Question regarding the next patch:

[Gespenst]

Question regarding the next patch:

I was lucky enough not to experience the XP glitch in my first playthough (possibly because once I found out it was a thing I stopped doing grey quests,) but now I really want to do a second one where I do everything, if I get hit by the XP glitch will the next patch fix it retroactively or should I wait a for it to come out before I start playing?

 

[jonwd7]

Before anyone jumps on him for "not understanding" the XP glitch, I think he might be referring to the hypothesis I've posted in several threads that completing grey quests glitches other quests into acting as if they are grey.

I've tested this myself and all I can tell you is that I had Family Matters and Ladies of the Wood, both greyed out. I completed them and they did not give XP (as expected). Then Pyres > Dreaming > Broken Flowers > Get Junior would not give XP upon completion despite all being green. I loaded that save again, and SKIPPED Family/Ladies and Pyres > Dreaming > Broken Flowers all gave XP.

So, I'm not saying my hypothesis is right, but I know for certain that it was *something* about the completion of Family/Ladies that caused my glitch.

Furthermore, I've had at least one person corroborate this. They said they were in the middle of Family Matters (green). They had no issues with XP up to that point. They turned in a grey quest, and then when turning in Family Matters it did not give XP.

The patch is only a day or two away, but it would be nice if someone could actually prove this hypothesis wrong. Like people with the glitch who have never done any grey quests for absolute certain.

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So, @Gespenst, I would say just play normally but be careful about not turning any grey quests until after the patch. Even if that theory is completely wrong, it won't change anything. If they were already grey you weren't going to get XP anyway, so you may as well hold off turning them in.

Or you could just be more mindful about not letting any quests go grey if you want.

 

[Gespenst]

Sorry, I was under the impression that the glitch was caused somehow by doing too many grey quests. I've seen that repeated as fact on other parts of the internet and thought it was confirmed true.

So, @Gespenst, I would say just play normally but be careful about not turning any grey quests until after the patch. Even if that theory is completely wrong, it won't change anything. If they were already grey you weren't going to get XP anyway, so you may as well hold off turning them in.

Or you could just be more mindful about not letting any quests go grey if you want.

Ok, thanks for the tip.

 

[jonwd7]

Sorry, I was under the impression that the glitch was caused somehow by doing too many grey quests. I've seen that repeated as fact on other parts of the internet and thought it was confirmed true.

It's a good theory, but no, not fact or confirmed. I'm curious though... I'm literally the only person I've seen who has been sharing the notion that it's grey quests which cause the glitch. Do you remember where these other people were posting this? They may have taken my million posts on the matter (here and on reddit) along with my experimentation and taken that as fact.

Also, no need to apologize about anything, as I was actually defending you. The way it goes on here is the minute you mention grey quests, everyone freaks out and tells you that you have no idea what you are talking about, mostly because there was some initial confusion about the bug. (And I don't think too many people here even know about the grey quest theory)

 

[Gespenst]

I think I saw it on reddit, I don't remember if it was your post or someone repeating it.

Spoiler

It might have been on the /krw/ thread on /vg/.