How many quests are there?

[GounterMcSnounter]

Being a completionist I did all the quests on the island u start on. Then I completed all of the locations there are on that island. Now I am trying to get the same thing done with Phokis and even though I have probably already done more than two dozend quests there always are new quests available at the message board. The thing that irritates me is that they all are pretty boring. I really like the Assassin's Creed series and I really liked AC Origins but this is just way too much. The world is too big and there are too many generic quests. By now I am level 22 meaning the next bunch of main story missions will be way too easy :/
most of the quests are sort of like " go to man A . deliver a bit of cabbage to man B. Return to man A."

So is there a limited amount of quests or when will it end? I wanna be able to say "I have now done Phokis to a hundred percent" but I have really got bored by how repetitive the quests from the message board are.

[.eReN.]

You don't need to do message board quests. If u really need experience look only for quests with "legendary" exp reward. Important quests are marked with golden "!". So uncover all question marks in phokis, finish all "!" quests and go to next area :P

[Mujokan]

Those quests are randomly generated forever... Why you would keep doing quests you find boring is another question. I have so much trouble understanding "completionist" gamers. But I guess it's none of my business.

[Viper]

Those are just generic random quests and they will never run out.

[jack_of_tears]

The quests you want to do are those marked on the map with an exclamation point - the board quests are there to waste time and grind resources, also end-game time filler. There are around 100ish quests in the game, I'd say, disregarding those randomly generated board missions. Some of those only open up after you've done other quests, or at certain points in the game, however, so you cannot finish every island 100% on the first visit, you'll always open up more quests later.

[GounterMcSnounter]

Originally posted by Viper:

Those are just generic random quests and they will never run out.

they all have cutscenes in them though

[GounterMcSnounter]

Originally posted by jack_of_tears:

The quests you want to do are those marked on the map with an exclamation point - the board quests are there to waste time and grind resources, also end-game time filler. There are around 100ish quests in the game, I'd say, disregarding those randomly generated board missions. Some of those only open up after you've done other quests, or at certain points in the game, however, so you cannot finish every island 100% on the first visit, you'll always open up more quests later.

ok thx

[jack_of_tears]

Originally posted by GounterMcSnounter:

Originally posted by Viper:

Those are just generic random quests and they will never run out.

they all have cutscenes in them though

I know, I have to admit that I'm impressed that they recorded dialogue for so many board missions, which you might never even perform. Your character's responses are reduced to a pat few, but the quest giver has dialogue that always feels unique to the quest.

[Mujokan]

You have "stranger" quests that are marked by an hourglass on the map, or the boards will direct you to them. These have little dialog scenes that are made up of prerecorded elements, and eventually you will see they start repeating.

There are also "choice" quests on the map that are marked by an icon that looks like two arrows dividing. They are related to story choices, they have some unique dialog, and they don't repeat. But in terms of content they are the same as the "stranger" quests.

For these two types you have to go back to the quest giver to get the reward.

Then the boards will give various bounty type quests where you just go kill people or whatever, and you get the reward automatically.

One point of difference is that if you get a quest from a quest giver to kill someone, you can knock them out and take them away to kill them in secret (or throw them into the sea or off a cliff) and that won't be considered a crime. However if you get such a mission from the board without having anyone to report to, you have to confirm the kill, you can't carry them away, so it's harder to get away with the murder...

[GounterMcSnounter]

So if I only wanna go for the 100% completion but without the stupid bloat that is thrown at me to give me to opportunity to level up fast. And that case I would'nt have to do the message board quests but all the others, right?

[Mujokan]

I think all that counts for completion in terms of quests are the main storylines. I got 100% weeks ago and there's still a ! quest I haven't started.

For me, the board quests are more for the end game when you just feel like wandering around randomly.

[Mehhh]

Originally posted by GounterMcSnounter:

So if I only wanna go for the 100% completion but without the stupid bloat that is thrown at me to give me to opportunity to level up fast. And that case I would'nt have to do the message board quests but all the others, right?

It depends on what you consider 100% completion, if I understand you correctly.

The random message board quests allow you to get XP faster, and thus max level. Mastery as well. Based on what I'm seeing so far, short of another patch from Ubisoft, you'll never max out mastery in everything, unless you grind hundreds(?) of quests.

Do enough bounties or contracts and you get a certain engraving (I forget which). If you want to max out all your engravings, do those contracts. Also, if you want a nice supply of orichalcum for Oikos items (legendaries every few days, etc.), do any quest that awards orichalcum.

I personally go ahead and pick up every random quest, check out the map, and if one of them is on the way to whatever I'm doing anyway, hey, free-ish XP. Otherwise, it'll time out after a day with no penalty.