jxpop wrote:
It makes sense though... otherwise, what would be the point of Edna's quests? They don't get harder with better prizes, nor do they serve Esophagor's purpose. I'm trying three in a row again to see, but I really do think this is the trigger. Anyone other than Untouchable dragon and ocean wave have experiences like this? I mean, I'm thinking that you can still get them randomly, it's just that doing edna's quests pay off with a guaranteed one.
There is a point to Edna's quests: at one point in time, her quests were worthwhile as long as you didn't pay more than about 400 nps for what she asked for. Prior to the installation of the Test Your Strength game, the spooky food she gives out used to be much more valuable than it is now. Because that game gives out the same food as her quests, it dropped drastically in value. The spooky food that goes for 10-50 nps now used to go for several hundred. Spooky doughnuts, peanut butter spiders, and blumaroo steaks were worth 700 nps. So, if you spent less than 400 nps and got a blumaroo steak and 200 nps in return, it was a decent quest.
And, I don't think the general quests are tied at all to the faerie quests. I do the general quests all of the time--if they are economically feasible that is (i.e., expected benefit exceeds cost). Every day, I go to the kitchen dude, witch, esophagor, and Snow Faerie and ask for a quest and return as soon as the time limit is up so I can ask for another one. I often complete several of them a day (once I did esophagor's quest 6 times in a row and another time I did the Snow Faerie 4 times in a row--got great stuff from both). And, I rarely ever get faerie quests.
On the other hand, my daughter never does quests and she's best friends with these little faeries--always asking her for something or another. She even got a rainbow faerie quest recently. She constantly lurks on the chat boards--maybe that's the connection--because she is doing a lot of non-"shop wiz" page refreshes.
Tested made this fabulous set for me!!! Isn't it great?