Thread:Nugu54/@comment-33437691-20171110221927/@comment-33437691-20171112171517

Good morning!

First, charging a picture doesn't cost either gifter/giftee anything: you just click on the award/puzzle/picture and whatever profession you are concurs that benefit eg 10% extra coins, experience. Sleuths and magicians are different and I wish they wouldn't charge awards because their benefits come in the pictures, reducing the cost or helping to get better rewards on finishing. So would you prefer puzzles or pictures; high value or any particular colour of picture?

Next, I found out about the inkblots during a quest: they provide 2 dinners and with TT out the window, energy is at a premium. If you're one of the lucky ones getting visited by the secret Santa, check out Bottled Boats, Voodoo, Inkblots: all of those collections provide dinners (full restoration + 10 extra points). I have only been TTing a few weeks, so all of my energy above what should be at the level I'm at (5pts per level) have been due to dinners pushing my points up (yeah, I got sucked into buying crystals... addictions are expensive LOL. No more!)

I still have 800+ investigations of Venice left--but are you saying that once I complete those, Venice will no longer be available to investigate? As in no more rewards, like explorer eyes, cupid arrows (as the premium awards there)?

I said I liked the Gem match, not that I'm good at it!! Occasionally I have to remind myself: the goal is to clear the highlighted boxes ...I'm easily distracted I guess.

I've left many of my unlocked pictures alone because the minute I open them, people charge them! And most of them are way too expensive. With TT I was starting to play them because hey, energy was free; now it's not. Also, during a challenge I play the lower value pictures to get more benefit from the items you need to collect, because usually the pictures become expensive to investigate after the challenge is over (or the items are hard to get, e.g. pumpkin lanterns now). And if people see that I'm ignoring too many charges, they might not visit--and they are trying to level up, too.

I'll be in and out most of the day, so feel free to write. It's good hearing about your experiences too; you've been at this longer than I have. I started in late July, this year. I don't even know which picture opened last Christmas. Cheers - Chloe.