#Retreat/Abort quest option

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lone crypt
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It would be good to have a way to prematurely end a quest, simulating a retreat from combat.

WHY

  • You sent the wrong party by accident
  • You misclicked and pressed "start quest" instead of "add boosters" or "add time warp components"
  • You need the hero for some other purpose (dragon Invasion maybe?)

RESULTS:

  • No components gathered
  • No loot or chests dropped
  • No loot stolen by Polonia
  • Boosts are lost

AFTER THE QUEST

  • Rest time reduced by a percentage of time elapsed. Eg: quest is 1 hour long. Retreat is called after 15 minutes. Rest time is 25% of original rest time.
  • Reductions such as Lilu, Compasses, and skills still apply
  • Breakages calculated by some mechanism that takes into account the calculated outcome of the quest before cancellation, and the reduced amount of rounds that occurred before the retreat was sounded.
bright atlas
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heck yeah stArrowUp

wicked kernel
lyric plume
wicked heron
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I can already see people abusing this to instant complete quests, retry until proc

vagrant bay
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Quest results are calculated at the start so it'll be hard to do this iirc

lone crypt
lone crypt
# vagrant bay Quest results are calculated at the start so it'll be hard to do this iirc

It's just changing the outcome to "gave up" rather than "victory" or "failure".
Maybe the rest time and breakage needs a re-think, I was just trying to avoid a harsh punishment and give a proportionate penalty instead.
I'd think that most players would realise their mistake after about 30 seconds- the heroes probably haven't even left the city at that point. If it was me, I'd probably still be finishing my pint in the Tavern 🙄 🍻

vagrant bay
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In theory that's all they'd have to do, but you know what happened last time they adjusted anything with quests. Heroes came back without their gear on.

lone crypt
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True, but that's an issue with code rather than the idea.

bright atlas
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maybe make it not available for those with that quest talent 😁

vagrant bay
lone crypt
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Ah, didn't realise.

vagrant bay
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I know they've talked about it in general before too

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That suggestion was back when people just reacted instead of filling up the thread with emojis (which kinda circumvents the purpose of turning that off XD)

sudden light
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stArrowUp stArrowUp stArrowUp if needed put a time limit on it like 1-5 minutes

scenic gate
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Better yet, how about a button that says "Are you sure you want to send this party?" And display the current party members {stClassFighter1Soldier stClassRogue1Thief stClassSpellcaster1Mage} as well as their level?

scenic gate