Lagbird

Ok, I lied! I'm not done with this game. It says a lot about PoE (and how much I want to play it) that I'm stubborn enough to work on this stuff for hours. DISCLAIMER: I don't know if this fixes everything. I don't know if this breaks anything further down the line. So far it works for me. Here is what you need to do. 1. Install IEMod http://rien-ici.com/iemod/ 2. Load any game back up where you missed out on Maerwald's soul. 3. Input the following console commands (you can copy-paste them) depending on the outcome you want: a) If you wanted to absorb his soul, type in the following commands: SetGlobalValue b_watcher_chamber 1 [i don't know how to open the chamber yet! It should be possible but I do not yet know how! Use this one at your own risk!] b) If you wanted to free his soul, type in the following commands: SetGlobalValue b_watcher_prestige 1 AdjustPrestige 1 c) If you wanted to bind his soul to the keep, type in the following commands SetGlobalValue b_watcher_security 1 AdjustSecurity 1 Once you've done one of the above, also type in the following two commands: AddAbility player speaker_to_the_restless StartQuest data/quests/critical_path/act_2/cp_qst_ff_ruins.quest --- Once done, you should be good to go. This will begin the next quest properly, give you the Watcher's ability, and give you the boon for releasing/binding his soul. I do NOT yet know how to open the chamber at the bottom of the Endless Maze as I have not gotten that far yet (nor will I for some time), so if you want the treasure pile, use it at your own risk. Most likely it should be possible to unlock the chamber or acquire knowledge of it somehow once you're on the bottom floor, but I cannot be sure of this yet. For now, I'm going to keep playing until the next thing breaks.

So I did some digging. This is as far as I've gotten. If you have http://rien-ici.com/iemod/ installed you can manually start the next quest by opening the console and typing the following: StartQuest data/quests/critical_path/act_2/cp_qst_ff_ruins.quest This will begin the next part of the quest line that would have begun after absorbing/freeing/securing Maerwald's soul, and once you type this it will auto-resolve anything you've already completed. For instance, I had already 1) spoken with the statue steward, and 2) upgraded the Barbican, so when I typed the command both of those steps auto-resolved for me. If the quests don't auto-resolve and you've already completed them, you can input this in the console: ForceAdvanceQuest data/quests/critical_path/act_2/cp_qst_ff_ruins.quest HOWEVER, doing this isn't a complete fix. The trigger for Maerwald's Soul doesn't happen when you do this, so you don't get to choose whether to free, secure, or absorb it. This means you lose out on the watcher ability, and any benefit you would have gotten from it. I have no idea if there is a way to trigger it at all. Unless I can find and trigger it manually, I think I'm still done with this game.

I didn't see this bug in here, but it should be added to the list. This is truly game-breaking and it happened to me: http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/73273-maerwald-dialogue-bug-in-caed-nua/ I'm pretty much done with this game for a few months. I couldn't make it to Defiance Bay without main-quest-breaking, companion-ruining bugs. Once the game gets a few patches under its belt I'll pick it back up, and hopefully I won't have to restart three times in two days. This is really bad, even for an Obsidian game.

I had this happen to me in my current game, and I didn't even take note of it until later on. This is the only thread I can find on the issue. I am really cooling on this game because of all of the bugs I've encountered. If I were to try again, it would be my third restart. At this point I think I'll just wait until this game gets a few hundred patches. Feeling really miserable right now after all of my bad bug luck. On a related note, there is also a completely unkillable looter on the same level as Maerwald that I simply cannot touch as he has easily 150 defense. I made Raedric and his posse cry in a corner, but I can't kill this one random looter. Such is life.