An Iron Heart

An Iron Heart is a pretty good questline, but I take two issues with it of some significance.

Firstly, I doesn't connect too much to II. Other than being pretty blatant about 'something's wrong with these mechs and they probably contain people', it's mostly unconnected. I don't remember what the original quest was like, other than rewarding the quest helmet, but I assume it was a bit more connected.

Secondly, and more importantly, the quest never explains the crucial facet of its story - that iron golems contain villagers. Why do you need villagers to create iron golems? Nothing says anything about this. Is it for power? For making the golem able to think? For stability? This isn't explained. Corkian electromagic exists, and its robots aren't even crazy because of design flaws, they're crazy because Antikythera passed moral judgment on Corkian racism/imperialism. This really needs to be explained.

 

there's no quest helmet

the thing that connects the quests are the iron golems

this is valid criticism

 

There was. Factory Helmet. Was still around in 1.19 but got removed in 1.20, I think.

If they're only related in subject matter and not in plot at all, then I think it's a valid complaint to say they aren't connected very much. Iron golems are just a worldbuilding element. You could make an Iron Heart Part 0 that's just "Hey, my golems have X issue, fix it pls", and it would be nearly as connected to the questline as I is to II.

 

but it doesn't exist anymore is the point
it would be like complaining about Craftmas Chaos. Or Studying the Corrupt. Or Macabre Masquerade.

you could make the same argument for RoL III being a part of RoL. "The only thing that connects them is the subject", after all.

 

RoL III talks about the same characters as RoL. Dullahan isn't a part of the other quests, I guess, so that is a valid criticism. Still gives some insight into Lari's character. Iron Heart I has 0 connections other than heavily implying there's people in the mechs.

Wasn't even relevant, really? Iron Heart I (old) was better connected not because of the helmet, but because...
[checks wiki]
Oh, it was exactly the same. Nevermind, then.

Okay, here's a suggestion: Remove An Iron Heart Part I. Just get rid of it.

Only problem is that the rename to Part II would mean everyone has to do it again, because the quest system's backend is inane, apparently.

 

No thanks

 

Why... :(