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Can one abandon a mission and get it again at a higher level?

Aett_Thorn

By Aett_Thorn,
Posted on: 2010-05-17 16:25 in Player Questions

 

Posted

If I have a mission I got at a previous level, but I'm still within the contact's level range, can I abandon it, and by talking to the contact get it again, but it will now be my current level?

Does it make a difference if it's a mission in a story arc instead of a non-arc mission?

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If it's in an arc, you will not be able to get it again.

You might be able to get one of the non-arc, generic missions from your contact, but I doubt it.

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hmmm I thought that was the point of abandon over complete mission.

Half recall it working the way OP described when I abandoned one of kalindas missions, got the same one back again when I talked to her again.

Will have to test it tonight.

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Abandon isn't the same as Complete. Abandon makes it like you never talked to the contact and accepted the current mission.

It's been tested with the The Code Merlin arc from Tavish Bell. I proposed the idea that using the new Abandon Mission feature would allow you to retake the mission, and get a different set of Possessed Scientists for the 2nd mission of the arc. Results were that you get the same Possessed Scientists.

I would think that abandoning a mission taken at X, and retaking it at X+1 would give you the mission at X+1.



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As long as you're within the level range of the arc, I don't see why you couldn't abandon at a lower level and retake it at a higher one. If you outlevel the contact, though, in the meantime, you may not be able to get the mish again. This will apply when switching sides with the GR content. Your current mishes that aren't co-op will be auto-abandoned when you can no longer enter that side's zones, but can be picked up again when you switch back.

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Yes. I abandoned a level 8 "hunt CoT in Perez" mission when I was level 8, did another contact to bump my level to 10, then took "hunt CoT in Perez" again (so I could actually run around in the trees without fearing for my life) and my mission list listed it at level 10, not level 8.

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Originally Posted by Sailboat View Post
If I have a mission I got at a previous level, but I'm still within the contact's level range, can I abandon it, and by talking to the contact get it again, but it will now be my current level?

Does it make a difference if it's a mission in a story arc instead of a non-arc mission?
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If it's in an arc, you will not be able to get it again.

You might be able to get one of the non-arc, generic missions from your contact, but I doubt it.
I have tested this on all of, a regular mission, a small story arc mission, a large story arc mission, and a badge mission,. from contacts. Then abandoned them, increased my level and recieved the same , a regular mission, a small story arc mission, a large story arc mission, and/or a badge mission, from the same contact at the current higher level. As long as the new higher level does not exceed the current contacts level range, I had absolutely no trouble at all with getting it reguardless of wether it was a regular mission, a small story arc mission, a large story arc mission, or a badge mission. Keep in mind that this was in starting a new arc in such cases, and not proceeding with an existing arc, as to which we know will proceed at up to the contacts max level range reguardless of your currently level untill the arc is completed.

Not sure if Aett maybe just didn't understand the question, but their reply is incorrect.

 

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Yeah, sorry...read that as "Drop" not "Abandon"

My bad.

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