Haggling

Haggling allows you to alter the trading values with customers and merchants in Potion Craft.
== Minigame ==
"The goal of this mini-game is to tip the scales to the left, thus achieving a better deal."
"Hitting gold bonuses tips the scales in your favor, and missing does the opposite."
"Press the "Haggle!" button when the arrow is on the golden bonuses to tip the scales in your favor, but don't hesitate, because after the first click the scales will gradually tip in the visitor's favor. The bonus areas will shrink and get harder and harder to hit each time, so don't haggle for too long."
"The longer you haggle, the narrower the bonuses become, and at some point they disappear completely, so don't delay too much - you will run out of topics and the visitor will find you too intrusive."
"Hitting the arrow on either of the green bonuses on the side will lock in the profit and complete the deal. Haggling will also end when the maximum profit is reached."
Selling a potion to a customer after haggling will make you receive one less popularity point.
== Mechanics ==
By playing a haggling minigame you can receive a "haggling bonus". This bonus is valued in percent.
* Very easy = 20% discount, no penalty cost for failure.
* Easy = 30% discount, 10% penalty for failure
* Medium = 40% discount, 20% penalty for failure
* Hard = 45% discount, 25% penalty for failure
* Very Hard = 50% discount, 30% penalty for failure
This bonus determines the final price of your sold items or the bought items.
* When selling your items the final price would be: [starting price] * [100% + bonus]
* When buying item’s the final price would be: [starting price] * [100% - bonus].
== Tips ==
Consider your skill and reaction times when choosing which difficulty to Haggle at. Smaller targets can be quite difficult to hit at high speed. And the size of the targets offered is random, even at the same difficulty level.
If you miss several targets in a row, it may be better to hit a couple of targets and then deliberately finish the Haggle by hitting a green zone to minimize losses. Continued Haggling after multiple misses is hard to recover from.
It is generally recommended to always haggle when buying ingredients and other things from merchants, as this will not affect your popularity whatsoever. It is only recommended to haggle with customers if the value of the potion you're giving to them is already high, as haggling with low value potions will not make much of a difference and can make it harder to gain popularity.
The speed of the haggling minigame is tied to framerate. Intentionally lowering it in the game settings can make haggling significantly easier.
If your framerate spikes a lot, it may be difficult to haggle, as the constant speed change of the arrow can throw you off.
[Editor's Note: Setting "Limit FPS = 60" is a decent balance between making the minigame playable at Medium difficulty, without slowing down everything too much. 240 FPS is much too fast.]
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