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I am losing my faith in the Giants! (or: the law of diminishing returns?)

Hi, 

While I'm eagerly waiting for the promised new narrative content, I am keeping myself busy with gaining upgrades and badges. This involves doing everything possible to earn IMG, including daily reflections upon the Giants' icons.

As you know, they must be kept in good working order through tithing, but as my level goes up I am noticing a worrying diminishing trend in their performance. In other words, the amount required for tithe is growing, but the IMG from reflecting is barely going up. This means that soon reflecting upon the icons won't be nearly as profitable as just collecting (multiplied) quoins.

Am I right in thinking that I'll be soon losing my faith in the Giants and I won't reflect on them anymore, or is there something I am missing (game-wise, not ethical/religiously-wise)?

Posted 4 months ago by Ayzad Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Am I right in thinking that I'll be soon losing my faith in the Giants and I won't reflect on them anymore, or is there something I am missing (game-wise, not ethical/religiously-wise)?

    If you're looking for a lesson, it would be "give without expectation".  Whether that is the intention of the Giant's behavior is left to speculation.
    Posted 4 months ago by Mablem Tiipot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • maybe a streak of bad luck?

    It's been said before by Stoot, somewhere, that there is wide variation in how much they give in return.

    Or lesser rewards to balance fewer tithes. Hasn't there also been a recent increase in how many actions per icon between tithes?
    Posted 4 months ago by M<3tra, obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I find the amount of iMG given varies wildly. One day my icons might only give about 200 each, and the next day I might get 800/900 from them! 
    Posted 4 months ago by Loki Laufeyson Subscriber! | Permalink
  • you are surely being tested.
    Posted 4 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have to agree that now that we have multiplier cards, the rewards from the icons seem less, I don't know, amazing. However, I still giggle nearly uncontrollably when I get 1400 iMG from mere reflection.
    Posted 4 months ago by foolbunny Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 1400?!?

    My bonuses are on average around 350... Do the Giants hate me?
    I know that the incident with the suckling piggy and the crystalmalizing chamber was my fault, but I was only a little glitchie...
    Posted 4 months ago by Ayzad Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hrm. I'm level 39, and just reflected; it ranged from 1147 (Friendly) to 177 (Tii).

    Mysterious.
    Posted 4 months ago by Big Moss Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You said yourself you're losing faith, that's why.
    People keep their faith and are earning their thousands imgs.
    Posted 4 months ago by Wellincolin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • After reading of such IMG bonuses, I guess I'll take the dark side and become a Rookist...
    Posted 4 months ago by Ayzad Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I used to tithe and reflect regularly.  After the big switch, I bulked up on my quoin multiplier, and I've found that hopping around in the ALs or getting QQs is a better way to rack up iMG :) 
    Posted 4 months ago by Katechol Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "I expect everything, and nothing."
    Posted 4 months ago by Volkov Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I too used to tithe and reflect faithfully at the beginning of each new day, but while the tithes went up in staggering amounts with each new level, the reward for reflecting did not. My Icons are now in seclusion, awaiting my decision on their fate 
    ~be that retirement in a monastery, or scut-work at the local pig farm.
    I expect a fair return on my efforts.
    Posted 4 months ago by ~Scilly~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I haven't tested this in any way, but could the amount of favor you get from donating per gameday be in any way linked to how much iMG you get from reflecting? Just a thought...
    Posted 4 months ago by Muncey Mango Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't see why reflecting and quoin collecting are mutually exclusive.  When I was on my rush to 60, I reflected every game day.  Never used any of the other verbs so I could get about 4 reflections before needing to tithe.  I don't think there is a quicker way to get that much img (unless you happen upon some of those uber quoins that can get over 10k img).  Reflecting was always the first thing I did everyday and on average reflecting to 11 giants would get me ~8k img daily.  At 59, I could get over 2k from 1 giant and the low end felt to be around 600.  So I'd say if you are maxed out on quoin multiplier grab some currant quoins in the AL to pay for your tithes and reflect away. 
    Posted 4 months ago by Malus Agricola Subscriber! | Permalink