At the very beginning of Act 3 I received a quest to talk to Merrill at her home, so I went there and she automatically triggered what was apparently her end quest dialog for A New Path. From searching the forums I've found that a lot of people have had the same problem and that it breaks the quest.
My question, which I haven't been able to find an answer to yet, is can I avoid this if I just don't visit Merrill's house until late in Act 3 when that quest is supposed to trigger normally? Or do I have to go to her house and do her Questioning Beliefs or whatever quest at the beginning of Act 3 in order to eventually make A New Path available in the first place?
Is there any other solution to this that I'm missing? Any news on if the next patch will fix this? It's annoying that the first one didn't since this seems to happen to pretty much everyone. How do you miss a bug that obvious?
Merrill's A New Path quest, some spoilers.
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seedypete
, avril 03 2011 01:27
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Posté 03 avril 2011 - 01:57
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At the moment there are only a couple of fan-made fixes and one that is being used through the dev-console (on PC) though neither of those are really a permanent solution to the problem.
I'm in the same boat as you, and a lot of others are as well.
I stopped playing because of that bug because for once I want this questline to play out the way it was intended.
New Patch is coming, it will most likely fix this bug (as I and everyone else is hoping) but we don't know when it will be released.
Don't count on it by the start of next week though, it's more likely it'll be released by the end of it.
At least I hope so...
I'm in the same boat as you, and a lot of others are as well.
I stopped playing because of that bug because for once I want this questline to play out the way it was intended.
New Patch is coming, it will most likely fix this bug (as I and everyone else is hoping) but we don't know when it will be released.
Don't count on it by the start of next week though, it's more likely it'll be released by the end of it.
At least I hope so...
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Posté 03 avril 2011 - 09:05
Mr Waffle
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seedypete wrote...
if I just don't visit Merrill's house until late in Act 3 when that quest is supposed to trigger normally?
I tried to avoid it, but you HAVE to sit through the bugged end of the quest before you can start it. Even if it shows up in your journal as "go talk to her" to start it, talking to her the first time will show the ending, then talking again will start it. And you won't get to see the ending of it when you actually finish it, which is a bit depressing since you don't get 'proper' closure.
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Posté 03 avril 2011 - 08:22
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I remember that on my first playthrough, all Merrill's quests worked following the intended order. Then I've bought and installed The Exiled Prince and the bugs appeared. Now, on my last playthrough (completed last night), I've removed the addon - no great loss, I never happen to use Sebastian - and Merrill's quests magically worked as intended again.
Now, I'm always above 50% Rival or Friendship with Merrill by the beginning of Act III since she's a staple in all my teams [sometimes even romanced]. For me, removing the Exiled Prince worked but I don't know if the bugs are related to the DLC or it was just sheer luck. Out of my seven playthroughs, Merrill was bug-free only twice, when Exiled Prince wasn't installed. Odd, I'd say.
Now, I'm always above 50% Rival or Friendship with Merrill by the beginning of Act III since she's a staple in all my teams [sometimes even romanced]. For me, removing the Exiled Prince worked but I don't know if the bugs are related to the DLC or it was just sheer luck. Out of my seven playthroughs, Merrill was bug-free only twice, when Exiled Prince wasn't installed. Odd, I'd say.
