bloodlover
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Had to run out and forgot something to add to the above.
Another big issue I forgot to add (touched on in this thread) is how you need to play with a walkthrough not for hand holding reasons, but to keep the quest script fucks ups to minimum.
I wondered why I used one last time until I ran into an issue at the farm: Talked to grain quest guy, collected grain for him, handed it back to him, talked to pig guy, got kill wolves quest, talked to third novice who offered to take me to town, talked to the head of the farm who said third guy could take me there if I helped around the farm, went to kill wolves, came back and told head guy I did grain quest and got the offer to go to town, went to hand in kill wolf quest and found the wolf guy unresponsive leaving the kill wolf quest stuck on my quest list.
This wouldn't be such a big issue in a game with respawning mobs, but that isn't the case so the amount of exp to be had is fixed making these kinds of issues worse than they would be your average game.
Had to reload back to a save that took my back to when I met Jan and got the sword, about an hour in game but a few hours RL. No biggie for me, but I can see that wearing me down and getting me paranoid enough to use a walkthrough again if it keeps happening by just organically wandering around doing my own thing, not even going out of my way to break scripting like jumping out of the monastery.
I made that mission yesterday. in the same order and had no problems. After I did the quests, I went to talk to the head of the farm and I said smth like "There is nothing I can help X with anymore" and then the other guy took me to the town gates. You can kill the mobs before taking the mission and still get the xp and quest done. I did the same thing with the people on the road to the monastery, where they had problems with some moths and goblins. The quest got completed after I killed the mobs and then I just talked to the NPC's. It was the same in Gothic games too if I am not mistaken (I am sure it was at least in G3) so I don't see why it should not be here.
edit: I am thinking about giving up my 2h axe guy and go with the classic sword and shield. Yeah the damage goes down a lot but at least I can freaking block everything. Plus, I also took smithing to make jwls, so making 1h swords is just a bonus and as far as I remember there isn't a huge difference between the 2h and 1h Titan Sword.