiosities, and then switch over to the Affair of the Box. You'll get the Mourning Candle option fairly quickly, and it mixes things up to help avoid tedium. You don't want to just do the War of Assassins because then you'll get into the position where you have enough Collections to get your goat but the Tomb-Colonies card just won't show up. If it's more of a happy bonus it won't be such a big deal when the RNG decides to make that card elusive.
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Sara Hysaro
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11/7/2014
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You mean Turncoat 4? Turncoat in itself doesn't lock you out, and if you have 4 you can just seek forgiveness to access that option. I just don't want to be a Turncoat, hence why that option isn't something I want to do. I can do it, I just refuse to.
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