PLZ Retest and Re-Report Chapter 1 Talon story quest issues, skipped steps in base building tutorial

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  1. gamer1000k

    gamer1000k Commander

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    I recently got back into Empyrion and was trying out the new story missions and ran into some major issues in chapter 1 with the ancient tower portion of the quest.

    I started on the temperate planet so the robinson protocol missions were activated automatically. This is on the very latest stable release as of yesterday.

    Everything went fine until I got to the part where I needed to kill the 5 spiders around the tower. I didn't see the spiders around the base of the tower, so I climbed up and fell down inside and was stuck. I ended up exploring the entire tower down to the bottom and talked to the prisoner where it unlocked the exit and finally found the spiders once I got back to the surface (one spider was a good 100m away from the tower), and then found I had broken the quest since I wasn't supposed to enter the tower until after killing the spiders, and I couldn't complete the quest stages to kill the infected or talk to the prisoner and had to manually check them off.

    The main problem here is that the tower is easy to fall into if a player climbs it (probably one of the first things many players will do) and traps them inside the POI until they complete it. The vague description of where to look for the spiders doesn't make it clear to NOT enter the POI or where to search for the spiders, and the player is not blocked from entering even if they haven't killed the spiders.

    The next (and larger) problem with the quest is that after leaving the tower, the player is infected with a dermal parasite and is led through several quest stages to craft antibiotic ointment to treat it. However, antibiotic ointment does NOT treat the dermal parasite condition, and the quest doesn't register when it's been crafted or applied. I had to use console commands to remove the condition in addition to manually checking off the steps. This is really bad, as it leaves new players with a really nasty condition and gives them outright wrong information on how to treat it.

    This is a smaller issue, but a bit later in the quest line I opted to do the base building tutorial, and on the step to build a grow plot it doesn't provide any info on where to get purified water. I've played the game enough to know I need to build a water extractor and place it in water, but the tutorial completely fails to mention this which is another huge miss.

    Please fix these quest issues as they're quite frustrating as a reasonably experienced player who at least knows about console commands, and would be a huge turn-off to less experienced players likely leaving them frustrated and confused.
     
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  2. Tevishtszaat

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    would this help?

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    Commander, I have forwarded the location of the tower, or something that matches the tapestry the Tal'on chief showed you, to your display.


    I must also add that it mentions a Ritual always performed by the Talon before entering the Tower. Deeper investigation tells me that it's most likely necessary for you to spill the blood of at least (5) spiders or you will suffer being cursed by the Tower; according to Talon Myth.
     
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  3. Tevishtszaat

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    There appears to be some kind of entrance at the top of the tower, Commander.
    Now remember it's most likely necessary for you to spill the blood of at least (5) "spiders" or you will suffer being cursed by the Tower; according to Talon Myth,,,,, ofcourse.
     
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  4. Tevishtszaat

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    Also that quest has been changed with the Build 20 udpate. Delete your old folder 2605859042 and restart steam.
     
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