this is a sidequest model that bioware uses waaay too much tbh

and at this point it just leaves me feeling frustrated

I'm not asking for my protagonist to fix all the world's ills, but it would be nice if maybe we could have a sidequest where the NPC is like "I haven't heard from my brother in a while?"

and then we find him, safe but in need of a ride back to civilization

instead of "totally dead, and there was nothing you could have done to prevent this outcome anyway"

what is even the point then

also on both Noveria and Feros a plot NPC died in a dramatic but ultimately pointless way, and I'm kind of annoyed about that too!

esp on Feros where I STILL HAD SLEEPING GAS GRENADES AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF TIME TO USE ONE IN THAT CUT SCENE, GODDAMMIT

but no it's like

you got a distress transmission? everyone's totally dead

someone asked you to track down their acquaintance? dead

they accidentally forgot their phone and you're asked to see if they drove home safely? you're going to find them dead on the side of the road

at first it made me a little sad but now I'm just annoyed

hey nyx I need you to check on someone for me down where you live, I SURE HOPE THEY AIN'T DEAD OR ANYTHING

if they're dead I'll kill them

Hey Nyx? Could I haven't heard from my doctor in a while? He has my life saving medicine on him. Also, when you have it, could you return it in a timely manner?

I'm sure we'll both be fine

I ACTUALLY JUST RECOILED lmao

the detail about the life-saving medicine really sold it

death as a poor or overused plot device is one of my pet peeves >.<

How about this for a twist, you find the person you need bring them back and THEN... the job issuer is dead

it doesn't bother me terribly because they're just sidequests that don't ultimately mean anything, but they've used the model to the point where I just find it tiresome now vv

so this is more of a petty pet peeve type complaint but I'm just so tired of it!!

majinken earlier I did a sidequest wherein I had to go find a missing group of space soldiers, and then afterward I found the guy who asked me to dead in the facility of a shady underground organization

...well, I guess the plot NPCs I complained about aren't so petty a complaint, because they were part of major plot segments

but I wouldn't be fussed about the one if the other, which was 300% preventable, could be prevented!

okay okay, same idea as before, only the person has ALWAYS been dead

this has probably happened, even if I can't think of a specific instance

OKAY OKAY

you get the quest and the twist is you are dead!

perfect