I have come to realize, the variable used to track the NEP choice adventure is not accurate, probably because the information in the wiki is not accurate. Regarding the "It's Just Paused" adventure The wiki says that: "The first two occurrences of this non-combat happen on the 8th and 16th adventure in this zone, and every 7 turns afterwards (23, 30, 37...)"
I use free runaways to get to the noncombat about 10 times at the start of the day, and it seems that the adventure will happen every 8 adventures for so long as the "It's Just Paused" noncombat does not cost an adventure (not just the first 2 instances of the day). This would account for the 8th and 16th adventure occuring differently due to the fact that the first time it comes around you are in a free fight automatically, even if you are not using free runaways.
Update:
Mafia is already tracking the number of free fights used as "Preference _neverendingPartyFreeTurns" so that could probably be useful in keeping track of _encountersUntilNEPChoice accurately I believe.
I just ran through my NEP fights and can add some detail as to the last adventure when it occurs every 8 adventures:
After I had run through 9 free NEP adventures, and after coming up on the "Just Paused" noncombat I did a three free runaways and four free instakills before coming up on the Noncombat again (Just paused happened on 8th turn). Apparently a free instakill will advance the _neverendingPartyFreeTurns counter, and that is accurate, because the next "Just Paused" noncombat did cost an adventure. After that, the next "Just Paused" noncombat ocurred on the 7th turn.
Next time I log in I will try to land the 10th free noncombat on the "Just paused" noncombat instead of a fight to see if the next noncombat happens on the 8th or 7th adventure after that.
I use free runaways to get to the noncombat about 10 times at the start of the day, and it seems that the adventure will happen every 8 adventures for so long as the "It's Just Paused" noncombat does not cost an adventure (not just the first 2 instances of the day). This would account for the 8th and 16th adventure occuring differently due to the fact that the first time it comes around you are in a free fight automatically, even if you are not using free runaways.
Update:
Mafia is already tracking the number of free fights used as "Preference _neverendingPartyFreeTurns" so that could probably be useful in keeping track of _encountersUntilNEPChoice accurately I believe.
I just ran through my NEP fights and can add some detail as to the last adventure when it occurs every 8 adventures:
After I had run through 9 free NEP adventures, and after coming up on the "Just Paused" noncombat I did a three free runaways and four free instakills before coming up on the Noncombat again (Just paused happened on 8th turn). Apparently a free instakill will advance the _neverendingPartyFreeTurns counter, and that is accurate, because the next "Just Paused" noncombat did cost an adventure. After that, the next "Just Paused" noncombat ocurred on the 7th turn.
Next time I log in I will try to land the 10th free noncombat on the "Just paused" noncombat instead of a fight to see if the next noncombat happens on the 8th or 7th adventure after that.
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