Rust & Vengeance: "Delay" Isn't the Right Word

[jennaelf]

Hi! I am currently playing through the Rust & Vengeance quest and encountered something that doesn't seem intentional?

The quest was announced (triggered by moving forward in the Knife in the Back questline for Sorobor Academy) and we were given the 100 days. It's only been FOUR days for our characters (close to five), but we've been working through the locations with the train line and encountered the "Giant Horror" -- upon defeating this creature, we got an update to our journal which indicates:

"...you've delayed the Forgemaster's plans..."

But in actuality, we *lost* 36 days because the quest 'resets' the timer to 60 days instead of *adding* those days. It seems like either the quest text needs to change (clearly we motivated the Forgemaster to attack MUCH sooner! haha!) or perhaps the quest should actually *add* 60 days to our timer?

Not sure how many folks let the time run lower and benefit from the 60 day reset, but for us it felt more like a punishment. (Not that we're worried about missing the deadline. )

[Nerevar]

this is intentional. was always like this. its not a bug.

the reason the bosses set it to 60 days is that this quest only has 100 days if you start it during your factionquestline or before joining a faction. otherwise you only get 60 days to start aswell.

its not a big issue tough. 60 days is more than enough to defeat the 3 bosses and find the 4 keys unless you leave harmatten for a longer period.

for example sorobor is the only faction where this quest is delayed till 2nd factionquest. on all other factions it begins instantly upon just visiting harmatten after joining them.