Talk:Fight for the neddies/@comment-5271581-20150113230855/@comment-5271581-20151005195432

Nice, looks like you've done as much research as I have in the Masters gain category. It's good you put 'profitable' in quotations, because this stat is a massive money-sinkhole for the prestige of gaining it, more often than not.

Sadly the more efficient means of raising it are indeed those which compromise character integrity. In this game I find preserving that is more rewarding long-term than becoming some click-happy everyman - so kudos for keeping to your guns.

Another raise is Allow Dr Schlomo to publish your dreams: Of Ice and Fire. This has been a nice little surprise gain for me, for nothing more than 1 action when the card shows up. Keep your Nightmares at 3 and he'll drop by your deck for a visit more often.

Efficiency wise, it's crazy to pay Mr Pages with books when the Love Stories can be so easily gained by particular Thefts in the Flit, or converting sets of 50 Correspondence Plaques into 51 Visions of the Surface, which turns into 10 Love Stories each time. (I wouldn't do this option via Honey grinding, because I found honey options to be pretty stingy - unless I'm missing something. I'd rather convert other grindables when they build up and go unused, which can also raise Making Waves.)

As for the Carnival gain, I personally have never risked it. The odds are against you and the loss of even 1CP is a kick in the teeth. I would love to get the Success text in my journal just once though. So I might try it eventually, when I care less about the loss.

Christmas can gain you so much favour with the Masters, and for very little character compromise, if I recall.

Finally, I think the majority of my Masters gain was obsessive Love Story grinding. At first by doing the Flit Heists "The offices of Baseborn & Fowlingpiece." which gives 7 of them or, if you're lucky, a Searing Enigma (this was also my first real money-making scheme, along with the Fidgeting Writer madness). Doing this instead of the Particular Thefts means there's a chance of a nice earner to offset the capital you're sinking into these hooded batstards. =P

Good luck.

~Jay

(Shalinoth, Jack-of-Smiles, & Mr Chimes in Fallen London)

P.S. To one day become their equal, you'll want the 'Authority' destiny if you don't already have it! Awesome story text in that one.