Thread:Harborbay/@comment-29954643-20170101024821

Harborbay wrote:  Thanks for all your help...I finished the Christmas quest! Now what? Lol just kidding. Just wanted to thank you

''While visiting your desktop, I was struck by how many pictures you still have to open, so I started to look at that, but I found that there appears to be a rather large whole in the opening pictures progression historically. I've used this LINK before to get a quick view of when I could expect to start seeing those new picture puzzle pieces as rewards. Unfortunately, I noticed that this page is somewhat out of date (not updated after the addition of Tropical Evening), but you can order the list by level at which the picture will open without crystals. The pictures do get more expensive (coins and energy), but you can begin to layaway the necessary coins ahead of time (not spend them so freely on compasses and time machines). ''

''Also, and unfortunately for you, there appears to be a rather large gap between the Illusionist's Room (you already opened after you reached level 41), and the Tavern (can be opened w/o crystals at level 62). I think that I was still wandering around clueless back then myself :-) The more pictures you have open, the more pictures you can play and the more pictures your friends can charge.''

''So, therefore, what you must do is advance your levels as quickly as possible. The easiest way to do this is to visit your friends' desktops and charge each to your maximum. This requires a lot of power, and I will send you a post Xmas goodie basket to help with that, but it is still the fastest way to gain experience and the only way to gain reputation points. The more reputation points, the more bonuses you can receive and so on.''

''A more controversial way to maximize experience is to put quest items in your WL. Although, I have been taken to task for this strategy, it does work since you may receive the item from a friend and will receive the experience points since it is in your current quest list. Remember, you can still get the item as a reward when successfully completing a picture but you receive the quest reward only once, so you must change out your WL frequentlly to receive full benefit from this startegy. Don't overdo this. Make sure that you always give your friends the option of gifting you a simple CE and check to make sure that you list at least 1 CE for your lowest level friend. Again, for me, I like to see a 2/3 or 3/2 ratio, but that's just my opinion. ''

''I bet you're sorry you even asked me in jest! OMG, it's late and I still get dressed. Let me quickly go get that goodies leftover basket out in the mail to you. Happy New Year! - El'' 