timed main quest?

[TAGER321]

i know some of the quests are timed but are there breaks where you are not on a timer or are you forced to do the main quest less lose it.

[fracs]

98% of the quests are not on timer so dont worry about it.

[Zsrai]

Just follow through with the note you get early on (meeting an agent at a random inn) and then ignore it until you are ready to roll. There are a couple of "wings" of the quest chain that you can finish and have a break before starting the next chain, but I think all of the chains are timed after you start them.

I'd just follow the walkthrough on uesp, or at least take a good look and see where the breaks are.

[lonetrav]

The game tells you clearly what is timed and what is not timed. There are also main quest stages which are triggered only if you meet certain stats requirements (with other words, when you're strong enough to survive them).
And unless you're a player who wants to play the main quest only and is not interestered in the rest: Daggerfall can keep you busy for a very long time without ever touching the main quest.
With that said, you can't escape the timers: Most or all side quest are timed, too. But according to my experience, the times you are given are generous enough (the bigger issue is that you may meet enemies in the dungeons which you can't defeat on your current level).

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by lonetrav:

With that said, you can't escape the timers: Most or all side quest are timed, too. But according to my experience, the times you are given are generous enough (the bigger issue is that you may meet enemies in the dungeons which you can't defeat on your current level).

Yeah, and don't be afraid to fail a non-Main Quest quest as well. All it really does it give you some negative rep (like 1/3 as much as you get for a successful quest). If you can't find that random mummy wrapping or whatever in a giant dungeon, just go do something else until the quest times out.

[Unseen]

Just wanna warn everyone the Morgia wedding quest is timed and really easy to fail early on. If you want to pass it with time to spare use the boat to travel and make sure and check the days. Don't let it go over a month and learn the layout to the worm king so you can get in and get out. Quest fails a lot to and is bugged as hell, Morgia gave me some enchanted bow, then it vanished lol.

[lonetrav]

Originally posted by Unseen:

... Quest fails a lot to and is bugged as hell, ...

Not that I want to doubt the experience - but it doesn't mean automatically that the quest itself is "bugged". Uesp doesn't mention a bug for this quest, and I myself have completed it successfully several times over the years.
To be called a genuine "quest bug", it would at least have to have appeared in classic unmodded Daggerfall (not DFU) - has it? Otherwise the experience might also have been caused by DFU or a DFU mod or a conflict between DFU mods.

[Unseen]

I'm playing completely vanilla, she gave me some enchanted bow now I can't find it anywhere. Not that I care much I'm a warrior and don't need it but still.

Also the games full of crashes, odd locked menus, weird almost possessed sound bugs, and all manner of ghosts in the machine.