01-17-2005, 11:36 PM
Xanthix,Jan 17 2005, 09:41 AM Wrote:Blizzard has said that this is intentional and will not change. They feel that it forces you to make meaningful choices about which quests you are pursuing.
Well... that's only part of the reason. The primary reason they gave was a technical one involving the fact that as you run along and meet NPC's, there's a check on the server to see if that NPC has any quests that you would qualify for -- i.e. it determines if it needs to put a yellow or grey ! or ? over the NPC's head. Allowing more quests to be in one's quest log somehow slowed down this process significantly. (Don't ask me how. I'm just the messenger). At least, that's why they say they won't allow a huge expansion of the quest log. Still, increasing the size to, say, 30 would be helpful.
For myself, though, while the quest log limit used to be a huge annoyance for me, I've gotten better at handling it. For one thing, I've gotten better about actually finishing up quests in a given area instead of flying off to new areas the moment I get some net quest to take me someplace new. Second, when I do need to abandon quests, I always pick quests that will be easy to find again. For example, when I had to abandon some quests in my 30's, I abandoned the ones in Grom'Gul and Booty Bay, because I knew I could find those easily enough. Just last night, I abandoned some quests given at the Bulwark (border of the Western Plaguelands) to make room for some Blackrock Spire quests. Again, I know that if I intend to go back to the Western Plaguelands, I'll be passing through the Bulwark anyway, so getting those quests again won't be a chore. It's annoying, but tolerable. I wish they'd expand the log to 30, though.