"Deliver Herd" quest can't be completed if target is under siege

[DreadLordLenny]

As title says. If you take a Deliver Heard quest and the settlement is under siege when you arrive, the timer on the quest does not pause and the quest cannot be completed unless the siege lifts. This results in a massive relation loss and being branded as a criminal.

 

[MKLVN]

Well yeah don’t you think it kinda makes sense that they won’t lift a siege so you can deliver ponies lol...?

 

[DreadLordLenny]

That is obvious but the quest timer should pause, otherwise the quest does not have a valid success condition.

 

[Dullathehan]

That is obvious but the quest timer should pause, otherwise the quest does not have a valid success condition.

Exactly! Especially since they send you with a peasant to watch you. I got a crime penalty because the quest timed out while i sat outside the castle hoping the siege would break and I could enter the city but it never did. I was penalized and failed a quest with no possible way to complete it and no way to go back and fix what happened. Very frustrating since with a crime rating I can no longer enter castles in the area to continue the main quest which is just great.