[Redania's Most Wanted]

[DeadByLag]

After rescuing Dandelion and concluding [A Poet Under Pressure], I triggered Triss' [A Matter of Life and Death] but stop midway after obtaining party clothes. In all the side-tracked activities, I also progressed ahead with [Redania's Most Wanted] and to my surprise found that I could not talk to Triss about the megascope crystal found; she's way too "excited" and dressed up to attend the banquet for [A Matter of Life and Death].

So I rode it out, and on completing [A Matter of Life and Death], found yet another quest [Now or Never] triggered down the chain. Gosh.

From what I've read around, I'm hosed? The only option left for me is to wait and hand the crystal over to Yennefer? There's another pick-up quest [The Soldier Statuette] while progressing Zoltan's [A Dangerous Game] that's in a similar bind. Is the only course of corrective action I have, to rewind all of yesterday's game play?

[Shalashaska]

Just give the crystal to Radovid, you get nothing from it if you hand it to either Triss or Yennefer.

[DeadByLag]

I know the crystal stores a corrupted recording of a tele-conference Madame Eilhart had. While there's no influence on the story routes, I just kinda wanna replay that "video".

Any idea about [The Soldier Statuette]? Is that quest a gone case too? I'm for now sailing over to Skellige while shelving that plot line.

[Shalashaska]

Soldier and nobleman statues can both be played later when you return to novigrad with the others.

[DeadByLag]

Well, I just completed the main story and there was no circumstances which I could ask Triss to take a look at [The Soldier Statuette] at Kaer Morhen nor beyond.

At the conclusion, the side quest evaporated along with the main quest chain.

[DeadByLag]

Wasn't possible. Completing [A Matter of Life and Death] automatically initiated [Now or Never]; there was no chance to have a chat with Triss concerning other side quests.

[Simple Man]

About the Crystal, that quest has you talking about it to either Radovid or Triss. You probably blabbed about the crystal and Phillipa to Radovid first, and that cancels the possible interaction with Triss.

And teh statuettes can be done before or after Kaer Morhen (and now or never). Triss returns to Novigrad to find Phillipa, and stays at Dandelions place. You can 100% do the quest then. Well, could have.

[DeadByLag]

Messaggio originale di kodiak.pw:

About the Crystal, that quest has you talking about it to either Radovid or Triss. You probably blabbed about the crystal and Phillipa to Radovid first, and that cancels the possible interaction with Triss.

And teh statuettes can be done before or after Kaer Morhen (and now or never). Triss returns to Novigrad to find Phillipa, and stays at Dandelions place. You can 100% do the quest then. Well, could have.

I never approached Radovid precisely because I wanted Triss to have a look first. In the end, I have to lean towards the alternative of not progressing [Now or Never] - since I was already on the point of no return with [A Matter of Life and Death] - and letting Yennefer inspect the crystal instead at Skellige.

After the battle of Kaer Morhen, the conversation option I could have with Triss at Rosemary and Thyme was only concerning locating Phillipa [Blidingly Obvious] and Geralt has to immediately meet her at Plassiflora.... hey, wait.... there's something else I'd like to talk with you..... don't spin off yet another quest mission on me again!

[DeadByLag]

I have done [A Deadly Plot] and have further let that insane king meet a premature end, but I don't care about that late-stage story.

All I know is that for a very long stretch of the game, there was no window of opportunity for me to progress and close [The Soldier Statuette], simply because I unknowingly triggered [A Matter of Life and Death] while working on other simultaneous side quests. Now on story conclusion, I will forever have an entry in the Failed quests list - [The Soldier Statuette]

I have played through Witcher 1 and 2, and am no stranger to all those frustrating quests with fragile inter-quest chronological dependencies that nobody can figure out unless one approaches the game ready with guide book in hand. On one side, I am glad these annoying quest structures have been reduced significantly. Yet on the other, I can't help but feel "not this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ again...." with the few that linger around. The biter for this scenario is that it keeps hinting there's a chance somewhere to let Triss complete it. Yet, with each lengthy quest after lengthy quest auto-triggering one after another it almost feels like the game taunting for not having played quests in a particular sequence.

[DeadByLag]

Messaggio originale di BuzzardBee:

See now that I don't understand. How were you able to complete A Deadly Plot without finishing Now or Never.

I did eventually complete [Now or Never] before commencing the Battle of Kaer Morhen, so I'd have Triss as reinforcements. Radovid's assassination plot naturally becomes available thereafter.

I found that after [Now or Never], Triss was nowhere to be found in Novigrad; I read she'd relocated to Kaer Morhen but I never found an opportunity to tell her about the statuette. After the battle and back in Novigrad, no opportunity either.