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Second chances mechanic?
CaptainNemo
Posts: 26
12/28/2015
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Has the mechanic for second chances changed or is it a bug that when one uses a second chance on an option that has a price tag, one has to pay that price tag a second time?
I remember this not being the case...I don't really believe it's a 'second chance' if I have to pay a Personal Recommendation twice after using a Sudden Insight, not to mention I can't play the second chance because I don't have a second said item to use...ugh.
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metasynthie
Posts: 645
12/28/2015
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I just made an Impossible Theorem yesterday and had to Perhaps Not out with second chances about 5 times. I definitely DID lose 9 actions every time, and an escalating number of second chance items (1, 2, 4, 8, 16) but I definitely didn't lose the price tag items, which include 49 Searing Enigmas. I only had 49.
So if something different is happening -- you lost a Personal Recommendation despite not seeing either the success or failure message? -- that's a bug. Your Personal Recommendation should not get removed until you see either the success or the failure. If you checked the Second Chance box, you don't see the failure even if you failed, and you can Perhaps Not out. What were you even trying to do -- court an Artist's Model or a Jewel Thief for marriage? Those are the only things you can use a second chance on that consume a Personal Recommendation, AFAIK.
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Kittenpox
Posts: 869
12/28/2015
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metasynthie wrote:
I just made an Impossible Theorem yesterday and...
Grats! :-D
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metasynthie
Posts: 645
12/28/2015
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That definitely sounds like a bug -- it was deducting the cost of the action early, so it's basically as if the Second Chance didn't even take effect.
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CaptainNemo
Posts: 26
12/28/2015
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I play everyday, I just didn't see where the mechanic for cost changed...
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