I probably wouldn't have noticed this, as I typically am only focused on either the money or the engineering mats/data for my reward choices, except that I needed a "reward only" commodity (Neofabric Insulation) and could find any (as covered in this in this thread).
However, the situation is far worse than these reward only commodities not being available (barring modular terminals and bromellite, which is EVERYWHERE) - many of the missions are offering absolutely insane rewards! When 3.0 launched, the reward choices were usually Lots of Cash/Engineering mats or Data/Increased Influence or Rep. Sometimes the second or third was replaced by some rare commodity - like modular terminals or bromellite - which was fine. But since 3.0.3... oh, the insanity.
Often one, or more, of the choices is for a commodity the station sells! "Oh boy, can I really have 38 tons of Hydrogen fuel mister?!" Or "Oh wow, 30 tons of Biowaste, that's just what I needed!" Perhaps the most insulting one of all - Limpets. Yes, that's right: you can forego a major cash reward for a whole 31 limpets! You know, the things you can buy in the restock section for 100 Cr per limpet? Or even make your own with synthesis! [haha]
I just... I don't even have the words. I would probably just be laughing the whole thing off if I hadn't spent 3 hours futilely looking for neofabric insulation (the last thing I needed for the corrosion resistant racks from the tech broker). Even if these are still in the rewards table, they have almost no chance of ever appearing if they have to compete with hydrogen fuel, biowaste, limpets!!!, Non-lethal weapons, etc. In fact, the only interesting commodity I saw was that one mission gave you a choice of 37 Imperial Slaves. That's disturbing... but at least you might be able to sell those for more than the cash you're opting out of (probably not).
Devs, fix this already! I'm guessing this broke when you fixed certain exploitive rewards. Fixing that... fine. A fix that wastes reward options with limpets?! Argh!
I've already sold the meta-alloys and radiation baffles I bought to unlock those special cargo racks. Until you get this sorted out, I've given up on the tech brokers all together. I'll just be focusing on missions to get engineering mat/data... or I'll go bounty hunting.
Limpets... why?! How did that even make it into the list... [blah]
However, the situation is far worse than these reward only commodities not being available (barring modular terminals and bromellite, which is EVERYWHERE) - many of the missions are offering absolutely insane rewards! When 3.0 launched, the reward choices were usually Lots of Cash/Engineering mats or Data/Increased Influence or Rep. Sometimes the second or third was replaced by some rare commodity - like modular terminals or bromellite - which was fine. But since 3.0.3... oh, the insanity.
Often one, or more, of the choices is for a commodity the station sells! "Oh boy, can I really have 38 tons of Hydrogen fuel mister?!" Or "Oh wow, 30 tons of Biowaste, that's just what I needed!" Perhaps the most insulting one of all - Limpets. Yes, that's right: you can forego a major cash reward for a whole 31 limpets! You know, the things you can buy in the restock section for 100 Cr per limpet? Or even make your own with synthesis! [haha]
I just... I don't even have the words. I would probably just be laughing the whole thing off if I hadn't spent 3 hours futilely looking for neofabric insulation (the last thing I needed for the corrosion resistant racks from the tech broker). Even if these are still in the rewards table, they have almost no chance of ever appearing if they have to compete with hydrogen fuel, biowaste, limpets!!!, Non-lethal weapons, etc. In fact, the only interesting commodity I saw was that one mission gave you a choice of 37 Imperial Slaves. That's disturbing... but at least you might be able to sell those for more than the cash you're opting out of (probably not).
Devs, fix this already! I'm guessing this broke when you fixed certain exploitive rewards. Fixing that... fine. A fix that wastes reward options with limpets?! Argh!
I've already sold the meta-alloys and radiation baffles I bought to unlock those special cargo racks. Until you get this sorted out, I've given up on the tech brokers all together. I'll just be focusing on missions to get engineering mat/data... or I'll go bounty hunting.
Limpets... why?! How did that even make it into the list... [blah]
