Stellaris - Heat from below anomaly missing descriptor (3.6.0 open beta 2 df65) (2024)

Was just about to submit a report on this exact bug: but no point duplicating it.

Can confirm this is still an issue in the Open Beta as of 11/23/22.

An addenum: the "Subterranean Ocean" mouseover/tooltip description directly mentions rich possibilities for study: strongly implying this should give some kind of ongoing research bonus.

Plus, the fact this planetary feature used to (or still does) give +3 Society Research when obtained from a different anomaly, leads me to believe this was meant to give the planet/moon (I got it on a moon around a Gas Giant) a +3 Society research deposit in addition to the lump sum you get if you choose the "Intriguing" option.

Society research is already by far the weakest branch in the game, so from a balance perspective giving more sources of it (which would make the techs in this branch easier to obtain, and thus more cost-effective) should never be turned down.

From a realism perspective, I can't imagine scientists would pop down there once in a submersible or something, instantly discover everything there is to discover, and never ever return for further study. While I like the one-time research bonus (representing the initial burst of research something like this would undoubtedly lead to), there need to be further opportunities for study. And how the other anomaly giving this exact feature does this leads me to believe this was meant for this one as well.

Finally, the "Intriguing" option is currently by far the weakest choice, as this anomaly is typically found and (due to its low level) studied very early-game, when you get a LOT more Unity than research points, due to how much Unity the Politician jobs on your first couple/few colonies give...

TLDR: The event text is not only broken, failing to tell players whether the first option does, it ALSO doesn't give the planet a +3 Society deposit in addition to the later (not hinted at) lump sum, which was probably intended based on how the other anomaly to give this planet feature works... This makes the first option far weaker than the second, even if you could tell what it did.

Issue still present

03/07/23 bug still there

base game, no mods

Vorpaliminal said:

Appears to be working as intended. Selecting "Intriguing" gives a followup event a few days later that grants scaled society research. So it's just a choice between that and scaled unity.

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It should really say something other than just being blank (picturing squidward saying "3 days later..." Lol).

Vorpaliminal said:

Appears to be working as intended. Selecting "Intriguing" gives a followup event a few days later that grants scaled society research. So it's just a choice between that and scaled unity.

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I think its just you, because I didn't get anything.