Oh my, this took me a while to figure out.
- removed AQ skip options. AQ quest line is optional for everyone. No need for a config option for this. If you want to skip the war effort phase you just run to the Scarab Gong and hit it.
- After the the pre-AQ (war effort) phase you now enter the AQ war phase. The AQ gates have been opened, the gong was rung. you can still finish the AQ quest line during this phase.
New quest added to finish the AQ war, called Chaos and Destruction. objective is to kill the three Colossus bugs in the hives.
- After the Chaos and Destruction quest has been completed the scarab gong will be gone.
- you can ignore the Chaos and Destruction quest. it's not mandatory to complete because the gates to AQ are open.
but doing so means you do not get the Field Duty quests, those are only available after the AQ war is over.
I gave the Chaos and Destruction quest a 48 hour timer, but it's symbolic really. You can pick it up again at the scarab gong.
I still need quest text for the Chaos and Destruction quest.
Maybe someone can come up with good quest text. If not, I'll try to do it myself.
no matter if you set RequirePreAQQuests to 0 or 1
the player needs to progress to the AQ phase to open the gate.
RequirePreAQQuests = 1 , war effort + AQ quest line needs to be completed
RequirePreAQQuests = 0 , war effort needs to be completed
todo: right now you can't complete the war effort.
The progression phases are very confusing.
From tests:
with RequirePreAQQuests set to 0 the gate is open during the pre aq phase. But you should't get to this phase normally because the Nefarius kill will place you in the AQ phase.
You skip the war effort normally with RequirePreAQQuests = 0
But I guess it's fine like this, because now you can set yourself manually to the pre-AQ phase if you want to experience the war effort.
with RequirePreAQQuests set to 1 the AQ gate remains closed during the AQ phase. you need to do the quest. if you manually set yourself to the NAXX phase the gate opens up as well..
