Just Trying to Unlock the Quest
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resolute-- see, no, it's not that I don't want to start that treatment,it's that I haven't unlocked the questline yet!
When I started, I was really glad that my character RNG'd an actual DIAGNOSIS, right? Like, I feel really, *really* bad for the folks playing characters without even a diagnosis! That whole starting area just sucks. I got to skip the I'm Not Crazy, I'm Sick quest. Thank fucking goodness.
So, anyway, I began the main quest-line in the zone, Find Care Providers. I got the Rheumatologist right away! I did slack off a bit at that point, and didn't do the Interventional Pain Management quest until a lot later. And I really really WANTED to do the Medical Cannabis quest, but it was faction-locked for me for a while. (My starting faction had Gold-Tier Health Insurance, but was locked to an employer who monitored my healthcare and didn't allow some things. I mean, it was a tradeoff, and I knew that from the start, and I don't regret my choice - EVERY faction has its ads and its disads, right - but it did faction-lock some stuff.)
After I completed Rheumatologist, it was time to grind faction with him and my PCP (primary care provider.) I got ultrasounds, MRIs, and CTs. I had labs taken. After all of those, I got the Immunosuppressor buff! It gave me a +1 to Stamina and a +1 to Range.
My Rheum had also given me the prompt for the next area, Podiatry. I struggled with the first quest, Find a Podiatrist. In my character creation, the RNG gave me Fat, which I really like but I understand it's not for everyone. What I hadn't realized, though, is that in the game it's a fucking debuff!! The first two Podiatrists I tried to faction were very hostile to my Fat. I eventually found a Podiatrist who was neutral to Fat. After I completed the fetch quests - X-Ray, MRI - she sent me on the Orthotics quest. That was actually pretty decent. I did the mainline quest, but I liked the buff I got from the reward, so I did the extra level. And??? The item and the buff are AMAZING. I got AFOs, which in addition to a massive range buff (and +1 STA) gave me a +2 to armor!! I spent some Development points and taught myself to knit socks, so now I have over a dozen pairs of knit socks that fit under the AFO and protect my skin from chafing. It's fantastic.
At this point my faction had shifted enough that I could finally to the Medical Cannabis quest!
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dangitall, y'all, now I want this to actually be a video game.
When I started, I was really glad that my character RNG'd an actual DIAGNOSIS, right? Like, I feel really, *really* bad for the folks playing characters without even a diagnosis! That whole starting area just sucks. I got to skip the I'm Not Crazy, I'm Sick quest. Thank fucking goodness.
So, anyway, I began the main quest-line in the zone, Find Care Providers. I got the Rheumatologist right away! I did slack off a bit at that point, and didn't do the Interventional Pain Management quest until a lot later. And I really really WANTED to do the Medical Cannabis quest, but it was faction-locked for me for a while. (My starting faction had Gold-Tier Health Insurance, but was locked to an employer who monitored my healthcare and didn't allow some things. I mean, it was a tradeoff, and I knew that from the start, and I don't regret my choice - EVERY faction has its ads and its disads, right - but it did faction-lock some stuff.)
After I completed Rheumatologist, it was time to grind faction with him and my PCP (primary care provider.) I got ultrasounds, MRIs, and CTs. I had labs taken. After all of those, I got the Immunosuppressor buff! It gave me a +1 to Stamina and a +1 to Range.
My Rheum had also given me the prompt for the next area, Podiatry. I struggled with the first quest, Find a Podiatrist. In my character creation, the RNG gave me Fat, which I really like but I understand it's not for everyone. What I hadn't realized, though, is that in the game it's a fucking debuff!! The first two Podiatrists I tried to faction were very hostile to my Fat. I eventually found a Podiatrist who was neutral to Fat. After I completed the fetch quests - X-Ray, MRI - she sent me on the Orthotics quest. That was actually pretty decent. I did the mainline quest, but I liked the buff I got from the reward, so I did the extra level. And??? The item and the buff are AMAZING. I got AFOs, which in addition to a massive range buff (and +1 STA) gave me a +2 to armor!! I spent some Development points and taught myself to knit socks, so now I have over a dozen pairs of knit socks that fit under the AFO and protect my skin from chafing. It's fantastic.
At this point my faction had shifted enough that I could finally to the Medical Cannabis quest!
***
dangitall, y'all, now I want this to actually be a video game.
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Date: 2024-10-17 04:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-10-17 07:05 pm (UTC)Who says you're skipping Yuletide?
Date: 2024-10-17 08:01 pm (UTC)This post has allowed me to reverse-engineer a clue re: TTRPGs. My familiarity with medico jargon means I can almost understand what grinding-faction means.
When this is a video game, we can supply glossy pamphlets to a million waiting rooms to drum up players.
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Date: 2024-10-17 10:10 pm (UTC)