Lost my f**n engine because The Deep Zone Crossing Quest

[Brew]

It would be nice if this area was blocked without a lim shield because it's not possible to leave without abandon trip which turns out can delete your engine?

[Honorable_D]

I think what abandon/death costs is random. You can change in-game settings related to it as well...make game harder or easier.

[Mattrex]

Did you go to the Deep Zone Crossing without the LIM shield?

[EmGooser]

Originally posted by Mattrex:

Did you go to the Deep Zone Crossing without the LIM shield?

I actually did the same, but I also assumed I would have a way out that did not require the LIM shield. Sadly was wrong and had to abandon the run :( Didnt lose my engine though

[Brew]

Originally posted by Mattrex:

Did you go to the Deep Zone Crossing without the LIM shield?

Yes, I realize that it was a mistake but how would I have known that it's a dead end where I cannot leave? The map doesn't say.

Anyway, managed to corrupt my save to force the backup to be used. Sadly this was already in the this dead end zone, so had to abandon with the "keep items" option turned on, still this was quite the awful experience with this game I have to say.

[Mattrex]

That's one thing that I really like about this game. Mistakes have consequences, especially the easily-avoidable ones.

[Brew]

Originally posted by Mattrex:

That's one thing that I really like about this game. Mistakes have consequences, especially the easily-avoidable ones.

This wasn't easily avoidable, nor does it really have any consequences if all you need to do is change an option in the menu to work around it.

[ArtesPRoSoul]

I forgot about LIM shield and this happened to me too. But I managed to activate the gate and cross the wall near the location entrance making my way back to the garage.

[RedNoodlePanda]

Is the shield only useful for the one quest?

[xethier]

Originally posted by RëdNöödlëPändä:

Is the shield only useful for the one quest?

no, the lim shield is a direct upgrade to the limpulse emitter.

[Bardakani55]

can you help me go thru the deep zone without the lim sheild?

[RedNoodlePanda]

Originally posted by xethier:

Originally posted by RëdNöödlëPändä:

Is the shield only useful for the one quest?

no, the lim shield is a direct upgrade to the limpulse emitter.

Maybe I'm thinking of the ion shield? There's one that only protects against radiation.

[xethier]

Originally posted by RëdNöödlëPändä:

Originally posted by xethier:

no, the lim shield is a direct upgrade to the limpulse emitter.

Maybe I'm thinking of the ion shield? There's one that only protects against radiation.

the lim shield does everything the limpulse emitter does, only better and also protects from physical damage (somewhat)

the ion shield only protects from radiation, but it gives you a radius around the car to stand in that's protected. making it exceptionally good for braving the storms to collect payloads from the air-drops.

[Dwight]

Yeah I lost mine because one of my storage things with it feel off I beat the qust but I only have my wheels a door and my engine

[Homelander]

Wait, I completed that quest without the LIM shield, i think it only protects you from physical damage (devil grinder is everywhere), but it was not needed at least for me.

[Noxedwin]

I found this topic and feel somewhat vindicated.
I needed more Thermosap to build the LIM Shield. I'm scouring the route planner. Well, this node says it has tonnes of the stuff! I'm fighting my way there, even picked up the Ghost of my last (failed) attempt to get to this area.
I arrive. There's so much other stuff here that I need. Red Balloons. A Tour Bus scan. Well-outfitted derelict cars. A bunch of Anchors. I even have the energy stored up from my way here, so even if I have to dip out, I can do it really quickly and conveniently.

Oh. All of the warp points are on the other side of this big wall. OK, well, I'll try and power it. If I fail, I at least keep a few scraps and have the knowledge of what to expect the next time. Nope, the machine won't power up unless you've completed "Craft a LIM Shield" (and put it into your trunk, for some reason? Even though it needs to be mounted to a bumper hardpoint?). OK. Maybe I can turn and leave. I still have my Jacks, I can hop the wall and backtrack. Nope, I get picked up and returned to the play area like I'm an escaping baby.
I don't wanna Abandon my trip. The last time I did that, I arrived without my roof storage, side-rack storage, and my entire Turbolight Engine block.

I found out (through this thread, no less) that you can set in the options that Abandoning a trip doesn't cost anything. But I would have at least liked to go home without "cheating" and without colliding against an arbitrary limitation.
Put a warp on this side of the wall, devs. Or, at the very least, warn the player that if they go to an objective junction without a necessary object, that they may be marooned there.