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Yeah, I was wrong about that.

I recently posted in a thread about icons, saying that they were more about devotion than an exchange of goods and services.  Boy, was I wrong!  I got an icon of Mab, installed it in my house, got all oblatey with my arrow/enter buttons and supplicated all up in dah house...only to be met with a terse demand for a tithe in order to keep the whole process going! 

"occasional" tithe, as it was vaguely described by stoot, my aRRRse!  That thing hoovers up my currants on a daily basis; I feel really bad for the really observant among us, with multiple icons all making little sucking sounds every time they get passed in the hall.  

And now that we are really on the subject, whatever happened to an annual tithe?     And since it happened to be an icon to Mab, can I just say these two words: tithe pig. Delivered to your nearest shrine of the same name, the tithe pig would shut up your icon and keep the daily proffered RRRewards flowing for a solid Glitch year!  

Now that is some devotion I could get behind.

Posted 14 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I have two - yes, currant hoovers. Is it a percentage or flat fee? Seems like it's probably a percentage, so poor Glitchen would do well.
    Posted 14 months ago by Osprey Subscriber! | Permalink
  • So icons are not really worth it at the moment? How much XP do they give?
    Posted 14 months ago by TomC Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well i'm getting as much as 600 xp... totally worth it i think.
    Posted 14 months ago by La_La Subscriber! | Permalink
  • NOT TO MENTION that I don't even know if my tithe is going to feed poor Glitches who are sleeping in doorways, or supporting efforts to convert solo-miners to co-miners, or making free Fertilidust for wood tree preservation efforts.  Where are my currants going, exactly?  No one knows...and that does not seem right to me.
    Posted 14 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Does the tithe go up with level?  It seems like it does to me. Silly me kept paying a tithe voluntarily at first to my Mabicon and Lemicon, I'd just go through all the actions on it each game day lol
    But after I paid a tithe and it demanded another one 2 minutes later as I walked past it... I'm now going to be waiting for it to demand before paying anything!
    Posted 14 months ago by Ebil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • And what happens if one does not tithe them? Do the verbs just get disabled or do the icons disappear?
    Posted 14 months ago by Macs Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wait - that's intense. If I don't want to pay what appears to be a tax to the giants in return for xp, I should just not get icons, right? I'm a little confused. Don't want to work towards something I'll later regret. 
    Posted 14 months ago by Prof. Woland Subscriber! | Permalink
  • hmmm don't have an icon yet.  But sounds like income tax to me.  Booooo
    Posted 14 months ago by Stormy Weather Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've only had my icon for a few game days, but so far, I just treat it the same way I do my emblems, and it rewards me with XPs, energy and mood once a game day when I click on the appropriate actions (revere, etc.)  It hasn't asked me for any contributions yet.  
    Posted 14 months ago by Leites Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just a public shout-out and thank-you to Nanookie! Your gift arrived! I am grateful!
    Posted 14 months ago by Pascale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hmmm now in a quandary..Since beta I have kept an emblem for each shrine and I duly pet and caress and fawn over them for my meagre mood, energy and 36 xp x 11 they give daily.  But I am confused at the above.  Icons sighing at me and making me feel bad...taking away my hard earned currantsy...I am making progress on getting my first icon but now I feel hugely deflated and under whelmed at the prospect of getting a bum deal. 
    Posted 14 months ago by Really Pissed Off Subscriber! | Permalink
  • After tithing, the XP I got from my very impressive looking icon was half the XP I would have gotten at a shrine. :(
    Posted 14 months ago by Xyrem Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ebil, the tithe definitely goes up with level, as do the rewards for the actions.

    For a 1111 currant tithe I'm getting between 16 and 50 favour (seems to be random), 600 to 800 xp and around 600 energy.  If I want all of those things that is a perfectly reasonable price to pay for them.  Plus I couldn't possibly turn down an opportunity to show devotion to Humbaba.
    Posted 14 months ago by Humbabella Subscriber! | Permalink