Not a Bug One Steel Encounter asks for Elixir

[DeletedUser867]

Game version: __ v1.3.3-(5c4a37e) (2016-04-04 14:45)
Game world: __ zz1
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Operating System: __ Windows 10
Screen resolution: __ 1920 x 1080 HMI
Account name: __ Katwijk
Humans or Elves: __ Elves

Reproducibility: __ 5/5

Quest title: __ (Just exploring acquisition costs)

Current situation:
There is a very strong pattern whereby the Negotiation Goods for a given sector are all from the same position in the Tier Triple.

One of the encounters in a Steel Sector violates this pattern, by asking for Elixir rather than Magic Dust

Expected situation:
Negotiation Goods should be consistent.

The most logical assumption is that somebody forgot to convert this encounter to Goods of the proper type and number.

Reproduction Steps
1. Find a Ring 8 Steel Province
2. Find an Encounter with 8 Squads
3. As illustrated in the following snapshots, watch for violations of the Steel/Scrolls/Magic Dust pattern

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Combat	Size	Thief	Bandit	War Dog	Orc	Archer	Knight/4	Stein/4	Necro/4	Swamp/6	Cannon/6	Golem II/6	Treant/12	Treant II/12	Weighted
Negotiate	Coins	Supplies	Marble	Steel	Planks	Crystal	Scrolls	Silk	Elixir	Magic D	Gems	Total	Ratio	Sort H>L	Extremes

[tr1][td2] 2 Squads [/td2][td2] 750 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 750 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 125 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1500 [/td2][/tr1]
[tr2][td2] 3 Squads [/td2][td2] 527 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 527 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 131 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 87 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1573 [/td2][/tr2]
[tr1][td2] 4a Squads [/td2][td2] 415 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 415 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 206 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 69 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1653 [/td2][/tr1]
[tr2][td2] 4b Squads [/td2][td2] 415 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 415 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 206 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 69 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1653 [/td2][/tr2]
[tr1][td2] 5 Squads [/td2][td2] 348 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 348 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 174 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 116 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1740 [/td2][/tr1]
[tr2][td2] 6 Squads [/td2][td2] 304 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 608 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 152 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 100 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1816 [/td2][/tr2]
[tr1][td2] 7 Squads [/td2][td2] 272 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 544 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 204 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 90 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1900 [/td2][/tr1]
[tr2][td2] 8 Squads [/td2][td2] 248 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 496 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 248 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 82 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1980 [/td2][/tr2]

[tr1][td2] 2 Squads [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1500 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 360 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1100 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 821,600 [/td2][td2] 548 [/td2][td2] 1,076,800 [/td2][td2] 718 [/td2][/tr1]
[tr2][td2] 3 Squads [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 730 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 550 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 360 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 347,600 [/td2][td2] 221 [/td2][td2] 821,600 [/td2][td2] 522 [/td2][/tr2]
[tr1][td2] 4a Squads [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1100 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 730 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 511,200 [/td2][td2] 309 [/td2][td2] 783,600 [/td2][td2] 474 [/td2][/tr1]
[tr2][td2] 4b Squads [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 550 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 360 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1100 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 783,600 [/td2][td2] 474 [/td2][td2] 772,800 [/td2][td2] 468 [/td2][/tr2]
[tr1][td2] 5 Squads [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 360 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1100 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 190,400 [/td2][td2] 109 [/td2][td2] 511,200 [/td2][td2] 294 [/td2][/tr1]
[tr2][td2] 6 Squads [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 730 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1500 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 360 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 499,600 [/td2][td2] 275 [/td2][td2] 499,600 [/td2][td2] 275 [/td2][/tr2]
[tr1][td2] 7 Squads [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 730 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1500 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1,076,800 [/td2][td2] 567 [/td2][td2] 347,600 [/td2][td2] 183 [/td2][/tr1]
[tr2][td2] 8 Squads [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 360 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 1100 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 910 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 0 [/td2][td2] 772,800 [/td2][td2] 390 [/td2][td2] 190,400 [/td2][td2] 96 [/td2][/tr2]

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Screenshots of the bug:

 

[Jixel]

Based on my observations of hundreds of provinces across 4 servers, out to rings 10/11, there is no strict rule that the negotiation goods have to match the type of province. Some encounters have randomly different goods required for negotiation ...

 

[Muf-Muf]

This is indeed not a bug, and works as intended.