And what a year it’s been! 😅
Life as a guild leader has been going alright. My recruiting efforts have not been fruitless, but as I stated previously, still tricky.
Okay, so I don’t even remember if I voted for this outfit in the drawing competition earlier this year, but man, my Russian New Year/Christmas obsession has got me fan girling over this outfit. 🤩
Can anyone else say снегурочка? 😂
Celebrating New Year’s Eve in the Russian style has actually been really fun the past several years, and I’m looking forward to making pelmeni and Russian potatoes, eating Russian chocolate, and hopefully drinking some Russian sparkling wine.
(The best, hands down! 😉)
Back to LOP!
It’s been a while since I touched on it, but I thought now would be a great time to revisit the Ministry of Works area of your guild! I say this having now reaped the benefits (and minor pitfalls) of all this area has to offer. And hopefully you too will be able to strategically put this area to better use.
First, it’s VERY important to attend your weekly guild feast on Saturday right before Rong. And in turn, knowing how to maximize your points during your guild feast. As in waiting until the Kung Fu and Imperial dishes are being served toward the end of the feast. Those dishes will give you the most points. 😉 Caveat, this also works best if you’re in a fairly active guild that participates in the highest quality feast almost every week. (Really a task easier said than done 5 years into playing LOP.) This is how I’ve been able to save up piles of guild wealth and max out all the various upgrades available in Ministry of Wealth. I also have completionist tendencies. 🙈
Well that, and doing the enemy and guild war. 😏 I know it can be time consuming and a chore, but hey, it pays off in the long run. Between the accumulated guild wealth and guild jades, you’ll be able to buy plenty of needed robes and upgrade your game play experience in varying degrees. For instance, below I’ll point out some of my favorite upgrades in the Ministry of Wealth, aside from the attribute power ups to your partners 😅.
The debate ones in purple section have probably been THE most critical, and that new adding help slots one is great too! No more spending ingots on those! 😂 But I will caution you, you can’t have less than 30 active partners for debate. I might or might not have learned this the hard way, but hey, at least I have two help slots available for any new partners I collect next year. 🙃
Anyway, moving along to the Christmas event.
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this sorting game. I love it so much I actually went a downloaded a separate one just to keep playing it. 😅 I hope they bring it back next year!
And then there’s the winter feast game. TBH, the first 3 times I played this I was so flustered I just about gave up on the mini game entirely. But then I just sat down and focused on circling the items requested and viola! Been getting quicker with it every game. 😏 And really that’s the trick: don’t think about the timer. Focus on circling the right items. That, and I’ve also found that more often than not the items you need actually float around the space together. Oh, and your circle/blob can be the entire length of the screen! It actually helps when they’re a little more spaced apart, at least for me. Though I must admit, the most difficult thing has been “closing” my circles. 😩 The amount of times I’ve had to “redo” a circle has been a little tedious, but I get through it just fine.
I also like the Xmas shop this year. Past years have kind of been a bit of a disappointment for me. This year though, I’m kind of in a pickle. I want both of the collection dresses AND the one for the new year event. BUT I don’t think I have the ingots for all that and the title and avatar frames I want. 😭 I guess there’s always next year. 🙃 I could always go for broke in Xmas and try to top up for New Year. 🤔 IDK! I’ll make a decision in a couple days.
Oh right, almost forgot about the Mozi event! I enjoyed it so much, I forgot to take screen shots of anything. 😅😅😅 I got first in the event rank, because I really wanted the mansion decor. I can’t wait to activate Mozi’s outfit! I think my only let down is the collection outfit accompanying the regalia card… I don’t mind the collection piece snipped, but like why couldn’t it have been the other really cool one with the metal whip thing. 😩 I did like the new regalia story though. And got this masterpiece in the process 😜.
I love best-of-the-worst in these regalia stories. Especially, when the confidant makes a comment about your outfit. 🤣🤣🤣 It’s mostly something along the lines of how much the outfit suits you and it always tickles me. 🙈
Anyway, I’m excited for what the new year brings in LOP, and will keep you posted along the way. Until January!