QoL issue: handling unavailable praetorian contacts [SPOILERS]


Kid_Gloves

 

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Hi dev-type people (and all)

First up, I think one of the neat things about the Praetorian arcs is how your actions in one mission can affect others.

However, there are a few issues with this where it falls apart, and could be fixed with a few simple changes.

The main issue I've found so far is with Dr. Stafford - who is not available as a contact in the resistance/warden arc of Imperial City if you complete the loyalist/responsibility arc first.

The issues are:
* There is nothing that notifies the user that they are about to 'destroy' their ability to do future arcs when doing Interrogator Kang's missions.

* There is no actual indication when you reach the missing arc of why it is missing. You just ... get no contact, no morality mission and no explanation as to why.


SUGGESTION:

1. Put some text in Kang's missions letting the user know that they're about to perform a destructive action by accepting the mission, preferably while they still have a choice to not complete said action. [Dr. Stafford is a resistance contact. By completing this mission you will be unable to complete some of the resistance content if you have not already done it]

2. Put something at the point where the contact would be offered informing the player why not. This could be done 'in character' - the contact could say that unfortunately Dr Stafford (or whomever) has been captured.


In summary: There's a cool thing happening here with Dr. Stafford - tell the player about it rather than relying on them going forum-hunting to discover what happened to their mission arc.

And apply the same logic to any other contacts/scenarios that have similar things happen.

-KG