Why does "Type" not mean Type?

[Tolwrath]

So I've been getting requests for potions with limited types of ingredients. To be safe, I usually fill these by including only one species of plant. But then I noticed the sort by Type button, which groups ingredients by the type of plant they are, for example mushrooms are grouped, roots are grouped, gems are grouped, etc.

So I tried filling a request for using 1 type of ingredient by using only root ingredients, and it doesn't count. Why would customers say "type" if they're not talking about the type of ingredient?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2933038303

Incidentally, maybe challenge requests could be more interesting if customers could request you only use Mushrooms, or something like that.

[twistedoldloony]

Yeah there are many others that think this needs more clarification. However I'm not sure how I would word it. If you said "one ingredient" people would end up thinking you could literally only put one thing in the pot. In this case "type" just means individual type of ingredient rather than classification type.

And it isn't as if it is difficult to figure this out once you have tested it like once or twice. There are MANY things in the game that are NOT explicitly explained and have to be tested to figure out. I think that is a design choice that the devs made. People are used to games holding their hands though so for some it is off-putting. Not saying that's a bad or good thing just something people are used to.

I played the game for like 60+ hours before I knew that you could hold the shift key to purchase all of an item!! Only reason I found that out is I happened to read it here!

[Kvothe2910]

i disagree Twitedoldloony, it's look like an enigme, one time only use mushroom work others time it didn't, it's a little bit frustrating