Is Barkley supposed to give you a bootleg?

[IcyKali]

I keep seeing people saying that when Barkley joins you, you get an ice-type bootleg Pombomb. But in my game, it's just a regular fire one.

[darksteelhyren]

Yes it's supposed to be a bootleg.

[Eto]

It's weird how many people seem to get an ice bootleg, maybe it is just highly boosted odds with him or something weird with world gen seeds? Mine is also a normal firetype, got Barkley as my 2nd to last partner long after getting a pombomb and remastering one so was slightly disappointed to see a pretty uninteresting partner beast, but I guess it's nice to get a cute dog to follow you around? Maybe its tied to the question Kayleigh asks if you prefer cats or dogs, she says its important so I figured the game would give you a pet later on. I picked Cats, maybe people who pick dogs get the bootleg?

[fireheart126]

Originally posted by Eto:

It's weird how many people seem to get an ice bootleg, maybe it is just highly boosted odds with him or something weird with world gen seeds? Mine is also a normal firetype, got Barkley as my 2nd to last partner long after getting a pombomb and remastering one so was slightly disappointed to see a pretty uninteresting partner beast, but I guess it's nice to get a cute dog to follow you around? Maybe its tied to the question Kayleigh asks if you prefer cats or dogs, she says its important so I figured the game would give you a pet later on. I picked Cats, maybe people who pick dogs get the bootleg?

Incorrect. I picked cats and got the bootleg.

[Eto]

Originally posted by fireheart126:

Incorrect. I picked cats and got the bootleg.

Good to know! Do you by any chance know if you unlocked barkley before or after the game was patched on May 10th? They changed something with partner tapes having the wrong type in randomizer that may have changed that (intentionally of not). I didn't play the full game until after the patch on the 10th (although continued a demo save file). Curious if its just random, a bug, or a weird unlock requirement.

[fireheart126]

My file was before the May 10 patch, I'm certain.

[fireheart126]

Okay, checked the developer discord, and Barkley's tape is absolutely supposed to be an Ice bootleg. It looks like the new patch caused an issue preventing that from happening.

[Eto]

Interesting, thanks for looking into it! I'll send an official bug report, although it seems pretty low priority.

[fireheart126]

Originally posted by Eto:

Interesting, thanks for looking into it! I'll send an official bug report, although it seems pretty low priority.

No need, they already know, and are working on it alongside other bug fixes.

[BlackDragon]

Well, that sucks... I just assumed that it had a CHANCE of turning up Bootleg, and that the claims were just from someone who got lucky and thought it was universal.

Betting that even if they DO get that bug fixed, it's not gonna do anything for anyone who recruited Barkley during that interval.

[fireheart126]

If fixing the bug doesn't retroactively fix the issue for people who already recruited Barkley, they can still fix it by releasing a Mailbox code for a free Ice Pombomb.

[BlackDragon]

Originally posted by fireheart126:

If fixing the bug doesn't retroactively fix the issue for people who already recruited Barkley, they can still fix it by releasing a Mailbox code for a free Ice Pombomb.

Here's hoping they'll do that! It'd be one less Bootleg to chase down for the cheevos, anyway...

[[Real Doe Action]]

WELP I wish I had seen this before picking up the puppo today... Fingers crossed for a fix later.