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TBoB - Point change question
🕑 Added 2025-06-02 21:02:58 +0000 UTCHey guys,
Since my migraine is bad enough to make me nausious, but still not enough to make me writing because... Well, lets be honest, this is my only source of income and my brain tells me if I stop I'll never be able to get back on schedule.
Anxiety brain go Brrrrrrrr.....
Anyways, I've had numerous people, both here and elsewhere, criticize me only giving Teddy 20k points following the town defenses. Which, you know, is fair. I'm so used to lowballing stuff to keep Teddy from spiralling, that I might have over done it a little.
I also didn't have anything for Teddy to spend her points on, but now I have an idea to end the book on. One that requires a lot of points, so I'm going back to chapter 34 and adjusting it all.
The question is, how many points? Right now I'm thinking 60k. Yes, technically it should probably be more than that if she's defending two towns with half her bears against a non-stop horde, but if I give her more it might just highlight how little she made in the previous engagements.
To give you an idea, in the last pre-release chapter she'd have around 75k, and she spent 10k on Dusty. I'm aiming for around 110k for what she's buying, and she'll probably be given a city defense bonus once things settle down.
What are your thoughts? Does 60k sound reasonable? Should it be less? More? Give me your feedback.
Thanks all! I'll go back to writing now.
Womby AWAY!
Comments
Michael Yust
I personally think it should be much much more than 60k. More like 250-500k for everything she has done "today" . She fought and killed several hives she's protected several towns by herself she's like 90% of the city's defenses. All of this in addition to sending bears off to Mars and New Montreal. I get trying to stop power creep but it feels like Nyx is deliberately not rewarding her vanguard. She's rescued how many other Samurai in the past 24 hours? Have her buy more replicators or something if you want her broke. If she's in the middle of these big fights with swarms of Antithesis she needs to get rewarded with swarms of points as well.
Shannon Livingston
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HikinBear
More than 60k plus tokens for the hives. Teddy is tough to PIN numbers on since some of her bears are autonomous where she’d get some fraction, but when she’s in ‘Direct Command’ she’d get full credit. I vote the author be given an AI in their head to keep track. It’s only fair.
