Are synergists currently bugged?

[guprad]

I have three speakeasies in the same neighbourhood but the synergy bonus three of a kind isn't active for some reason. Sometimes getting more rackets for some strange reason solves the problem (It worked for the straight bonus when it didn't work previously), but other times it doesn't quite work. Maybe I'm missing something else but I think it's bugged.

 

[Colonel Bogey]

I have three speakeasies in the same neighbourhood but the synergy bonus three of a kind isn't active for some reason. Sometimes getting more rackets for some strange reason solves the problem (It worked for the straight bonus when it didn't work previously), but other times it doesn't quite work. Maybe I'm missing something else but I think it's bugged.

This happened to me and didn’t know why. I don’t know if this is the answer but I deduced that the rackets you start the game with (you get a brewery and speakeasy along with a safe house) don’t count towards synergies. I should actually try and prove if that is true but I assume it is.

 

[Andre Bolkonsky]

I have never been able to make sense of the synergistic math and reported it early on in the process. Particular the hotel bonus is frequently simply ignored by the algorithim. I assume this will be corrected eventually.

 

[WindyCityBlues]

I have three speakeasies in the same neighbourhood but the synergy bonus three of a kind isn't active for some reason. Sometimes getting more rackets for some strange reason solves the problem (It worked for the straight bonus when it didn't work previously), but other times it doesn't quite work. Maybe I'm missing something else but I think it's bugged.

You can check each racket to see what synergy they receive. As you probably know, a racket can only be part of one synergy. So, it's possible that the rackets are part of say "two of a kind" synergy, and you would need to build up on the 3-of-a-kind. There seems to be some "resetting" going on, meaning that at some cycle (weeks? months?) the game re-analyzes your rackets and selects higher bonus synergies, but I haven't tested that out personally. Hopefully, Precincts clarifies this or replaces it with something easier to understand.

 

[Decaps]

If you have 3 speakeasies you may not get the bonus If it is being used with other synergies. For example of you have a straight including a speakeasy, that speakeasy used for the straight will lot contribute to the three of a kind. It's tricky because it's hard to tell what place is being used in the synergy. Would be nice if it was visualized or if we can control it.