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[Zoraptor]

8 hours ago, Wormerine said:

I just did the hunting mission. So far the story felt urgent so I was reluctant to wonder off. So can I safely assume that I can just follow the story for now, and there will be a more natural break for exploration later?

There isn't really a natural break where you're told to go off and do your own thing, beyond the occasional note about having to wait for things to develop or similar. The main story is largely the excuse for Henry to not act like a typical feudal obligate and be able to toodle off randomly for days on end. Indeed, many of the main story quests are timed in some fashion, at least after you have triggered them.

eg if you're told to go off and investigate something and there's an obvious bad consequence to not doing so you can be relatively sure they don't expect you to do it instantly, but do expect it to be done in a reasonable timeframe. If you don't, typically the obvious bad consequence happens but you can still progress.

Having said that, if you've done the urgent part so the crisis is resolved and all you have to do is report back with some non time sensitive information... well, sometimes that could take a while.

[Wormerine]

16 hours ago, Zoraptor said:

Having said that, if you've done the urgent part so the crisis is resolved and all you have to do is report back with some non time sensitive information... well, sometimes that could take a while.

Thanks. Yeah, I decided to leave Ginger be for a while, and spent couple days doing other work, including(@BruceVC) taking lovely Theresa for two dates (2nd one in Tavern gave me strong Mafia "walk lady home" flashback). I got better in fighting, gained some gold, bought an actual sword, collected some bandit ears (BTW. How do they now it's a bandit ear and not someone elses? Could I slaughter a random village and collect their ears? Does it always have to be same ear, so I won't double dip with two ears per single bandit? It feels like a shaky system). I think I am ready to go back to the main story.

Edited 1 hour ago by Wormerine

[BruceVC]

19 minutes ago, Wormerine said:

Thanks. Yeah, I decided to leave Ginger be for a while, and spent couple days doing other work, including(@BruceVC) taking lovely Theresa for two dates (2nd one in Tavern gave me strong Mafia "walk lady home" flashback). I got better in fighting, gained some gold, bought an actual sword, collected some bandit ears (BTW. How do they now it's a bandit ear and not someone elses? Could I slaughter a random village and collect their ears? Does it always have to be same ear, so I won't double dip with two ears per single bandit? It feels like a shaky system). I think I am ready to go back to the main story.

Well done Wormie, it sounds like you being the perfect gentleman with Theresa

I was worried you were going to assume this was another  sordid and lascivious Viconia type dating arc .....and I didnt want you to get disappointed