Thread:Starchild 5150/@comment-31495881-20170728205927/@comment-31495881-20170729102209

I am so upset I just spent I don't how long answering every single one of your questions and gave additional tips and then it didn't post. Grrrr..... I will answer a bit shorter this time and revist to give you some unsolicted added tips as I attempted to do already but it is not here.

Trophies when charge have the same benefits regardless of which profession gives the charge. Some give extra energy, some ingredients, some xp and some coins. The amount depends on the level of the trophy not on the profession of who charges the trophy which is why in most cases friends prefer that Accountants charge trophies and others spread their benefits to the locations (rooms). Whether it is energy reduction, or an increase in xp, or coin it will have more value if used on the higher value rooms. (The ones that cost more energy to play and also give the highest rewards.)  In addition, if 5 people charge one of your rooms you will have 5 turns with added benefits. Trophies if charged 5 times can only be collected once.

The maximum number of friends you can visit is 100 but of course you don't start out able to visit all 100 or give the maximum helps (charges) of 10 per friend. Visit every friend you have every day (even after the popup that shows you coins, xp, possible access passes etc stop popping up you can continue to visit to increase reputation and help more friends.) As your reputation increases you will be able to give more charges until you can give 10 at Reputation 50. I was able to visit 100 friends prior to this by visiting until I finally entered a room and tried to charge a location and received the popup that you have used up all of your charges for the day. Much like gifts this increases every day until you finally get to 100, however your friend counter will never go over 50. You can visit 50 on counter friends and 50 after and still get xp and reputation per help and of course more CIs. If for example your visitor counter indicates 35 friends, don't stop visiting at 35. Just keep going until you receive notice that all of your charges have been used. Level does not factor into visiting. Level unlocks free gifts and free access keys that you can send. You should be able to see that additional keys will unlock so that you can gift them at level 60, 70, 80 and so on. You can not visit the same friend more than once a day. You can multi-gift aka time travel (tt) as long as you don't play on a Kindle. That's a personal choice but I think it's very beneficial to you and your friends and if you are interested in knowing more about that or want to learn how I can steer you to the tt thread and help you learn myself. Some people have many apps on their devices and choose not to tt and I can elaborate on that if you like as well. (It was in my first reply that did not post.)

You've received 4 rubies for downloading the game, you will continue to get 1 per level and 5 per update but there are also a lot of bonus rubies in Achievements. No new achievements have been added since I've started playing but there are a lot already that reward with rubies sometimes starting with 1 then 2 and up to 5 for each level of achievement. You can always scroll through and see where you are close to earning rubies or close to leveling up a trophy so you can focus on earning those. Whether you purchase rubies or not is a personal decision but the bonus rubies are well worth the effort. I'd suggest you don't purchase tools, amulets etc from the Shop as you can craft amulets and get other CIs for tools, amulets, energy etc by adding to your wishlist, completing quests and visiting your friends. (Not all collection items are giftable so visiting friends and completing quests helps with those.) There are special CIs that you can get only with rubies which is why I you will want to try and save as many as you can. I can elaborate more on that if you are interested.

The game never ends. We are not far apart as far as when we started. I started after Mysteries of Darkwood (Enigma) had already started and then had Mayor's House and Mirror Hall before we finally overlap with the Villa. I've finished every event so far though and I'd guess by how fast the updates come out that I started approximately 2-3 months before you so everything you are doing now I did not too long ago and therefore I may be able to give you more advice or answer questions you might have. Of course this forum has a huge database of information ready made and you can find out just about anything about the game by using the Search function. Also there are so many wonderful and helpful members here who are always willing to answer questions or steer you in the right direction. You might enjoy giving yourself a mini tour of sorts and of course staying active here will help your game tremendously. I found this forum extremely early in my game and I feel very lucky to have benefitted from generous members who have made so many contributions to this forum or helped me directly. The updates come out one after the other so there will be a new update as soon as Foundation Day (MS) ends. I apologize if I've added anything to this response that you already knew but I hope you find some of this helpful. I'm also sorry that my original response did not post as it was more succinct but had more tips. You are making very good progress and I hope you continue to enjoy the game. Happy seeking and don't hesitate to ask about anything either here or on one of the forum threads.