Platform, device version and operating system:
Xbox
Screenshot or image:
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What you were expecting to happen, and what actually happened:
I was expecting to have a 15% chance to get a Wandering Merchant Encounter on the 4th battle of an explore run.
I have done many many explore runs but have not yet had a any of the four merchant encounters appear on the 4th battle of an explore run.
How often does this happen? When did it begin happening?
Every time I do an explore run after the update.
Steps to make it happen again
Play many explore runs and notice no encounters appearing on the 4th battle.
The post you are referencing would not be a valid place for a bug report. OP has posted this where it belongs and it is a valid bug report. Only battle #5 itâs supposed to be exempt from the merchant appearance (6 if thereâs a mythic battle as well.
Posting in an official news thread will not receive developer attention or response 99% of the time.
So the 4th Explore battle isnât a âregularâ Explore battle? Can we have some clarification on what that means please?
âThere is a 15% chance to encounter one of the 4 random Wandering Merchants at the end of a regular Explore Battle or a non-Boss Room Battle in Delves.â
Once you have completed the 4th Explore battle, you receive a pop up about the Mini Boss battle.
This is why itâs intended the Wandering Merchant wonât be encountered once youâve completed the 4th Explore battle. The Mini Boss pop up takes priority.
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And the clarification that âafter the 4th battleâ means âon completion of the 4th battleâ makes Brambleâs comment above make sense too. Sorry Bramble!
Could the same clarification be applied to the help article too? The current wording there is âat the end of a regular Explore Battleâ which does suggest that merchant encounters can occur after all 4 of the battles.
Got it. Then the initial official announcement post was slightly incorrect when it said âat the end of non-boss battlesâ (which an Explore run always has four of) ?
Is there any way to get this revisited? As you might remember, there have been multiple community drives in the past to get rid of the Mini Boss popup, because it doesnât contribute anything except forcing an extra interaction step on players. That this popup now also prevents other things viewed as positive from working, and that this is sold as entirely intended, feels quite⌠controversial.
Thereâs nothing confusing about the wording in the patch notesâŚ
âWe have added a new random encounter system that can trigger at the end of non-boss battles in Explore and Delvesâ
This is a limitation of coding ability and knowledge. Weâve never needed a popup telling us battle 5 is a boss battle. Itâs always been there as a speed bump. Canât have the speed bumps stacking.
The patch notes say end of a non-boss battle, not before, and battle 4 is anon-boss battleâŚsigh. Whatever. Insult my intelligence some more, Iâm staring to enjoy it /s