Incorrect Quest Order regarding Alad V

[tukib]

So I've noticed that the Second Dream quest takes place after Alad V obtained the cure for the infestation. However Patient Zero, a quest obtained after the Second Dream, Alad V is fully infested. Is this intentional?

[Evultis]

Part of this is due to the fact that Tubemen of Regor was an event, and not a quest, removing it from the timeline in the quests. Of course, the rearrangement caused by Specters of the Rail does not help.

It is also possible that the infestation somehow is able to 'grow' new mutalist Alad Vs, in the same way that Phorid manifestations happen, as an in-universe explanation.

Maybe re-arrange the events? During the Second Dream he has infestation scarring, what if that is just the early stages of infection, which completes after Second Dream?

[Urlan]

2nd Dream currently had to happen after Tubemen where Mutalist Alad V was cured and has scarring from whatever cure he and Lotus obtained from our theft of Regor's research. Its always possible that Mutalist Alad V is just placeholder for a later infested boss at this point, but I do like the idea that a cloning specialist research would lead one to use a form of cloning as a cure to a condition.

[Genitive]

29 minutes ago, Cephalon_Esrius said:

It is also possible that the infestation somehow is able to 'grow' new mutalist Alad Vs, in the same way that Phorid manifestations happen, as an in-universe explanation.

I've seen a few people in the forums suggest such a possibility. I personally quite like it, but still would like to have more concrete explanation.

[schilds]

Quests should probably allow you to visit the quest mission on a node whether or not that node is unlocked. That way DE can use the whole starmap for their stories without worry, and getting a peek at, or introduction to, later areas is not a bad thing.

I don't see (at the moment) that this would create any problems.

 

e.g. Vor's Prize could be spread back across the Earth to Mercury. It would save having to rewrite the quest - Ordis mentions Mercury, one of the missions uses the Corpus outpost tileset (and is against Corpus) and Vor is the boss of Mercury, and is fought on that tileset, yet currently it all happens on Earth. Spreading it back out over the three planets would serve as a bit of an introduction to (and help players set goals for) exploring the starmap beyond Earth.

Edited January 28, 2017 by schilds