I’ve been playing the new update for a while, and it’s pretty good aside from this one gripe.
I would like if there was some way to guarantee research paper drops. I am early game, but still I shouldn’t have to deal with gambling for research papers, then gambling for getting the refinery I want considering they seem to be essential for making builds. Or gambling for food recipes and getting ones with really nuts recipes when all you want is the basic Dracaena Dumpling after grinding for 12 research papers.
I don’t care if it’s difficult or tedious, I’d just rather have a guaranteed way to get them instead of running around shovelling holes and getting like 0-5 papers per area knowing that 12+ papers will most likely give you something you don’t want. Or if it gives you a weapon you want, you still have to research the refinery you want, meaning you have to RNG pull research papers, RNG pull the weapon, then RNG pull the refinery.
My recommendation is that they can be picked up off of tables in buildings. Like every shack you enter has a guaranteed 1 research paper sitting on the table, resetting with the area. That way I actually feel like I’m making progress toward a goal. Some examples of shacks include: where you first find Fillmore, the old cottage in nameless pass, the hunter’s shack, etc…