Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28829111-20170427212115

Questions and debate always seem to pop up about the topic of Friends and Visiting in the game of SN. Here is a thread where you can find the information without having to dig up old threads.

START HERE and read about player talents and Visiting.

http://seekers-notes.wikia.com/wiki/Player_Talents

http://seekers-notes.wikia.com/wiki/Visiting_Friends

It is important for all players to understand that "Friends" are an INTEGRAL part of Seeker Notes. For those with general concerns about friending strangers in online games - 1) there is no chat box (like Dice w Buddies, etc..). No one will contact you with messages 2) The players you friend do not have to know ANYTHING about you so your privacy issues shouldn't deter you from adding friends. You can choose a username that is non-descript (to change your username click on the avatar and type in a new name). You can choose to not connect to your personal facebook but rather create a second "game account only" on FB or you can simply make your personal FB account as private as possible (see Facebook privacy settings and google how to hide your IRL friend list, etc..) 3)As an added measure of common sense you should consider NOT ever accepting an online game friend to be your Facebook friend if you do not know this person in real life.  *Please note if you don't connect the game through FB Mytona may not be able to restore your settings and game progress if you have a problem. But there are other ways to back up including local disk backups and cloud backups.

 Get some Friends - 1) use the random friend selector built in the app under the Friend tab 2) look on the official Seeker Note Facebook page where they have a pinnned post for codes 3) look on this Wikia under the Community>Forum section Friend Exchange Codes thread

VISIT Friends - see above link for review but it basically means the game app takes you to a "birds-eye view of your friends' maps". This allows you to see which rooms they have unlocked and are actively playing. SN permits one visit to each friend up to a maximum number of visits based on your current level. The most you can ever visit is 100 friends. That said, there may be NO reason to ever have more than 100 players on your friend list and you should be wary of staying friends with anyone who has a FL in excess of that.

 Why should I Visit others maps? - 1) You can  gift ANY fixer  from the Visit Gift Window shown on each player's map without it coming out of your inventory. This is the ideal way to send a friend a fang, clothespin, dragonfly, cottonball, pink/blue pin or safety pin. If you send these items from the regular gifting tab:  Gift>FriendsWishList the game will remove the item from your inventory unlike when you gift one while Visiting.  2)   Click on the rooms, crafting stations, and trophies on a friend's  map and you will see a green check mark appear. This is referred to as CHARGING a friend's room.



 How does Charging Rooms/Trophies/Crafting Stations help? It helps your friends in several ways. 1) Your charge on their room means your talent is extended to them the next time they play the room. See the talent descriptions in the above link to know how each talent helps. 2) a less obvious benefit is that your talent helps them win different collection items in that charged room than they might win otherwise. 3) If y ou "charge" a Craft Station it will reduce the time that items take to craft. 4) If you charge trophies they could receive extra energy, coins or XP

 Your level determines how many charges you can provide each friend as well as how many friends overall you can Visit. The best idea is to grow your friends as you progress. So if you are at level 30 consider having no more than 30 friends, Level 40 - 40 friends as a general rule of thumb.

 Why should I spend my time Visiting? ''' 1) Friends Visit friends who Visit. If you Visit it is more likely this friend will also Visit you. Bear in mind people lead busy lives, though. Friends may try to Visit as often as their time permits but there are other aspects to the game that players might enjoy more and thus spend more of their own time on...such as gifting. 2) The game issues you Collection Items as a little bonus for Visiting your Friends. Not every friend nor every room you charge will issue a collection piece; these "prizes" are random. So think of each friend's map like a Lottery Scratcher Ticket. Choose different rooms, stations and trophies to charge as you Visit and every now and then you will see a Collection Item pop out of the room/station/trophy. 3) The game issues you reputation points, XP, access keys, and coins for the first X number of friends you Visit. This number is determined by your level again. BUT DON"T STOP VISITING once you reach the end of these "bonuses" ''' - ignore the popup message that says you have been given all the bonus for the day and keep visiting more friends until you have charged as many Friends Map Rooms as possilble and you are no longer able to get any more green checkmarks to appear. You may still receive a few prize collection items after the regular bonuses are complete so it is worth Visiting until you can no longer charge.

As your level progresses in the game and you Visit Friends each day and your Reputation will grow - soon you willl be able to "charge/checkmark" more rooms per player which helps them and means you will receive more bonuses and more collection items.

 It is not intuitive for everyone that "friends" are different in this game than many other apps. Feel free to recommend SN your IRL friends if you want to engage them, too, but this "Friend in app" is really key to progressing in the game, and enjoying a different aspect of the game. Think of SN friends as "other players out there who I can help and in return will help my game. Many players delete the app before they fully understood how to play and all the facets to it which is unfortunate.

Take Away: '''Getting some game Friends is crucial to advancing. Visiting is mutually beneficial.'''  