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duerer said:
Regarding the interface:
There is no explicit quuest marker, the game just shows points of interest markers on the zone map and your party's location on the world map.
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it shows locations related to quests as well as specific information related to a quest (like go here to get your reward for slaying the salamanders quest), so yes, they're quest markers. It's not blinking arrows everywhere though.
 
duerer, Why do you even need a journal if there are quest markers? Don't you just follow the markers?
 
Besides that there is actually a journal which lists all the quests...
Click on journal, and then top right on "current quests"
 
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Sacred_Path said:
it shows locations related to quests as well
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Oops, my mistake. You are right, there are rudimentary quest markers, but no Bethesda-like arrows.
I guess what confused me is that the point of interest markers are the same as the quest markers: a generic question mark icon...
 
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Kordanor said:
Besides that there is actually a journal which lists all the quests…
Click on journal, and then top right on "current quests"
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… that often does miss relevant info, such as who is the quest giver, or where to report once the quest is over… It happened to me quite a lot in Avernum 1 (the remake) and made me really mad.

Problem is that due to my work habits, I play games in short bursts with long hiatus periods. So, once I return to my beloved Tower of Magi weeks later, I just can't remember in details where I am, what to do, etc…

So, I still trust my handy notepad. It never fails. ;)
 
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Never had that issue with Escape from the Pit. While I also use a second PC as "notepad", I list all the "to do" stuff there, like "Door @ Fort Garnick Start, Lockpick 3 req". But never felt the need to note down quest givers and such.
 
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Kordanor said:
Never had that issue with Escape from the Pit. While I also use a second PC as "notepad", I list all the "to do" stuff there, like "Door @ Fort Garnick Start, Lockpick 3 req". But never felt the need to note down quest givers and such.
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Be an old fart like me and you'll appreciate all memo you can get! :D
 
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Fluent said:
I just don't like quest markers. I prefer an NPC to tell you where to go, and then it's recorded in a journal or something and there are no markers. When you have to follow markers it starts to feel like a robotic experience rather than a natural one. In my opinion, of course.
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I haven't played the game, but the way I understand this, it's just as if the quest giver showed you the spot on the map, and you took a note. If that's the case, I have nothing against it personally (it's something I do in real life when canoeing), it's not like they are guiding you by the hand all the way. (If I understood correctly of course.)
 
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