As I mentioned before, and as
@Simon_Jester just reminded us, we are so bad at Subterfuge that we can't understand the codes our own spymistress uses in her letters. That's true even after the free Level-Up reward for the ad banner.
Does anyone have any idea of what benefit we would get from writing to Prosperina this turn? Pompey is away from Rome, and any information she can give us would either be a) inaccessible because we suck at Subterfuge or b) readily available by talking with one of our other friends in Rome. We don't need to write her every turn -- her value in gathering information depends on there being enough time to actually do the gathering.
I would point out that using Personal actions is the most reliable method we have of gaining XP, which is a
big deal considering how far we have to go to be on par with the great statesmen of the era. I would also point out that corresponding with Proserpina has not and will not give us
any XP.
(...I also notice that our letters to Scaevola didn't give us any XP either.
@Telamon, what gives? Did we fail a background roll that you didn't include in the turn text, or is our patron -- the greatest lawyer in Rome, natch -- not a source of XP at all?)
(Also, you still haven't updated the last turn with the flavor text and XP gains from 'Study Finance').
I like the idea of corresponding with Atticus, but I
strongly encourage us to maintain our correspondence with Cicero instead. Seriously, that correspondence gave us XP for 'Intelligence' -- the most useful stat in the quest, given that it applies bonuses to practically
everything, and the hardest to level up. Plus it gave us XP for 'Education', making Cicero even more useful to us. If we want to play the long game, then upgrading our Intelligence is the most reliable means of boosting every action we take and every other skill we want to train.
