Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-28122306-20160706112507

There have been some really top-drawer changes to the way the miniquest system works.

-- ...First, the Red Book interface screen has been upgraded. It will now record all your previously completed quests (in order of completion) in addition to those currently active, and you can switch between viewing the active list or the completed list.

The book also has a new 'journal' interface: you can click on a quest panel to open a short history of that quest, including the starting date and location, the words of the quest-giver, and the deed that is required of you. Once the quest is completed, the journal will also record the date of completion, the closing words of the quest-giver, and the rewards you earned.

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Furthermore, the way the miniquests themselves are assigned has been improved.

While you previously had to talk to an NPC and hope they would randomly give you a quest on the spot, in the new update, NPCs will generate quests by themselves and hold them until someone comes along to accept their quest offer (or enough time passes and they lose interest).

An NPC who has a quest currently on offer is indicated by the (!) above their head.

This means that if you accidentally decline a quest, you will be able to talk again and accept it. Or if you're on a server and you see a quest that's not for you but you know someone else would like it, you can let them know, and hope they get there in time.

And one last thing: if you talk to an NPC who has a quest on offer, but you already have the maximum of 5 active quests with their faction, they'll tell you to grow up and get some commitment.

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 * Note: You will not be able to view completed quests, or full journals of previously-started active quests, from previous updates. The data wasn't required to be saved back then, so it simply doesn't exist.