Prevent the Stalker from following the Legendary Dragon.

[Mantha]

I've done three runs of the game, and twice I got a quest for the Stalker...but he was stalking the Dragon. Not only is it odd that he's stalking a fish that's like 100x his size, but it makes it essentially makes the Stalker quest impossible to do while in the early game, which is where the quest tends to pop up.

[The Moth]

The quests are notoriously unfair, but I argue that it does make sense for the Stalker to be stalking the Legendary Dragon. Read the Stalker's description and you'll see that it seeks safety in the shadow of the biggest, strongest fish it can locate. When you catch the Legendary Dragon, do note that it may stalk other huge fish before it takes interest in your boat as the monarch of the ocean

[Mantha]

Originally posted by Luna Tenebris-Flos:

The quests are notoriously unfair, but I argue that it does make sense for the Stalker to be stalking the Legendary Dragon. Read the Stalker's description and you'll see that it seeks safety in the shadow of the biggest, strongest fish it can locate. When you catch the Legendary Dragon, do note that it may stalk other huge fish before it takes interest in your boat as the monarch of the ocean

I think the rest of the quests are perfectly fair, provided the fish don't get bugged.
It does make sense for it to follow the Dragon, lore-wise, but the quest to get the Stalker comes so early on that you're not prepared to get the Dragon. The Stalker quest just sits there, taking up a slot that another quest could have, until you reach the capability of catching the Dragon.

[The Moth]

Originally posted by Mantha:

Originally posted by Luna Tenebris-Flos:

The quests are notoriously unfair, but I argue that it does make sense for the Stalker to be stalking the Legendary Dragon. Read the Stalker's description and you'll see that it seeks safety in the shadow of the biggest, strongest fish it can locate. When you catch the Legendary Dragon, do note that it may stalk other huge fish before it takes interest in your boat as the monarch of the ocean

I think the rest of the quests are perfectly fair, provided the fish don't get bugged.
It does make sense for it to follow the Dragon, lore-wise, but the quest to get the Stalker comes so early on that you're not prepared to get the Dragon. The Stalker quest just sits there, taking up a slot that another quest could have, until you reach the capability of catching the Dragon.

Now, while I've gotten quests to catch things like the Ray, Tiger Shark, Noctis, and even some silo fish before I've even bought my second boat, I've never had an early quest for a Stalker. Sounds like some really unfortunate RNG

The game gives you quests depending on fish you've seen and haven't caught yet, or fish that you haven't yet seen but are still nearby if you've caught everything you can in your general area. If a fish ever chooses to bug out and swim across the entire ocean for no reason, then the game goes "Oh! You saw this!" and adds it to the list of things it can give you quests for, regardless of whether you can catch those things yet or not. Although, I believe the stalker originally followed the Tiger Shark before the rest was added, so it's possible the game went "Oh, you caught the Tiger Shark! That means the Stalker must be around somewhere :)"

^The above is all speculation from what I've experienced

[Mantha]

I see. The problem sounds like RNG then, I don't think you should get certain quests then at all until you get at least the dark boat.

[The Moth]

Originally posted by Mantha:

I see. The problem sounds like RNG then, I don't think you should get certain quests then at all until you get at least the dark boat.

Yeah that'd be optimal. This game isn't very optimized, though, which is where many problems arise