Currently, Secondary Quests are not available on the first playthrough of a mission. This forces you to play through a second time, as well as costing you extra stamina. Additionally, there are not always enough drops of the quest item in a single playthrough to complete the Secondary Quest. This then forces a 3rd playthrough, and a 3rd charge for stamina (with the "hidden cost" of eating an inventory space until you complete it).

The only reason I can think that would support this setup is to put additional drain on the player's stamina pool, which would ultimately encourage those with poor impulse control to spend real world money to purchase stamina refills to finish the quest quicker. If this were true, it would be a major turn off to me, and I'm sure many other people.





What exactly is the reason for Secondary Quests not being available on the first playthrough? How else might we achieve that goal without creating a huge impact on the player's stamina pool?

All 3 of the Secondary Quests at the Lonely Mountain area do not provide enough Quest drops. Flower Picking and Crawfish Collection were both 1 drop short, and Animal Pelts was 2 drops short.

Will note any further that I find.

Made a new character today, got as far as the Bear's Lair quest. I only got 8 out of 10 pelts. Again.

From my own experiences, and comments I've seen in chat, the Lonely Mountain area in particular has quite a few issues with insufficient Secondary Quest drops. There was a conversation in particular about crawfish drops with the River Troll, and the only reason I got enough flowers on the Journey to the River was because the last flower dropped 4 instead of 1.

Also, noting again since it does not seem to have gotten to the typo section in the bug thread, the Animal Pelts quest is inconsistent in how it refers to the quest item. Some places the pelts are referred to Animal Pelts. Others they are referred to as Wolf Pelts. I'm guessing Animal Pelts is the correct name, since there is only 1 pack of wolves during the entire mission.