Alternating Currents Quest

[sleepygaymer]

This is without a doubt the dumbest quest I have experienced in game in a very long time. You talk to a maintenance tech who tells you there are power problems. You then spend a good 30 minutes running around flipping switches. The quest ends with you handing some information to one of two characters.

There is no humor to the quest. The two NPC's are annoying as hell. You never really find out who is responsible for the power problems or why.

I've had more fun sitting on a barren planet looking at rocks in this game than I did on that quest. The only conclusion I am left with is whoever wrote and designed that quest was assigned to create a perfect working example of what not to put in a game.

If you run into Louisa in the Well and she starts talking about power issues, run the other way.

[AoD_lexandro]

Just did this and it only took 10 mins. Its a bog standard fetch quest for early game leveling. And you do learn who it is. Read the emails. Its a hacker that has sliced accounts at the bank. As with many beth games, until you run through most of the content and know for sure, this could well be a linker quest for a later mission.

[Steppenrazor]

you do find out the why.. - someone/group was siphoning money from galbank. was a note on the computer? where they were taking .001 or something from Galbanks atms transactions. note shows they taken in like 300k?

easy side mission, that'll get you a few thousand and some xp.

[Steppenrazor]

Originally posted by AoD_lexandro:

Just did this and it only took 10 mins. Its a bog standard fetch quest for early game leveling. And you do learn who it is. Read the emails. Its a hacker that has sliced accounts at the bank. As with many beth games, until you run through most of the content and know for sure, this could well be a linker quest for a later mission.

ha. must have posted right after i replied. lol

[sleepygaymer]

Originally posted by AoD_lexandro:

Just did this and it only took 10 mins. Its a bog standard fetch quest for early game leveling. And you do learn who it is. Read the emails. Its a hacker that has sliced accounts at the bank. As with many beth games, until you run through most of the content and know for sure, this could well be a linker quest for a later mission.

Even if i did find out who was diverting power, it wouldn't change my opinion of just how bad the quest is. There is nothing redeeming about it.

[Kitiana Foxtail]

Originally posted by sleepygaymer:

This is without a doubt the dumbest quest I have experienced in game in a very long time. You talk to a maintenance tech who tells you there are power problems. You then spend a good 30 minutes running around flipping switches. The quest ends with you handing some information to one of two characters.

There is no humor to the quest. The two NPC's are annoying as hell. You never really find out who is responsible for the power problems or why.

I've had more fun sitting on a barren planet looking at rocks in this game than I did on that quest. The only conclusion I am left with is whoever wrote and designed that quest was assigned to create a perfect working example of what not to put in a game.

If you run into Louisa in the Well and she starts talking about power issues, run the other way.

Mass Effect did the same thing! Not excusing the mission, but it's a "Been There! Done That!" kind of mission. Most missions are like that these days as it is hard to be original when you need to have as many quests as this game is suppose to have.

The thing you should be upset with is the "Your choice does not matter" affect. You get the same experience and the same credits not matter how you give the info in. So far that is. Does anyone know if anything happens later with the Trade Authority for this. She says they will remember this but nothing really changed.

[Funke]

ran into the mission today,
(first as mentioned if you are able to read you can see who and why)
secondly its nice to make the player familiar with the movement in the game (yay for reaching places by jumping around and pulling yourself up)
got a small chuckle out of the 3 small twists to how quest like this are normaly playing out
1. you can just leave after the first part and leave the npc to her fate
2. the npc warns you about it going to turn violent and then the other party happily offers cooperation instead
3. the npc knew that the other faction offered money and is pretty happy if you do the just thing

Only nitpick would be that all these dang quests are handled mass-effect-style, just creepily overhearing npcs (who are all talking very, very loudly about them)

[Prowl]

I thought the mission was a prelude to another mission tbh.