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Greedy Icons

Do Icons just want a tithe on a fixed schedule?  And: why don't voluntary tithes reset this?

Posted 14 months ago by Yarrow Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Agreed. I tithe to my icon all the time, but it still asks for more. Is the solution to wait until it asks for tithings?
    Posted 14 months ago by Rev. Desdemona Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Burn your idols!
    Posted 14 months ago by shipwreck Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm not sure about the schedule yet, but tithes that are made when the icon doesn't NEED one give me extra favor (variable amounts), which is nice, when I have the extra currants.
    Posted 14 months ago by EnnuiStreet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I was in someone's house with an idol that was quite the beggar.  I decided then and there to not own one, ever. Nothing worse than working your butt off to get something, and have it beg you all the time (worse than a newb in WoW).
    Posted 14 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I hardly tithe mine now. I have four working on the next two. After that I think I may give up altogether. It is just not worth the currents. Well over 800 a time. I seem to be spending more than I'm making so its not viable. :(
    Posted 14 months ago by Misha Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Innie: I get such huge XP and energy bonuses (even just by walking by), it doesn't bother me too much. I guess I'd prefer if I could turn off their "vocalization" but I totally understand what you're saying. :-D
    Posted 14 months ago by EnnuiStreet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LOL @shipwreck
    Posted 14 months ago by Mandy.23 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • How much do you have to give them?  and how often?    I'm not sure I would care much for a bunch of items in my living room crying out "feeed meeee seemooor" every time I walk past. 
    Posted 14 months ago by WalruZ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm guessing the money you give them is a percentage of your XP or level or some other sort of dark magic with numbers. My tithing amount right now is 484c.

    I've only had the icon take money from me involuntarily once so far in the several days I've had it (I'm pretty sure it took money from me), and it's given me mood, energy, favor and XP several times.
    Posted 14 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • How do you get icons..?
    Posted 14 months ago by ♪♥~ Auren ~♥♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Collect 11 of the same emblem and then Iconize them :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Rev. Desdemona Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oops! Doubleposted.
    Posted 14 months ago by Rev. Desdemona Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh so you have to keep the emblems?  Thanks!
    Posted 14 months ago by ♪♥~ Auren ~♥♪ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have one and I shoved it in the far end of my garden so I don't have to walk past it unless I want it. Maybe it'll eat the pigs....
    Posted 14 months ago by Jia-pop Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I agree, as you get higher in level the cost becomes undesirable. Eventually I'm presuming I might stop using mine too... though I only use mine for the XP bump
    Posted 13 months ago by ✦ SHI∇IΔΠ ✦ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just got mine and it hasn't asked for a tithe once, though I have voluntarily tithed every time I used the functions of the icon.

    — Mal'akhPrimate of LemPrimus Inter Pares of the Orthodox Church of the Giants of UrHubby of ArannaShriner of Mullangi Meda
    Posted 13 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Seriously, that signature, insanely unnecessary and really garish.
    Posted 13 months ago by ✦ SHI∇IΔΠ ✦ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • When possible I pay a trustworthy lower level player to tithe for me.  Saves loads of money. At level 48 they cost 1041 currents each to recharge or 11,451 total.

    I carry mine around with me all the time.  I think you get 3 interactions from them before they need a recharge.  When you keep them in a bag you don't get random boost, you choose favor, energy or xp.

    With 11 icons I no longer need food or drinks at all.  The Icons keep my mood and energy filled.  I am an airatarian!
    Posted 13 months ago by Knewnan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't tithe my icons at all. I don't ask them of anything except the random bonuses they give me as I walk by, and they don't ask anything of me. Which is good cos I'm perpetually broke from cubimals XD
    Posted 13 months ago by Garney Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I finally got my first Icon the other day. I've never had it give me anything when I walked by, nor have I seen it "ask" for anything. Maybe I've been tithing voluntarily too much to see it do anything?
    Posted 13 months ago by Vortexae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Don't tithe it unless it restricts you from performing your three actions.
    Posted 13 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OK, thanks!
    Posted 13 months ago by Vortexae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love all the extra xp I get from mine.

    Like someone else said, I carry mine around with me, and I tithe each time I want something from them.
    Posted 13 months ago by Vialdana Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ugh I have all of them, and mine seem to want tithes all the time.

    I'll log in on one or two game days and get the xp boost from each of them (don't need energy or mood) once for each game day, then the next real day I log in again and they'll want tithes (682 currants each at my level). Since I'm not actively trying to level up (it was just a nice bonus) I'm just not tithing them much now because they eat up most if not all of my currants when I do.

    I have had a few bonuses from walking past them, but sometimes they also give you something you already have. Like you'll be full on energy and they try to give you more.

    I too would like to know the frequency of their requests for tithes/how it is calculated. There's another thread which figured out how your tithe amount is calculated (by level).
    Posted 13 months ago by Serilyn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mine has only given me random walk-by rewards once. It also gave one of my guests a surprise boost one time. 

    It does sometimes hook it up when you ask for health,etc... sometimes... not so much. 

    I like the idea of just carrying it around with you, seems like I'd get a lot more use out of it that way. When I'm home, I don't exactly need more energy, what with all the livestock.
    Posted 13 months ago by Sly Hoax Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mines nvr ask for currants, i tithe every now and then and just collect the random rewards.
    Posted 13 months ago by SpyGame Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, not tithing voluntarily did result in it asking for currents. So I can tithe only when asked and get no favor in return, or I can tithe voluntarily once a game day and get 10 to 30 favor points. I prefer the voluntary option.

    What I still haven't seen is walk-by bonuses.
    Posted 13 months ago by Vortexae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Finally got my first walk-by bonus today: 115 Mood. Boy, that was dramatic!
    Posted 13 months ago by Vortexae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There is an added walkby bonus. Sometimes you can get favor that way. I was surprised with 467 favor during one pass.
    Posted 13 months ago by Malus Agricola Subscriber! | Permalink