Ok so I now realize after Priority: Tuchanka that certain missions are no longer able to be completed such as Benning: Evidence. It's too late for me to go back and do them now, but for future reference, what all missions must be done BEFORE Priority: Tuchanka and are there any other instances where there is a deadline for missions (Aside from the final point of no return, obviously)?
ME3 Missable missions (minor spoilers)
- Thread starter Cranyx
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Pretty much anything on the Citadel you're given before Priority: Tuchanka, although these are mostly 'find McGuffin somewhere out in the galaxy after overhearing random stranger talking about it'. I found it faintly amusing that Barla Von warned me not to dally too long after giving me the mission to rescue the mercs in the Krogan DMZ, and I missed it because I dallied too long. But any missions active on the Citadel before Priority: Tuchanka are automatically failed after you finish the Tuchanka mission.Cranyx said:
Also, make sure you go and rescue the Primarch's son from Tuchanka and go on his follow-up mission ASAP. There's a countdown of a few missions you can do before you run out of time, and if you haven't done the follow-up mission by then, the Krogan war assets take a humongous hit. And you get a sad email from Wrex. That sucks.
The whole entire game works like a big post reaper IFF in ME2 game mode.
what I mean you can pretty much waste as much time as you want before doing any priority missions, there is no "mission limit" as long as you dont do Priority missions.
just Fool around until youve found every little thing you can, and also always do the N7 missions first and look around the map because they usually have one or two quest items for people on the citadel.
for a full list you can always go to the ME wiki
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Missions
what I mean you can pretty much waste as much time as you want before doing any priority missions, there is no "mission limit" as long as you dont do Priority missions.
just Fool around until youve found every little thing you can, and also always do the N7 missions first and look around the map because they usually have one or two quest items for people on the citadel.
for a full list you can always go to the ME wiki
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Missions
I know that there is a time limit on Tuchanka: Bomb. Basically:Cranyx said:
If it is a N7 Mission, I don't think there is a timelimit.
If it is a SIDE Mission, like Grissom Academy, then some are on time limits, and you should do those as soon as possible.
if it is one of those sorta ambient assignments you get on the citadel, most of those are fine except for some that change after the citadel attack.
Basically, if you wanna be safe, play it like this
1.Do EVERY side mission as soon as it's available.
2.Do ambient citadel missions as soon as they are available
3.Do all available N7 missions
4.Once you have completed steps 1,2,3 then complete a Priority Mission. Once you have done that, repeat the steps.
If you do it that way, you won't ever miss anything mission wise.
Might I add:
You must talk to the elcor diplomat before you scan the Elcor homeworld... otherwise you won't be able to complete his side mission.
Thats a bug I ran into... dunno about others, but I'd rather put it out there than others miss out.
You must talk to the elcor diplomat before you scan the Elcor homeworld... otherwise you won't be able to complete his side mission.
Thats a bug I ran into... dunno about others, but I'd rather put it out there than others miss out.
You actually can still complete it. I did the same thing - scanned the planet before picking up the quest.iseeyouthere said:
To fix it, all you have to do is re-load the zone by riding the elevator, then talk to the Elcor again for the turn-in. Worked for me, anyway.
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I found that the more easily missable missions were the unmarked ones. Like the missing Asari commando and the poetry-writing Krogan (assuming you kept him and his Asari girlfriend together in ME2).
Seems like the question has already been answered, but rather than starting a new topic on this subject I'll go ahead and ask it here:
The OP brings up the quest "Benning: Evidence". This mission takes place on the multiplayer map Firebase Ghost (a.k.a. the Trailer Park). I've played this mission twice now on two different playthroughs...I've searched every square inch of that map for evidence of the diplomat's missing son and have turned up absolutely nothing.......where the heck is this "evidence" that I need to find?
The OP brings up the quest "Benning: Evidence". This mission takes place on the multiplayer map Firebase Ghost (a.k.a. the Trailer Park). I've played this mission twice now on two different playthroughs...I've searched every square inch of that map for evidence of the diplomat's missing son and have turned up absolutely nothing.......where the heck is this "evidence" that I need to find?
I've looked at the Wiki, and you have to get the dogtags during the campaign mission to that location, not the MP map. Also, if you miss it, it becomes available on the Spectre store.RJ 17 said:
On the topic of the Wiki, I looked and many of the Citadel assignments do not become unavailable after Priority: Tuchanka, as opposed to what Melon Hunter said. Does anyone have a list of the missions that become unavailable after Tuchanka so that I don't have to individually look at the page for each an every one to check? That's what I'd have to do because even if I run all over the Citadel looking for conversations to eavesdrop in, I could still miss some and some aren't available UNTIL later story events, so I'd have to check the list of ones I've missed to see if that were the case.
Yes, I know obviously that you have to get it in the campaign and not in MP, I'm not a complete slap-dick.Cranyx said:
What I'm saying is that the campaign mission takes place on that particular MP level just so people know which map I'm talking about. I've absolutely scoured that place and all I find are some things I can scan for credits and a bunch of PDA messages saying "Run! Cerberus be bad! Rawr!"
Looking in the Specter Info Terminal hasn't turned up anything either...the only thing I've found that was new on my 2nd playthrough was a request to give that asari chick in the hospital her gun back...a review of my war assets for Citadel Defense shows that she promptly used that gun to kill herself.
I was trying to do all the citadel and side missions as soon as I got them on my first playthrough but it was extremely frustrating to just scan planets for one side item and then repeat that a couple dozen times.Cranyx said:
From what I can tell most of the 'go get me stuff from this planet/system' aren't miss able. I just tried to read all the descriptions for the quests and if it was something like "There might be an artifact here." or "There have been rumors that.." I left it alone till I was ready to complete it.
However if it was a distress call/warning signal/emergency response or any sort of rescue mission I'd do it right after picking it up. I just figured the urgency of the quest would indicate if it's miss able or not. Although I really don't know if this method is accurate I don't think I really missed much on my first playthrough.
Oh and any N7 mission should be completed right away.
After beat the misson that brought you there go back to the Citdel and up to embassies. Go to the spectre office and at one of the terminals you can buy the information there. The game is never clear on this. That is one thing I hate about the missons in this game. Sometimes they give you the name of a planet but not the nebula where it is so you have to search every damn place until you find the one planet. Also the journal doesn't tell the steps. Sure most are one step go there and bring this back but it would be nice for it to be more detailed and considering the amount of stuff you have to get from space acess from the galaxy map would have been a great idea.RJ 17 said:
Ok, so I looked through all the missions available before Tuchanka to see which ones MUST be completed before Priority: Tuchanka
(Keep in mind that this may be an incomplete list and also only includes side missions)
Benning: Evidence
Citadel: Improved Power Grid
Ismar Frontier: Prototype Components
Tuchanka: Turian Platoon
These missions have a 3 missions time limit before they expire:
Grissom Academy: Emergency Evacuation
Tuchanka: Bomb
Also note:
-Citadel: Alien Medi-Gel Formula MUST be completed during N7: Cerberus Lab and cannot be later purchased from the Spectre terminal like many other missions
-Citadel: Krogan Dying Message must be acquired during Attican Traverse: Krogan Team
-Citadel: Asari Widow must be acquired during Lesuss: Ardat-Yakshi Monastery
Source: http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Mass_Effect_3_Guide
If there are any omissions Just let me know. (I wish I had donr this research before Tuchanka)
(Keep in mind that this may be an incomplete list and also only includes side missions)
Benning: Evidence
Citadel: Improved Power Grid
Ismar Frontier: Prototype Components
Tuchanka: Turian Platoon
These missions have a 3 missions time limit before they expire:
Grissom Academy: Emergency Evacuation
Tuchanka: Bomb
Also note:
-Citadel: Alien Medi-Gel Formula MUST be completed during N7: Cerberus Lab and cannot be later purchased from the Spectre terminal like many other missions
-Citadel: Krogan Dying Message must be acquired during Attican Traverse: Krogan Team
-Citadel: Asari Widow must be acquired during Lesuss: Ardat-Yakshi Monastery
Source: http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Mass_Effect_3_Guide
If there are any omissions Just let me know. (I wish I had donr this research before Tuchanka)
You do bring up a very good point that I didn't like about the game...the frickin' quest journal. When you find a quest item, it doesn't tell you that you've found one (no update pops up in the bottom right corner...i.e. when on Jacob's mission and you find the turian poison in the microscope, you just say "I found some turian poison"). But for that matter, I really wish the journal would at least update. "You have now found the prothean artifact such-and-so was looking for, return to the Citadel and give it to him." Think that would be quite a nice little feature and wouldn't be too hard to pull off since, you know, they had it that way back in ME 1.CrazyBlaze said:
And while we're on the subject of interface nit-picks, I'd really appreciate it if every time I DID go to my journal for all the unhelpful information, it didn't always default to the very bottom of the "completed quests" list. And when I'm buying upgrades for my guns, I'd much rather it didn't jump back up to the top of the list each time I purchase an upgrade.
Whoops. Sorry about the false info earlier - I assumed that, given all my active quests on the Citadel got greyed out after the attack, this applied to all missions on the Citadel given before the attack. However, the mission given by Barla Von to rescue the mercenaries in the Krogan DMZ must be finished before Tuchanka, which you can start by talking to Liara in the cafe in the Presidium Commons.Cranyx said:
The Wiki specifically mentioned that, you can still find Barla Von after Tuchanka, he is still there, just off to the side.Melon Hunter said:
"If completing after Priority: Tuchanka, Barla Von is no longer behind the bank desk. Instead, he is standing off to the right side - still able to complete"
Say whaaaat?! I swear his mission greyed out after the attack on the Citadel. Perhaps the merc rescue mission timed out. How odd. Well, looks like I'm even less help than I thought I would be on this matter =PCranyx said: