Does the “stop the event timer” option disable restocking of rare finds / trade items?

[Kain Highwind]

The main reason behind the option existing is to allow leniency for Clive's Quest, however I find it hard to believe it is the only aspect of the game that is affected by this option. I have scoured online but so far there is no mention of anything else that is affected by it. Earlier today I tried getting a hold of a few Fury runes in Muse's rare finds section by save scumming. I got the first one rather quickly. Yet when 30 minutes later I tried getting a second one - I could not get a single rare finds, not even a water rune in well over 15 reloads. Thinking about it, it could make sense that this is indeed caused by the “stop the event timer” but I cannot discard the hypothesis that I simply had below average luck.

If someone has managed to hit a restock of rare finds with the option on, I would be delighted to know that my gut feeling is incorrect. On the contrary, if this interaction is indeed not the product of my imagination, I would like to know which - if any - other aspects of the game are affected by the “stop the event timer” option.

[Tenshu]

Doesn't affect Rare Finds.

[DriftyZatara]

Just 100% the game today and kept the "stop the event timer" on. It only stops that one quest. But like you I was struggling with a certain item that wasn't appearing in the rare finds. Eventually it did!

[Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC]

So when you save at an inn or save spot, you see the actual time/date and separately you see the time spent playing the game.

I have noticed that "time spent playing the game" does not seem to increase much if you are not actively moving around and doing things. Like if you just sit there and wait around not moving for 30 minutes, that time is not going to increase pretty much at all. I think its that time which needs to be increased by 30 minutes to get rare finds to restock. But I am not 100% on that.

I was having the same issues. I would idle my character 30 minutes in the background while watching TV or something, come back and try to save scum rare finds with pretty much no luck with the shop having any different rare items or stock.

I started having a lot more luck when I saved right after hitting the store, did a bunch of stuff in game, then saved in a different block and compared the game time played between the two saves and made sure it was more than 30 minutes between them.

I dont think its affected by the "stop the event timer" option