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I've done some thinking now!
To make the cultist circle work in Zone Idle, it could build off the confirmed Existance of the Canon STALKER factions.

Lore:
Mechanic could offer a quest. Something like "Coming in Contact," where the mechanic asks for a bunch of parts (e.g. PC fans, wires, ect). This unlocks "The Drone" in the hideout. Lore-wise, the drone is ran by Ecologists, who are running a program where PMCs in the zone can turn in artifacts in return for rewards.

Gameplay wise:
Find and turn in artifacts for rewards. Uncommon tier artifacts give an hour long time and so on (whats better for an Idle game then waiting?). Higher tier artifacts return better tier items. How this would work I have no clue, but Idling is best when you're wondering what you're gonna find.

(Sorry for the total Yap Fest!)

Dickie116 days ago(+1)

Great idea, no need to apologize! I'll definitely be implementing this idea, it's exactly what I was looking for. A step in the right direction for fleshing out the quests and it adds more idle to an admittedly not super idle game. I'm trying to bridge that gap without losing the flavor of interacting with the systems.

Asriel16 days ago (1 edit)

Oh boy, this is gonna be a long thread lol!

Basic selling systems for selling/dynamic stock prices for selling items would fit perfectly in Zone Idle. Each merchant would have different prices at different times (e.g. Merchant no. 1 could buy the bolt at XX rubles while Merchant no. 2 could buy the bolt at YY rubles). Nothing fits waiting more than waiting for the most optional prices.

On top of this, merchants have variable inventories which are considerably more valuable (AND LIMITED) purchases available. Of course, this means MORE WAITING to get your desired purchase!

Dickie116 days ago(+1)

I'll consider this idea at some point in the future when I look into fleshing out traders. It's not quite the direction I want to go with all of them but I could see doing something like this with one or two traders in specific. Thank you!

Asriel16 days ago

While I have this direct line of contact, i've encountered that when dying, you get sent to the trader screen without the UI to leave the UI, meaning you're stuck in a partial-raid state. (I still see the Raid UI, but I got the trader Menu and nothing else)

Dickie116 days ago(+1)

Thanks for letting me know! If i may ask, does refreshing/restarting resolve this? I'm looking into patching this for the next update.

Asriel16 days ago(+1)

It only seems to happen when I die, but I haven't thought of refreshing yet, crazy,

The solution I found was to load up another tab with the game and just continue from there (e.i. close the glitched game and open it in another tab)

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