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The Shrine Donating EXP Cap.

Anyone else find this a major PIA? I find myself playing less than I was in Beta purely because my gameplay must change so dramaticaly than it was before the nerf.
I still Love Glitch, But i find myself leaving the game because i get so frustrated when i get held up from donating. I by no means spend all my time in the mines, I like varied aspects of gameplay and wandering, but I just get a little pissed at all this.
End of rant.
Thanks Annie :)

ETA: The gem drop rate is also way to low, i've had 2 Diamonds since we reset, the costant Nurfng is making it more a chore than a joy.

Posted 14 months ago by ~Annie~ Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I don't see any difference in gems since beta though I didn't mine as much in beta.  As you reach higher levels your xp cap increases so you can donate more per game day.  Around level 20 I could mine for 10min and get enough to reach the cap, however now (lv35) it takes me about 30min per game day and I expect it will continue to increase.
    Posted 14 months ago by Hameigh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I was mining last night, and I got tons of gems (it felt like the drop rate had been increased, actually). Every time I mine I get good drops on gems. I don't get diamonds very often, but those shouldn't drop a lot. They're supposed to be the rare gem.

    I don't have a problem with the XP cap on donating either, as that needs a cap of some sort. As Hameigh says, it seems to get better with level. I think it's like.. 10% of the experience it takes you to get to the next level? Something like that. It can be frustrating when you want to donate a lot to shave time off a really long skill, but it's not that much of a hassle to work around. And you can always forgo the XP if you need the favor.
    Posted 14 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The ability to spend emblems on learning is  a massive boon for speeding up skills as you can save up your favor to spend when you need it. 
    Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If I really want the favor, I have to accept I won't get the XP.  This is fine, XP isn't everything and there are disadvantages to levelling as well 
    Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I agree that the daily favor factor is too low, it should be increased.

    But re: gems, I've found I'm getting significantly more than in Beta...Probably 8 diamonds since opeing, at a minim.

    And being able to donate emblems isn't that much of a boon, as first the emblem goes to the First of it's associated skill - which is fine when we have all or most of all the skills done.

    But all in all, Glitch remains zee bOmB.
    Posted 14 months ago by MeherMan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • And being able to donate emblems isn't that much of a boon,

    What? I can save up Lem Emblems, get one per game day for a while, and then whenever I choose to learn BL5 I can take off 2h 45mins by spending each emblem, all in one go.    You can take days off in one hit, if you put your mind to it.  Or get emblems from friends

    How is that not waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than living within the daily favor caps for spending favor at the shrine?
    Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Disadvantages to levelling? What are they, pray tell? Since i've been grinding my level rather than my purse...(does that sound rude somehow?)
    Posted 14 months ago by xLIFEx Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Uh, mainly that teleporting gets pricier and you don't get currants every level past level 20.

    I don't think there are lots of disadvantages, but  I know some people avoid levelling. 
    Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just checked, and teleporting stays at the same percentage of your energy, so in a way the cost doesn't go up. And I got enough currents to bake a bun the size of the moon ^^
    Posted 14 months ago by xLIFEx Subscriber! | Permalink
  • yeah,  it still costs more  - you have to eat more buns... though it doesn't outweigh the daily top-up when the new day starts,  so it's not really a problem. :)
    Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The thing about emblems is that they're worth much less than they cost; e.g. if you spend 1500 favor to get an emblem, AFAIK it's only worth 1000 favor when you spend it. And this disparity only increases.

    Likewise, it seems like energy costs (being alive, teleporting) increase with level while energy sources (food, meditation) do not.

    Having said that, Glitch is still pretty easy; I'm gaining one level about every 4-5 game days.
    Posted 14 months ago by Hagbard Celine Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What? I can save up Lem Emblems, get one per game day for a while,

    How do you manage this? Lots of meat/milk donations?
    Posted 14 months ago by Douro Subscriber! | Permalink
  • As to the levelling "disadvantage". True, you don't get any cash for levelling after 20, but it's not really a disadvantage because if you don't level, you wouldn't be getting a cash bonus anyway...

    @Douro: Music blocks are worth a decent amount of favor, as are massive quantities of rocks.
    Posted 14 months ago by MarcZed Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The cost of the emblems goes up with each one you buy, but the number of favor points you can cash in if you donate up to close to the limit without getting the emblem also goes up for that giant.  So it's a trade-off.  You effectively up your daily limit of favor points with a giant by 'wasting' points earlier on buying emblems.

    I hope I am not incorrect in this.  When the 'cost' of an emblem goes up, that means the daily limit of non-emblem derived favor you can cash in from that giant goes up, right?

    Related question:  before the recent change made it possible to cash in emblems for accelerated skill training, what were they useful for??
    Posted 14 months ago by Parrow Gnolle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wow, I didn't know you could spend emblems now for learning, woot!  
    Posted 14 months ago by snarkle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • snarkle, know that emblems are all worth 1000 favor when spending on learning, regardless of how much favor it cost to get. (Which is fair.)

    Note: I like all of these tweaks. I refuse to call them Nerfs. Actually, I will call them Nerfs. Why? Because I love Nerf! Nerf products are super fun!
    Posted 14 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 1.  where do we see daily shrine xp cap and how much we have donated to reach that?

    2.  if you are close to an emblem (lets say 20 favor points away) then you make a huge donation, are you getting the full amount of xp?

    THANKS!
    Posted 14 months ago by Friend Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Parrow, supposedly you can use emblems to fight the Rook. They're like bombs made of pure imagination and love.
    Posted 14 months ago by Hagbard Celine Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Gem drops haven't changed for the worse. I got 3 moonstones today in under half an hour, along with maybe 10 ambers, and 3ish each of sapphires and rubies.

    I've gotten a dozen diamonds since reset probably.
    Your perception has changed, probably, because the rate certainly hasn't gone down :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Biohazard Subscriber! | Permalink