how to track objectives and quests?

[peppergomez]

I took a few months off from this game and restarted and have forgotten how to track my quests so I know which one I am focussing on. Been sailing around aimlessly and that's not a good thing.

Any advice for focused sailing so I can be focussed on a single quest at a time? The journal isn't helping much b/c it shows a ton of info.

[Skinny Pete]

It's separated into subcategories. "Objectives" is currently active things you're supposed to be doing and know. "Learning About" is where officer-related storylines go (and of course you can talk to them). Many of the others are names of the specific places you either have goals or did something, and the others relate to some storyline.

For some reason, they buried some active objectives in with the other crap.

If you mouse over them there's more explanation.

Just look them over again and refamiliarize yourself with any of them you haven't completely forgotten. It's actually useful, but very weirdly designed.

You also shouldn't go out focused on a single quest, but have multiple objectives on your way. Check out any shops that are at them and see if you can make some money trading while pursuing other objectives.

(The first ship is somewhat limited in what you can do, so don't stray too far until you know what you're doing, but I've got four out of seven of the Last Curator's requests on the first trip out with a new captain in a new lineage.)

[peppergomez]

Thanks. OK, so I have to admit, in my journal I am not seeing "Objectives" as a category. I wil look again,but I didn't see it when I played recently.

[St3amfails]

gotta scroll down its near the bottom, oddly. But honestly man, while its a good idea to have a basic idea of what you are doing at any given time, pepper is right. Dont focus on one thing. Plan a circuit that hits a dozen or so ports before bringing you back around to london, especially if you can work in cheap fuel/food ports.most objectives will fill organically doing that. just make sure to pay attention when smuggling or doing bruiser runs.

[St3amfails]

er pete, you knwo what i m,eant

[Skinny Pete]

Originally posted by St3amfails:

gotta scroll down its near the bottom, oddly. But honestly man, while its a good idea to have a basic idea of what you are doing at any given time, pepper is right. Dont focus on one thing. Plan a circuit that hits a dozen or so ports before bringing you back around to london, especially if you can work in cheap fuel/food ports.most objectives will fill organically doing that. just make sure to pay attention when smuggling or doing bruiser runs.

I should have definitely mentioned that. "Don't piss off the Bruiser" should really be in any discussion of Objectives. Unlike other dangerous people in the game (like either of the Isle of Cats patrons), you can easily mess up a Bruiser run completely accidentally. The others, you generally have to make a deliberate decision to double cross them (like the Merciless Modiste who I did deliberately betray just for the hell of it and which is not a good idea).