How do the finger pistols work?

[sumwun]

I internalized the finger pistols thought and put away all my tools and gloves, and my stat screen showed my suggestion going from 3 to 4, which seems to be what it's supposed to do. But every time I pass a suggestion check, the check says my total is 9. What's going on here? Why doesn't the thought raise the total to 10?

I'm almost 100% sure I don't have a suggestion-reducing clothing, thought, or other modifier that I forgot about. When I reload the save and cancel the thought, the total is still 9.

[Hopper-King]

i found a reddit thread from 2 years ago on this bug. sorry, the idea seems to be that it was never fixed.

[sumwun]

Originally posted by Hopper-King:

i found a reddit thread from 2 years ago on this bug. sorry, the idea seems to be that it was never fixed.

Do you still have a link to the thread?

[sumwun]

Originally posted by Hopper-King:

i found a reddit thread from 2 years ago on this bug. sorry, the idea seems to be that it was never fixed.

Is it this one?
https://www.reddit.com/r/DiscoElysium/comments/z16vw1/finger_pistols_9mm_not_giving_1_suggestion/

[Hopper-King]

there's also this from the bug thread:

Originally posted by red.hexapus:

Originally posted by Professor Hobbton:

thank you for the updates. thought cabinets are still broken however. Wompty-Dompty Dom Centre and Finger Pistols at the very least still do not work

Yeah, I can confirm - Wompty-Dompty is not providing the bonuses from Encyclopedia passives

which was a response to the last time we heard from the devs about it.
...wompty-dompty dom centre is kinda the most OP thought cabinet item, so if that's bugged for people, then that's pretty rough.

[sumwun]

Originally posted by Hopper-King:

there's also this from the bug thread:

Originally posted by red.hexapus:

Yeah, I can confirm - Wompty-Dompty is not providing the bonuses from Encyclopedia passives

which was a response to the last time we heard from the devs about it.
...wompty-dompty dom centre is kinda the most OP thought cabinet item, so if that's bugged for people, then that's pretty rough.

Where's the thread you're quoting? It's not pinned and the links aren't working.

[Hopper-King]

looking at it again:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/632470/discussions/0/1609400247622321843/?ctp=2
they claimed they fixed it, but i'm assuming it's this "duplicate thought" bug that seemed to be fixed considering that was 6 years ago and the reddit thread from 2 years ago confirms it persists.
didn't link it because it doesn't go anywhere. just wanted to show what the last word was here.

[sumwun]

I thought Wompty was working fine last time I checked. I can try testing it again soon.

[Hopper-King]

it worked for me too, but so did finger pistols. i think only some people get these bugs.
edit: unlike that bug with the tuned up beer that gave a permanent boost, from what i hear, that bug works for everyone.
edit:edit: or did finger pistols work for me... hmm, there's a chance i didn't notice if it didn't.

[Profile name]

Finger pistols worked as was described in the game for me.

Also for the +1 suggestion buff you don't need to take the gloves out, just the tools.