Why is "A Matter of Life and Death" a relatively low low level quest? *mild spoilers*

[3rd_earthling]

Why is "A Matter of Life and Death" a relatively low low level quest? *mild spoilers*

Completing this urgently named quest leads to Triss's presence being removed from the mid game, yet there are at least 2 other mid game quests in which she can be involved... IF she is still around Novigrad. I am still in the mid game and ran into this issue after progressing in "Redania's Most Wanted" and finding something of obvious interest to her, while having already completed "A Matter of Life and Death".

Seems a strange progression there... Is Triss's involvement not intended, only left as some kind of hidden gem? Feels rather awkward to just leave the quest unfinished, ignoring Triss's request, to "game" the system just to have her available for these other quests!

 

[BiggusD1]

well silent druid quest lvl 24 for some reason

 

[3rd_earthling]

well silent druid quest lvl 24 for some reason

I'm not far enough to have encountered that quest... does it also lead to an npc becoming unavailable who would otherwise participate in similar level quests?

 

[numibago]

I'm not far enough to have encountered that quest... does it also lead to an npc becoming unavailable who would otherwise participate in similar level quests?

No. It's just a really simple quest that doesn't involve any kind of combat.

Your point about this quest is very valid though since she can play a part on other side quests in Novigrad. 1st playthrough i did her side quests before doing Redania's Most Wanted and i found out later that wasn't such a good idea. I'm not a huge fan of this required level kind of thing since it ends up creating certain problems that wouldn't exist in the first place if everything just scaled with you. But anyway, the figurines quest can still be done later during the 3rd act, so this is more of a minor nuisance to me than anything else.
Redania's Most Wanted seems to be the only one where Triss still being in Novigrad or not actually makes a difference afaik. My suggestion, do everything you can or want to do in Novigrad before you do Triss's side quests.

 

[3rd_earthling]

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Redania's Most Wanted seems to be the only one where Triss still being in Novigrad or not actually makes a difference afaik. My suggestion, do everything you can or want to do in Novigrad before you do Triss's side quests.

Thanks for that suggestion. I did reload and am about to start A Matter of Life and Death again!