Can't ignore visions of death?--minor problem

[heisenberg]

Just a little minor issue i found, I just completed researching a tech and then I was hit with that "visions of death...haunt you" event. Somehow the only choice of resolution I had was to pay some gold to avoid that tech penalty (though obviously it wouldnt have hurt to ignore those visions because I havent been researching into a new tech).

Its just a minor problem after all--25 gold isnt too harsh but I was kinda worried about what would have happened if my treasury didn't have that gold... no possible choices to take?

 

[orangelex44]

None. You suck it up. Not really fun, but it balances out the event that gives you research.

 

[Pyr0mancer]

What he means is that the 'Ignore them, I'll be fine' choice wasn't available at all, which would have meant no viable choices, positive OR negative.

 

[orangelex44]

No, IIRC the "ignore them" choice is the one that lowers research. Otherwise you can pay, and there's a special one for the Infernals, and one more I forget - and OO one maybe? Anyway, there is no "safe" choice for most civs when that event pops. It's not a fun event, but perhaps more so than those damn food-killing goblins.

 

[Morni]

No, IIRC the "ignore them" choice is the one that lowers research. Otherwise you can pay, and there's a special one for the Infernals, and one more I forget - and OO one maybe? Anyway, there is no "safe" choice for most civs when that event pops. It's not a fun event, but perhaps more so than those damn food-killing goblins.

And the point is he could NOT choose to ignore them and take the research penalty. That means, if he had NOT had the gold, then he wouldn't have been able to choose anything at all.

 

[Marnok]

You may not have a choice, but you always get to click and complete the event even if it is the default "bad" result, right? It's just a bad event with a possible get-out.

 

[JeffSteel]

I think what is happening is that since he had no research, the ignore option wasn't highlighted and therefore not selectable. So, if he hadn't any gold, all the options would have been grayed out and therefore the game would be over. Somehow I think this event wont trigger unless you can make at least one choice, but that may be wishful thinking.

 

[orangelex44]

OOOhhhh.... I get it. My bad. JeffSteel is hopefully right, otherwise the event should be tweaked a bit.

 

[retro V]

Lol, it took 4 people to get the message through

 

[Blackmantle]

Nice catch (and as possible game-breaker its not a minor but a major problem. Anything which causes a lockup + is easily fixed is....), if the conditions are not allready set in a way that JeffSteel suggested (they very well could unless someone takes a look and falsifies) im sure they could be.

 

[xienwolf]

Each event has a prereq set, typically that is based off of the cost of the "default" option. So ideally this one has a prereq of having 25 gold in your treasury, instead of a prereq of having a current research goal. (though that is unlikely)

 

[heisenberg]

I quite strongly believe that I do recall having my tech reduced at least once before due to having insufficient funds. Not sure if its the exact same event though =P These days I do try to keep at least some ~100ish funds for these annoying events (or the ocassional great prophet )

 

[zup]

Nah, what money really is good for is scorched staffs. And slaughtering newborns to bring up AC (infernals).