Don't bother with vietnam lighter side mission

[wainiodavid]

Down south you can pick up a side quest to find 12 lighters owned by vietnam war vets. The reward is bunker access to stuff they put away "just in case". The lighters are spread out over all three areas. There is a map to them you kind find which I had so after taming the south I set off with a helicopter to collect them thinking that a quest all over everywhere like this must have a good reward. But after collecting them all, the bunker has common explosives and crafting stuff. So it isn't worth the effort.

[TR-Jaybles]

It's not about the reward it's about the journey and the completeing of the quest...

[Bacon Overlord®]

Originally posted by wainiodavid:

Down south you can pick up a side quest to find 12 lighters owned by vietnam war vets. The reward is bunker access to stuff they put away "just in case". The lighters are spread out over all three areas. There is a map to them you kind find which I had so after taming the south I set off with a helicopter to collect them thinking that a quest all over everywhere like this must have a good reward. But after collecting them all, the bunker has common explosives and crafting stuff. So it isn't worth the effort.

There is a crapload of ammo in there and you can come back to get whatever you can't carry right away.

Definitely worth it.

[tanker_truck]

Originally posted by TR-Jaybles:

It's not about the reward it's about the journey and the completeing of the quest...

This is the right way to play far cry.

[twiggy]

Originally posted by Bacon Overlord®:

Originally posted by wainiodavid:

Down south you can pick up a side quest to find 12 lighters owned by vietnam war vets. The reward is bunker access to stuff they put away "just in case". The lighters are spread out over all three areas. There is a map to them you kind find which I had so after taming the south I set off with a helicopter to collect them thinking that a quest all over everywhere like this must have a good reward. But after collecting them all, the bunker has common explosives and crafting stuff. So it isn't worth the effort.

There is a crapload of ammo in there and you can come back to get whatever you can't carry right away.

Definitely worth it.

you dont need ammo when you have an attack helicopter with double miniguns with infinite ammo and missles

[Hoonsy]

Originally posted by ciaradesu:

Originally posted by Bacon Overlord®:

There is a crapload of ammo in there and you can come back to get whatever you can't carry right away.

Definitely worth it.

you dont need ammo when you have an attack helicopter with double miniguns with infinite ammo and missles

You also dont need a new gun in this case ;)

[l]

Originally posted by TR-Jaybles:

It's not about the reward it's about the journey and the completeing of the quest...

What a terrible way to defend the lack of a proper reward

[SickTag]

After a while all the rewards are the same. Money and resistance points, even if you beat the game. Also resetting outposts give you 400 bucks to clear them... woo.

[Drunken Pineapple]

Saying doing a quest in a game isn't worth it is pretty shallow, just do the quest later on then if its still possible or just do it head on if you feel for it. This is a rpg so just do quests. Saying a quest isn't worth the journey is pretty dumb. Also wanna mention that there is a map you can buy for it really cheap around like 2k along in the same shop u can buy the comic book map for that quest as well. So yeah this game just gives u tons of opportunity to increase your wallet or region resistence & even level you up along the way if you get challenges done too.

[wainiodavid]

My point was simply that if you are thinking you will get needful stuff useful for clearing out the areas so you bother to slog around the map early for the lighters - you will be disappointed and not get anything you could not get otherwise. Not even a hat or something.

[Jocosity]

Originally posted by TR-Jaybles:

It's not about the reward it's about the journey and the completeing of the quest...

What "journey"? You'd have a point if the lighters were anywhere interesting, but nearly all of them are just in same-looking bunkers behind same-looking houses with nothing interesting about them. The quest is pure busywork, and feels like a leftover bit from Ubisoft's "meaningless collectibles that do nothing but pad the game" phase where all of their games were filled with them.

[Burninator]

Originally posted by loren:

Originally posted by TR-Jaybles:

It's not about the reward it's about the journey and the completeing of the quest...

What a terrible way to defend the lack of a proper reward

I'm constantly amazed at how people rationalize lazy / poor game design. Though I suppose I shouldn't be...

[Milky Perfect]

Most of the bunkers also have a perk point magazine

[Sentient_Toaster]

Originally posted by Milky Perfect:

Most of the bunkers also have a perk point magazine

That. And, in many cases, you'd have no other reason to ever go there and find the magazine if you weren't using the lighter map to go find 'em.

[Palumtra]

The only thing I don't like about these collector side missions is that there are more than one of them out there. The maps cost 1200$ and if the given region is liberated you end up in a 100$ plus for travelling around the map for like 10-15 mins to get them, not even a unique piece of clothing or equipment. At least the lighters are in bunkers so there are usually perk magazines around. 1-2 missions would be fine. But 6? A bit too much, but then if you don't want to 100% the game you can also skip it.

[Pronoun Paladin ☯]

I'm with the OP on this one. Hey guys turns out in Portal the cake is a like, don't bother playing it. You don't get a single pastry for your troubles, not even a scone.