I've only been playing for 2 tests and am currently a home owner at level 13. (I love my little cabin in Estevan Quarter and feel lucky to have gotten in before the development completely sold out!) I'm finding that my progress on several learning paths is being blocked by the need for the emblem of one giant or another. I've generally got 3-4 hundred points of favour from the various giants, mostly gained from achievements. I realize I need to donate to the shrines, but it seems the Glitch economy is carefully enough tuned that I never have much surplus in cash or possessions to make significant gifts. So I'm wondering, is this a stage that most players have to work through, or is there a way of achieving the emblems that I may have missed? This is most definitely not a complaint about Glitch - I'm happy to slow down a while to collect those favour points, but I am curious to know if others' experience is the same as mine.