Guest race goods should not be necessary for optional research

[ET-inf3rno]

When somebody progresses to the next chapter, they will no longer be able to use the portal instants to finish optional researches from the previous chapter. For example at the end of chapter 16 there are 3 optional researches which require statues. The total statues required are 20k and the portal can store only 7.5k statues, so it is not possible to finish these optional researches from the next chapter unless the player builds back all guest race buildings from chapter 16. It would be nice if optional researches would require only normal or sentient goods, not something guest race related.

 

[SoggyShorts]

Wait, so after years and years they fixed this by removing guest race goods from all of the optional techs except in chapter 16?
Ooops.

 

[ET-inf3rno]

Wait, so after years and years they fixed this by removing guest race goods from all of the optional techs except in chapter 16?
Ooops.

We did not need guest race goods for optional SSUs. Not sure about the other optional researches, because I did them all.

 

[SoggyShorts]

We did not need guest race goods for optional SSUs.

But we used to. I specifically gathered extra guest race goods in each chapter in case optional SSUs became viable. There were many many threads about this, and in an update, the developers removed the guest race goods required in several chapters.

 

[Iyapo1]

@SoggyShorts

City Expansion 26 (optional tech in dwarves) also requires guest race goods. Hopefully it is just a bug.

Edit: City Expansion 35 in orcs too....darn it, be a bug be a bug!

 

[Kekune]

Have you checked the actual release notes on that update? I haven't, but I thought the change applied only to squad size techs because their desirability was influenced by the tournament changes. I am not surprised to pay guest race goods for other types of optional techs.

 

[Lelanya]

Right? I agree with @Kekune, this is working as intended.

 

[ET-inf3rno]

Have you checked the actual release notes on that update? I haven't, but I thought the change applied only to squad size techs because their desirability was influenced by the tournament changes. I am not surprised to pay guest race goods for other types of optional techs.

I don't really need those AWs and culture buildings at the end of chapter 16, but the research would be useful for event quests.

 

[Sprite1313]

Neither the optional SSUs nor CEs in Woodelves require guest race goods, but Sorcerers requires them for CEs.

 

[SoggyShorts]

Have you checked the actual release notes on that update? I haven't, but I thought the change applied only to squad size techs because their desirability was influenced by the tournament changes. I am not surprised to pay guest race goods for other types of optional techs.

My bad, I thought that's what we were talking about. I never considered the expansion techs as actually being "optional".
That's kinda like a free dessert being optional...