Quest order- spoilers

[alex_day3]

I arrived in the 2nd map and assumed Henry's main intent would be to ensure Hans's safety and so made a beeline for that quest line. I have now arrived at the lions den quest and haven't yet touched the devil's pack. There was a sense of urgency before arriving at this point and with everything feeling like its coming to it's climax, I'm worried I have left this quest too late. Do I still have time to complete the devils pack now? Should I hold off triggering the lions den and prioritise the other main quest for a bit?

[emreyigit1967]

IMO, the only thing you should have done is the Devil's Pack. I've found that if you leave this until you have to do it (just before Dancing with the Devil) the quest markers go awry. To answer your question, there is no way you can progress the main quest beyond Exodus without doing the Devil's Pack.

The rest you could have done at any pace of your choosing.

[Matty]

yep I get how you get the sense of urgency, but there are afew lines of dialogue here and there that mention how because he is a noble he'll be treated fine. He was tortured for information, but he's pretty safe after that.

There's a random encounter possible a couple if I remember or maybe it was a mission where you encounter nobles who have been imprisoned or escaped and reference how they are treated fairly well.

[emreyigit1967]

If I may make one further suggestion, there is a major correlation between your stat levels and the ease at which you can complete the game.

I finished my first playthrough with skill levels around 20. It was hard. Well before I finished my second, I was at levels around 29 or 30, for strength, vitality, agility, speech, swordsmanship, heavy weapons, polearms, archery, horsemanship, thievery, scholarship, speech, survival. The only sub-20 skills were houndmaster (12) and drinking (12).

That made the end game much, much easier.

To boost your health stats, you need to walk around overburdened and participate in archery contests. To boost your combat skills, you need to train in Trosky castle (yep, you can go back to the castle you escaped from and if you don't encounter the captain of the guard (you need to actively seek him out) you can boost your weapon skills to your heart's content without anyone commenting on the fact that you're a wanted fugitive) or just outside the castle in the archery range. The rest sort of happen as you do side quests.