Do you guys think repeated salt pictures are making it too easy to fill out photo album?

[Gragling]

I'm not against being able to take 1 photo per salt container. But it just seems that by allowing 9, 3-star salt photos it makes it too easy to get perfect investigation.

I'm not trying to make this game unfun or anything. But to me I don't really try to get other pictures except ghost, bone and cursed possession because it's just easier to take salt pictures.

If you don't share my opinion you are welcome to disagree and share your view on this as long as you are being polite :) Would like to hear your thoughts!

[Marmarmar34]

Maybe reduce it to a two star discovery? I agree, it sounds like too much of a goldmine for something you can repeat quite often.

[WolfLink0370]

Well it depends, you still need to find the bone for a perfect investigation first off... and then there's three more photos to take, which one can be the bone and another the cursed possession.

That leaves one photo which could be taken poorly, and potentially an objective or two that is risky to achieve on some maps (like protect with crucifix in a particularly large room)

Another thing is that the ghost could be Wraith, and not step in salt at all... nor leave Ultraviolet for that matter which is the other way to get a lot of photos for perfect investigations.

Ultimately it boils down to this - are the secondary objectives worth your time doing, and was the bone found? In the answer is No to either... then the perfect investigation is not really worth trying to stick around for that extra cash IMHO. Just do what objectives you can reasonably achieve at that point - as they add to the normal investigation bonus.

[Kou]

Originally posted by Marmarmar34:

Maybe reduce it to a two star discovery? I agree, it sounds like too much of a goldmine for something you can repeat quite often.

lol? no. then no one would EVER take photos of salt since you need all 3 star for perfect game. if making them 2*, then might as well make them not count at all

Salt is fine as it is.

[Lylex]

I hear you, but how about you just start conditioning yourself to take pictures of other things instead of just salt pics? Sounds like a way easier solution to your problem. Way easier and makes more sense than changing how that part of the game works completely.
For example, when I'm doing the CW 12.97x strat, i only mostly take pics of salt, IF EVEN THAT. But when I play the normal modes, I will try to fill my book with all kinds of pics. Bone, ghost, cursed item, dead body, salt. Start doing that. It's how you get perfect game after all.

[Marmarmar34]

Originally posted by Kougeru:

Originally posted by Marmarmar34:

Maybe reduce it to a two star discovery? I agree, it sounds like too much of a goldmine for something you can repeat quite often.

lol? no. then no one would EVER take photos of salt since you need all 3 star for perfect game. if making them 2*, then might as well make them not count at all

Salt is fine as it is.

I meant repeated pictures, the first would still be 3.

[Emurinus]

Once photos stop bugging out and granting 0 star pictures on very obvious 3 star interactions, then I'll be more inclined to take other photos besides salt. Supposedly we'll eventually get a system to allow you to delete unwanted photots, but idk when that will be or how they'll implement it.

[Strawberry Poison]

No, they're fine as they are, especially now that photos don't count under the multiplier.

[Dragonmaster]

they are fine, you make VERY little money by taking pictures of Salt since pictures are NOT modified by multiplier. Salt is what 10 or 15$. You get 30$ from 3 salt 3 stars.

[Myth Alric]

It does make it super easy but salt is consumable and the photos are not super valuable, so I think it is fine.

[GuineaPrince]

You're getting repeated photos to fill it out sure, but they're of lower quality. So you're taking the safer option to get a monetary bonus and complete the occasional Perfect Game weekly/daily challenges, but you're choosing not to take more expensive photos for an even higher payout.

It's risk-reward, and a valid decision to make when any photo risks not registering or registering the object behind it so your perfectly framed whatever becomes a 1 star door.

[underscores222]

The only way I can see to balance it is to only allow 1 3 star pic per salt container that you bring. The difficulty is then in keeping track of which patches of salt go with which container, which already sounds like a big headache and will raise bug cries for ages to come.
Conversely, the other way to do this would be to merely accept the first 1/2/3 salt photos taken (based on how much salt is brought) regardless of which bottle it came out of. This would still be difficult to explain to the player in game though, and really only serves to limit how many salt photos you can take.
As stated above, it's probably easier for the player to opt into a more challenging play style by limiting what photos they can take rather than imposing a limitation on the entire player base.

[Atlessa]

IMO repeated pictures of the same thing should get a star penalty, maybe after the second Photo if that seems to strict.
So if you keep taking Salt photos they will (AT MOST) be 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 star photos (in that order)

[Kaisoku]

In the current implementation of photos, it needs to stay as it is. Limited valued photos, perfect game requirements, etc.

I believe they are overhauling the evidence collection process (likely when video/audio recordings might be done?), which will hopefully expand how photos and such will work.

[Maya-Neko]

I think it's fine for now, as they're already planning to rework the photo reward system in the progression 2 update anyway.

[Dr. Jan Itor]

OP is a ghost, disregard.