Takes Forever to unlock Tier 3 Research tree in Campaign

[Daystar]

This needs to be addressed, I've been playing for hours upon hours grinding Emma's main campaign and still haven't unlocked tier 3 yet. Feel like this should have been unlocked around the time you get your super weapon built and tested.

[Daliena]

Originally posted by Loving father:

Originally posted by Daliena:

Recruiting biologists (which is actually a side-story, though one that only unlocks somewhere around after you finish testing your superweapon)

Hello how to start testing superweapon? I completed the distraction missions and filled the tank full

Send your genius to the controls.

[Mazamune]

@DEVS : you guys SHOULD put it that when we have unlocked EVERYTHING in the different tech 1&2 tree, you MUST get some mission to pop up or something to unlock TIER 3 and NOT WAIT FOREVER to unlock it ! It is a SERIOUS flaw in the game imo.

[DarkDestroyer]

My first play through I got to a main task of digging through to the basement. I was on 4 and the only way to B was stairs and a heap of digging. Issue was most of the stuff to dig through I needed the Tier 3 stuff. So could not progress the game at all. After about 12 hours had to start a new game on a different island.

[Spiffo]

Originally posted by DarkDestroyer:

My first play through I got to a main task of digging through to the basement. I was on 4 and the only way to B was stairs and a heap of digging. Issue was most of the stuff to dig through I needed the Tier 3 stuff. So could not progress the game at all. After about 12 hours had to start a new game on a different island.

You talking about the doomsday weapon? It's worded badly, but you don't need to mine into the basement, just the one above it. There is a square chunk on 3 layers with a pathway you can mine into. There is no main task which requires you to mine into the basement.

You should go back on the save and mine it out. It's not a bug and you'll encounter the exact same issue on your new playthrough.

[richarduitt]

Originally posted by Dizzy Ioeuy:

I don't think you're meant to unlock ALL research on a playthrough but more specialize down certain tracks so find your synergies that you want to use. It isn't civilization where you unlock ALL techs by game end.

If this works and I can beat the game on medium doing so I will quite like that.

I've researches all tier 2 and still must do 4 side quests which will unlock all minion types and hopefully tier 3 research.

[Darth Alpharius]

when you get the hard rock unlock start building up your power and build more research objects and recruit more advanced science minions

[inkbear]

Originally posted by Kylorian:

So focus on doing only main missions to get to the part where you unlock them!?! And i mean did you really buy the game to be at end game in 3 hours?!? i don't get why people treat games as if they are just a bunch a boxes to be checked off.
Built room A,B,C.
Research A,B,C.
Did a few other things.

WhY aM i NOt At eNdgAMe ALrEadY!?!

Even the first game held you back until you hit certain things. Like Infamy, objective clears, and leaving the first island.

lol I still haven't unlocked tier 3 research after 41 hours into the campaign... sit down.

[Alkirin]

When you unlock Tier 3, you can access Tier 4 automatically with just research. Tier 5 requires engame campaign progress.

EG2 doesn't really explain anything like EG1 did. It's kinda lazy like that, and makes people prone to noob traps in the way that was ever a problem with EG1.

[「Frozenology」]

It should able to unlock about expanding tough rock. but Tier 3 take so long and lock behind quests.

[Ekimmak]

What I find annoying is that they don't let me look at other levels until I unlock stairs, meaning if I expand too much, I can end up blocking off the only route to other levels, and have to do a lot of (expensive) restructuring in order to get that route.

I eventually caved, and turned the vault into a stairwell, but still not nice.

[Lex]

Originally posted by Ekimmak:

What I find annoying is that they don't let me look at other levels until I unlock stairs, meaning if I expand too much, I can end up blocking off the only route to other levels, and have to do a lot of (expensive) restructuring in order to get that route.

I eventually caved, and turned the vault into a stairwell, but still not nice.

I can see all levels from the start though.

[rwood42]

This is a two-fold problem, i think you actually unlock too much new research and that is why 3 is so slow because it unlocks 3 and 4. How i think it should be paced is:

1) you don't get databanks with scientist, you get them as a side mission when trying to get elected as pres of world.
3) you don't get centrifuge with biologist, you unlock biologist shortly after starting doomsday and centrifuge when you currently get biologist

That spreads it out so you are more frequently unlocking new stuff. For me i spent a bit of time after unlocking scientist and valet before i unlocked the final minion to push story, i spent the time building out my base and casino to prep for agents. I ended up running out of things to research way before i got level 3.

[Star Paladin]

You KNOW when a game company has it in the settings that you can turn the difficulty setting up or down any time you wish, as often as you wish, that they did not playtest for balance. That's what they put in games when they don't want to bother. And this forum is exactly what happens when games do things like that.

[Dumle]

I find this very annoying as well. I maxed out all level 2 skills a while ago and have been locked out of researching new stuff for a number of hours (i would guess 3-5). Perhaps this wouldn't be such a big deal if there were more things to play around with but i have been bored of the current build options for a while now.

[Voss]

Originally posted by Cloverdrop:

Purchase 500 Gems to unlock tier 3 research

spot on! i get mobile vibes all over the game.
I fear i will get bored of the repetitiveness before unlocking T3.