Just played for hours as the leader of the Hermetics and definitily there's nothing to do with the ingredients. Unless is something really hidden
Actually, if you consider the history of CKII's QA, it's completely plausible.The lack of any dev responses in that regard is a bit concerning. I think the chances that the devs "forgot" to put a whole feature in a rather slim, to be honest.
Dev Diary #37 contained the following quote on Hermetic Society abilities
"Other powers and abilities include attempting to divine the future using Scrying, making Horoscopes for your children, experimenting with drugs and medical techniques, and eventually writing your magnum opus - a book of lore and knowledge that you enshrine for the ages."
The ability to experiment with drugs or ingredients gathered is currently not in game, and is an issue pointed out in several threads in the main forum here and here. I, and other users, have scanned the related expansion decisions and events files and not found any options to use ingredients gathered using the intrigue tab. As we have no ability to discard the ingredients upon acquisition, this could block our ability to trigger other events because we lack treasury space. Thanks!
Yo,
Yeah it's indeed a problem, coming from, as always, time constraints. It's too bad it couldn't make it for release, really, but at least you can rest assured that we've not sweeped that under the rug and we're on it to bring it in the game as it should be.
For now, you can at least enjoy your intestines and snouts collections, and hope the CIA doesn't take that out of context.
Arthur
see above from one Bug Report....
dont like it though
C'mon man, the 'once again' proves you knew this could happen. If you wanted to avoid it you shouldn't have preordered/bought on release, instead of waiting a few weeks. Personally, I feel expansion is quite fun as it is, though if it would remain as it is currently I'd probably be a bit more cautious in the future; previous experiences suggest though that it will be fixed and completed in time based on customer review...Seems to me that they actually released an unfinished product (once again)