Yet another player, by the nickname of
krugerr, was so confused about the disappearance of the quest that decided to
report it as a bug.
And I cannot really blame him. It's not a technical bug but if there was such a thing as a "game design bug" then it must have something in common with this case.
Let me explain myself. My Research Tree progress has stopped in the end of Chapter II. The "Advanced Scouts" research and Chapter III will have to both wait. Reasons?
- The first one is that I will no longer get the extra 4500 Supplies from the "Taxes" quest (requires me to gain 50000 Coins) and my perfectly timed Coins collecting will have a zero value for the effort.
- Next in the list is the "Supplies Supply Security" quest which requires me to gain 2000 Supplies for the reward of 45000 Coins. As soon as I enter Chapter III and this quest will require 5000 Supplies (150% more) for the reward of 50000 (~11% more) Coins. Back in Chapter II I can complete that very same quest at least twice with so much Supplies to get 100% more Coins.
- The quest "Be Prepared", which requires to train 30 units for the reward of 15000 Coins, will transform into "Always Be Prepared!", which requires to train 100 units (~233% more) for the reward of 10000 Coins and 1500 Supplies.
- And then there are all the other quests for Goods and fighting that also disappear, as a bonus.
I really feel like Elvenar is not saluting me for entering Chapter III. Instead, it's trying to punish me really hard for my achievement. I feel like I did something wrong because tomorrow I'll be in a worse position than I was yesterday. Or, I will not spend any Knowledge Points until there's literally nothing else for me to do except to unlock "Advanced Scouts", forced to watch the glowing animation for a full KP bar in the meanwhile.
I'll just end this by saying that I cannot agree that the game's core design should make someone feel like that for whatever reason. I'll be glad to have a smoother transition...