Resolved 1.5.4 beta - Escort Caravan: 4th Ambushing Party = Zero Strength

[redmark]

(The change to this quest is great, btw).

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So I took an 'Escort Caravan' quest from Marunath; heading for Lageta, changed target to Seonon. From Seonon it tried to go to Tyal, but had to run some distance away from a Vlandian party and (conveniently) decided to go back to Seonon again; then decided to go to Car Benseth.

In the forest/hills just north of Seonon, I had three ambushes in quick succession; 'looters' (bushwackers), 'raiders' (freebooters) and 'chief' (forest bandits).

Then, a fourth ambushing party appeared, with zero troops and no 'name':

Saved as soon as I saw it. If the bandit party attacks the caravan and I join the battle, it's won instantly - but I fail the quest. If I attack the bandit party, the game crashes. On reload, I ignored the party and it didn't catch the caravan; continues to Car Benseth and quest completes. But the zero bandits (now without quest marker) continues to plod on targeting the caravan that has now disbanded;

A short time later, it realises the caravan has gone and becomes a 'normal' bandit party:

 

[elysebluemoon]

Forwarding this issue to the QA team for further investigation. Thanks for reporting.

 

[gronaz]

I had the same issue several times since version 1.5.4. It makes this quest impossible.

I had a save just before it happens and I just uploaded it

 

[elysebluemoon]

I had the same issue several times since version 1.5.4. It makes this quest impossible.

I had a save just before it happens and I just uploaded it

Thanks for the upload!

 

[redmark]

I had the same issue several times since version 1.5.4. It makes this quest impossible.

I had a save just before it happens and I just uploaded it

Not impossible - if you see the zero strength party, save the game and then just ignore it. If it attacks the caravan, the caravan wins (and only seems to fail the quest if you try and get involved). Usually, it misses the caravan and then can't catch it.

 

[gronaz]

I was less lucky and the zero strength party fails the quest when catching the caravan even if the player doesn't get involved.

 

[redmark]

I was less lucky and the zero strength party fails the quest when catching the caravan even if the player doesn't get involved.

Ah, ok. I think that might have happened to me the very first time, but had saved (the OP), and since then it hasn't failed the quest - but usually misses anyway. Did have one caravan that attracted a second zero strength party, so 5 in all.

 

[redmark]

(As a subsequent but trivial issue, I had a couple of messages about 'escorted caravan under attack' for one particular caravan, long after the quest had completed).

 

[elysebluemoon]

I have been informed that this issue is fixed on our development branch and the fix will be implemented with the upcoming patches. Thanks for reporting!