It has a timer. I did it with my main but did not see the timer, so missed the loot.
Today I did the quest with an alt and got breeches + a purple reward box.
First, I totally agree that putting the reward behind a timer is pretty lame considering the game hasn't used timers for any other quests, either in terms of quest completion or getting any of the rewards. And, when you do fail certain quest objectives, the game just lets you try again. In this case, it seems especially egregious since the reward is part of a collectible set.
However, I'm curious (since I'm on XB and won't be doing this quest for a couple weeks) - how hard is it to complete the quest within the timer? Do you have to run around everywhere immediately without even stopping to take a drink of your coffee or is it at least fairly doable if you know about the timer? I'm not asking because I think that the players who missed completing it are at fault, and I'm not trying to offer some sort of backhanded advice. I'm genuinely asking so I know what I'll be in for with that quest.
First, I totally agree that putting the reward behind a timer is pretty lame considering the game hasn't used timers for any other quests, either in terms of quest completion or getting any of the rewards. And, when you do fail certain quest objectives, the game just lets you try again. In this case, it seems especially egregious since the reward is part of a collectible set.
However, I'm curious (since I'm on XB and won't be doing this quest for a couple weeks) - how hard is it to complete the quest within the timer? Do you have to run around everywhere immediately without even stopping to take a drink of your coffee or is it at least fairly doable if you know about the timer? I'm not asking because I think that the players who missed completing it are at fault, and I'm not trying to offer some sort of backhanded advice. I'm genuinely asking so I know what I'll be in for with that quest.
There’s actually a decent amount of timed quests, even in the main zone quest lines. Auridon and the Rift I know have timed quests that can fail you, but you can retry them as often as you need.
It really not hard at all to complete within the time limit. It’s five minutes for four stops all within Senchal. I used Rapids on foot for the most part, chatted a couple NPC I noticed had the option for dialogue, and sold off a bit of junk and finished with almost 2 full minutes to spare.
It’s really not a straining timer at all, and the guy really does emphasis extra bonus for beating the timer when giving you the quest. It’s just the timer itself that’s not super obvious because it’s above the quest info and hardly anyone looks there.
BlissfulDelusions wrote: »Chillax, people. Even if you miss out on a piece from a single quest, you can still earn them from other quests in the zone.
Just help everyone in S. Elsweyr out
Am I the only one that noticed the NPC tells you eleventy-two-seven times that the product has to be delivered BEFORE it loses it's potency? Just the sheer fact they mention it so many times should have been an indicator that it is a timed quest. Not being able to drop and redo is kind of hokey but at least they will address the issue.
ZOS_SarahHecker wrote: »Hey all, just to confirm it was not intended to lock players out of getting the collectible for not completing the quest on the timer. We will be working on a fix for this for a future incremental patch.