Quest Markers - RE: Special Bounty: The Wasteland Bandits

[Rhapses]

Are we able to get some more quest markers? I have a mission right now to hunt down some pirates and the description is incredibly vague.

"The target, Wasteland Bandits, has reportedly been attacking Ice Convoy from Ipswick Region, but their exact location is unknown. Use your investigation skill to find them."

So I have spent around 3 hours now in fast forward, flying to all the towns in 'ipswick', I flew to edge of the void east of Ipswick Town (since there was a comment in the town description about the icy desolate east). I flew to Bannach Peak because I knew they sold ice there and in between that and Ipswick is the Grambian 'desert waste' garrison. I also flew to each of the islands in Ipswick, no matter how small they were.

I've about investigated this one to death.

If anyone has any clues on where these bandits are, that'd be awesome.

Moving forward, I think even a halo on the map to indicate the general area/region to be looking in, would be great.

[Mini-Marine]

The missions where you have to track someone down that don't have a designated area, it seems that they will spawn at random in the assigned region and will have a silver marker on the map rather than the normal red one for hostiles.

I don't bother actively hunting them but just do other stuff until I notice them pop up on the map and divert to snag them.

There really needs to be a better system than just hope they randomly spawn

[Rhapses]

Agreed. They require a better system. I was trying to complete this as it is part of the 3 part mission from Everspring for a bounty licence, I believe. The first one indicated seen 'east of x' and 'sometimes south of x' which helped me locate them, but this particular one has me stumped.

[jay.ss]

This one has a bad description that points you to a wrong area. It is intended that some of the marks don't offer location guide but we need to do better at not slipping some bad description in like this. The issue will be fixed soon. For the time being you could check the North of the Desert Waste Garrison for this hunt.

[Rhapses]

Thanks so much Jay!! I'll have a look up there. Appreciate the help :)

[Dendronium Ingot]

The description was revised into

The target, Wasteland Bandits has reportedly been attacking "Ice Convoy bound for the Ipswick Region", but their exact location is unknown.

[Rhapses]

Hmm.. Well I went to Grambian Desert Waste Garrison. Then headed due north up to about same horizontal axis as Grambian Deep Mine. I then went about 45 degrees North-East and North-West of the garrison (the mountain ridge just east of Grambian Deep Mines to the second Island North-North-West of Ipswick Lumber Camp), zig zagging my way back to the garrison to cover the area in between. Still haven't found the target yet.

I'm assuming if they're North of the Garrison, they must be up near the void or only spawn at certain times of the day.

Might give it a rest for a bit I think.

[Rhapses]

Originally posted by Dendronium Ingot:

The description was revised into

The target, Wasteland Bandits has reportedly been attacking "Ice Convoy bound for the Ipswick Region", but their exact location is unknown.

Based on this description, I'm thinking maybe you would need to fly from Bannach Peak (origin of the Ice) to.. Ipswick Mineral Springs, maybe?
I have already gone from Ipswick Town to Bannach Peak.

I'll confess I have yet to see any Ice Convoys.

[jay.ss]

Originally posted by Dendronium Ingot:

The description was revised into

The target, Wasteland Bandits has reportedly been attacking "Ice Convoy bound for the Ipswick Region", but their exact location is unknown.

This guy is one of the mod, they'll handle the case.

[Rhapses]

Day 2: Loaded into game in the garrison. Left port and started heading toward Bannach Peak. Found some of the brotherhood blocking the path. Turned around and started a heading West-North-West of the Garrison. Encountered the Wasteland Bandits almost immediately over some hills near the coastline.
We had travelled this area multiple times but the crew was immensely relieved once they found their target.

Thank you for the tip, Jay.
I suspect the description still needs more work. "Ice Convoy bound for <region>" is not enough. Where did it originate from? Was it heading toward a particular city? Even if you need to talk to someone to find out the route a missing ship took, that'd be fine.

I hope this feedback assists :)

[Passan]

I was very frustrated with this mission as well, because this mechanic was not introduced yet. Now I find it sad that the story does not use this type of mechanic. I like it.

After following the description, I changed my mind about the quests. It is quite clever.
They attack transports, who transport ice to ipswick.

[AnonCat]

Even after reading everything here, I still cannot find the wasteland bandits. Very frustrating. Why not do this quest like the rest of the bounties with a general area or at least a city of origin.

[WarBear]

Passan Cat got it right get the small (ICE)trading mission from Bannach peak to Ipswick mineral springs.

[flolucarj]

I have found them sailing from Grambian Desert Waste Garrison towards Bannach Peak, almost mid distance, a bit more towards Bannack Peak.

[Maniac]

Unfortunately the text is still the same and thus confusing, could only find it because of this thread