This is an accurate statement.it already sounds/feels like a bad form of gambling
Except gambling costs you something. This doesn’t cost anything except the Witch Points which are freely given and can’t be used anywhere else. It’s more like getting a coupon for a free junior frosty at Wendy’s: they’re banking on you not being able to resist buying something else when you go in, but if you have the willpower, you can use that coupon, take your frosty, and go, without spending a penny.This is an accurate statement.
Ed
As I understand the process you will need to "pay" in order to increase the power or chance that the potion will work but there is no certainty that it will work.Except gambling costs you something. This doesn’t cost anything except the Witch Points which are freely given and can’t be used anywhere else. It’s more like getting a coupon for a free junior frosty at Wendy’s: they’re banking on you not being able to resist buying something else when you go in, but if you have the willpower, you can use that coupon, take your frosty, and go, without spending a penny.
Finally. Someone explaining it in a way I can understand without having a beta account!It’s more like getting a coupon for a free junior frosty at Wendy’s: they’re banking on you not being able to resist buying something else when you go in, but if you have the willpower, you can use that coupon, take your frosty, and go, without spending a penny.
Okay, so your coupon may or may not be expired, but you can’t tell because the date has gotten smudged. You’ll have to hope you get a nice cashier who lets you use it anyway, and they may be more likely to let you use it if you also buy a burger. The metaphor gets more complex, but I think it still holds.As I understand the process you will need to "pay" in order to increase the power or chance that the potion will work but there is no certainty that it will work.
Your coupon example requires Wendy's to give you for free, the Cauldron does not guarantee the potion will work
Ed
LOLOkay, so your coupon may or may not be expired, but you can’t tell because the date has gotten smudged. You’ll have to hope you get a nice cashier who lets you use it anyway, and they may be more likely to let you use it if you also buy a burger. The metaphor gets more complex, but I think it still holds.
Any idea how long potions last once you drink them? Is it a set duration or does it vary from potion to potion?
It is currently an optional tech, so no issue ignoring it if you want to. However like a lot of techs added earlier in the tree they have to add them as optional and after a bit might make them compulsory, due to the nature of this feature I expect it will become compulsory. It has been too long ago since they added techs so I can't recall if you will have an issue IF they make it compulsory and haven't researched it already. Worst case you will be forced to research it at a future point in time.What happens if you don’t bother to research the tech? Will the Caldron even show up and would leaving the tech in-researched cause any issues?