Posted January 25, 2022
I tried, the Seven know I tried hard.
This was my third try to get into D:OS, and I failed each time, hard. I can't even make it through bloody Cyseal. This time I got stuck on the murder investigation, despite following several walkthroughs and guides. Most agree on how things are to be done, and that, given the state of the story that I'm in, Esmeralda should somehow help move it along. She won't. I showed her "the letter", she brushed it off as a mere fantasy of her lover. The guardsman watching her (clearly in love with her) saw it as proof for how she turned down the Lords advances. The captain of the Watch basically laughed at me for showing him the letter, nor did the dead sheep in the coffin (PLUS the mortician's confession) do anything to sway him...
Other guids claim I should enter Esmeralda's shop through the backdoor, which I should either be easily able to pick (nope, needs lvl 2 Lockpick, which the NPC I picked up only has 1) or pickpocket the key from her (how in god's name? Everyone immediately spots me when I sneak in).
Same at other places in the guides. "Just do blablah...". Nope, can't, won't let me, won't work.
I'm hella frustrated that an RPG would be so rigid and unforgiving in the damn first town!
*vent done*
This was my third try to get into D:OS, and I failed each time, hard. I can't even make it through bloody Cyseal. This time I got stuck on the murder investigation, despite following several walkthroughs and guides. Most agree on how things are to be done, and that, given the state of the story that I'm in, Esmeralda should somehow help move it along. She won't. I showed her "the letter", she brushed it off as a mere fantasy of her lover. The guardsman watching her (clearly in love with her) saw it as proof for how she turned down the Lords advances. The captain of the Watch basically laughed at me for showing him the letter, nor did the dead sheep in the coffin (PLUS the mortician's confession) do anything to sway him...
Other guids claim I should enter Esmeralda's shop through the backdoor, which I should either be easily able to pick (nope, needs lvl 2 Lockpick, which the NPC I picked up only has 1) or pickpocket the key from her (how in god's name? Everyone immediately spots me when I sneak in).
Same at other places in the guides. "Just do blablah...". Nope, can't, won't let me, won't work.
I'm hella frustrated that an RPG would be so rigid and unforgiving in the damn first town!
*vent done*