Talk:Awards/@comment-98.245.146.83-20120213135244/@comment-4102115-20120214124054

Why skip it? Just don't rush it. I finished my Castle with 75 hours still left on the clock (no piastres spent). My thinking is: Spend 6.25 hours zapping the WotW then during the 24 hours it is scrying me a scroll I'll distractedly pair 2 sets = 12 couples per 1.25hrs. 3 sets or 18 couples if I concentrate and use every zap wisely. It is a challenge, designed not to be easy obviously but do-able in the 120 hours total quest time. Regardless of whether Mr Anon has proven it himself or not, that is clearly what is written in the description of the award. Getting 2 people to meet is not making them engaged. Taking a couple for drinks is not making them engaged. When a couple becomes engaged there is a ring. So "Help 500 couples get engaged" and "Collect 500 rings" is really one and the same thing. It does not say you need to accumulate without spending rings, just to get 500 couples engaged.

Besides, unless you planned ahead for the Romantic and Loving Awards, you'll need 500 rings anyway as you can't go back a step to collect easier resources.