PC Trader Quests

[PinkLed5]

Trader quests are one of my favorite parts of the game. I really enjoy doing the quests but I have few complaints that detract from my enjoyment, or even desire to continue doing them.

1) Tier 3+ difficulty: Zombie clear quests from Tier 3 on are just too hard. I cleared the basement, main floor and upper floor and it was dangerous, nerve wracking, and fun. Then I hit the attic. Having a dozen ferals and irradiated chase you out of an attic is way too much.

2) Fetch Quests: Don't show the exact location, do it more like a hidden cache. I can easily find the fetch object without agroing any zombies just by using the compass.

That's my feedback. Thanks!

 

[Pico]

2) Fetch Quests: Don't show the exact location, do it more like a hidden cache. I can easily find the fetch object without agroing any zombies just by using the compass.

That's my feedback. Thanks!

Once you're onto Tier 2 quests the exact location is not shown. It is merely labelled as "Nearby", although the compas might still be a giveaway (and it still guides to the correct floor level).

I've got my own quest request... allow us to stack up nemerous quests, from numerous traders. Doing just one at a time, running back and forth all those miles to the trader gets really tedious.

 

[Viktoriusiii]

make the size of the "do not leave" area bigger! Like... 50m bigger!

And once you go outside, give us a 5 second warning to go back before completely deleting the quest which I walked 3 km through the desert to reach, only for it to immediatly be deleted with no chance of finishing, because I took a step back!

 

[PinkLed5]

Once you're onto Tier 2 quests the exact location is not shown. It is merely labelled as "Nearby"

For the hidden cache quest that is correct, but that is not correct for the fetch quest. I just did a Tier IV Fetch Quest and can confirm it's working the way I stated.

 

[InSanity]

Once you're onto Tier 2 quests the exact location is not shown. It is merely labelled as "Nearby", although the compas might still be a giveaway (and it still guides to the correct floor level).
I've got my own quest request... allow us to stack up nemerous quests, from numerous traders. Doing just one at a time, running back and forth all those miles to the trader gets really tedious.

I definitely agree on that, I usually ask for another quest right away when I get the reward for the one I just finished but it still would be nice to take multiple and be able to select and deselect quests in your inventory or something like that.

EDIT

I just did a tier 2 clear zombies quest and it had maybe 4 or 5 ferals, a couple hawaiian shirt guys and 1 or 2 soldiers so it went alright, and I was level 53 or so at the time with a gamestage of around 90. The very next day I decided to do another tier 2 clear zombies quest which happened to be in the snow so a couple lumberjacks walked in during all of the chaos that ensued. That quest had around 5 cops, 4 or 5 feral cops, 3 or 4 normal ferals, and a big radiated zombie, along with all the normal zombies, and I only cleared half of the house. I really don't understand the insane jump in difficulty between that and the first quest because even with armor, healing items, a great machete and magnum and all of that I clearly stood no chance in an enclosed space like that house. I enjoy the quests but there definitely is some balancing to do with them.

 

[SickPuppy]

Posted on another thread:

I'm glad they've added into game but they're a bit bland atm. Some ideas to mix it up:

- Buried supplies isn't really interesting, maybe we're stealing someone's supplies and it's full of traps we have to work through, think Indiana Jones

- Clear zombies and fetch quests almost feels the same to me. Maybe Clear Zombies is a quest where the trader is testing new weapons and gives us a fixed set of supplies to clear a poi/area (we can't use our own items). For example:

clear quest #1, heavy armor, knuckle duster, 3 FA bandages, 3 molotovs,

#2, NVG (fixed), slienced pistol, hunting knife, 1 medkit

#3, 1 shotgun turret, generator, 2 blade traps, 5 land mines,

good thing about this is letting us try different weapons and setups that we might not usually use, it's also a good challenge to make us play different.

- maybe fetch quests could be a timed thing just to change the pace of things,

Hoping quests will be further expanded, maybe some longer chained story quests too. Sometimes I get a bit bored from mining resources and killing zombies.

 

[Gaandar]

I'd like to have a trader quest, (maybe tier III) to bring something to another Trader. It would be a way to expand the knowledge of the trader network.

 

[seagas]

I'd like to have a trader quest, (maybe tier III) to bring something to another Trader. It would be a way to expand the knowledge of the trader network.

Now that's an idea I can get behind!

 

[Roland]

I definitely agree on that, I usually ask for another quest right away when I get the reward for the one I just finished but it still would be nice to take multiple and be able to select and deselect quests in your inventory or something like that.
EDIT

I just did a tier 2 clear zombies quest and it had maybe 4 or 5 ferals, a couple hawaiian shirt guys and 1 or 2 soldiers so it went alright, and I was level 53 or so at the time with a gamestage of around 90. The very next day I decided to do another tier 2 clear zombies quest which happened to be in the snow so a couple lumberjacks walked in during all of the chaos that ensued. That quest had around 5 cops, 4 or 5 feral cops, 3 or 4 normal ferals, and a big radiated zombie, along with all the normal zombies, and I only cleared half of the house. I really don't understand the insane jump in difficulty between that and the first quest because even with armor, healing items, a great machete and magnum and all of that I clearly stood no chance in an enclosed space like that house. I enjoy the quests but there definitely is some balancing to do with them.

It’s the pace at which you’re leveling up. Slow down and it will not be so insane. I do Tier 2 quests that still have all normal zombies or maybe one feral. If you like to level quickly it comes with a price.

 

[RipClaw]

It’s the pace at which you’re leveling up. Slow down and it will not be so insane. I do Tier 2 quests that still have all normal zombies or maybe one feral. If you like to level quickly it comes with a price.

The post you responded to is from the beginning of december 2018. At this point in time Alpha 17 was still the experimental version. There was a bug in the game where the radioactive and feral zombies appeared much too early in the game. This was fixed with the Alpha 17.2 version.

 

[Roland]

Suckered by a necro...

Yet still a true principle of the game. Faster leveling = earlier specials

 

[Morloc]

Necromancy often starts off as some innocent, small lapse of judgement that's "technically" within the rules....

-Morloc