Seasoned Roamer jpjones2 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 How do I get the First Rescue Medal. I have returned all 3 Crystal Souls, received the rewards, completed the Quest, ad I still do not have that Medal awarded. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Sade Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 The medal seems to be bugged in some way. Multiple people, including myself, have not been able to get it, while clearly meeting the purported requirements. It might be dependent on the chosen difficulty level, as I could only get the other medal I had missed (Royal Clearance) on my third, casual playthrough after two torment ones. This, of course, may be a coincidence, with the actual trigger being something else. And, if the medal cares about what specific Crystal Soul you rescue first, I can say that the ones in Ornotha Ziggurat and Pyrog’s Lair should not be applicable. Now that I am curious, has anyone actually managed to gain the medal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I got the medal, but I don't know if it was difficulty level dependent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Sade Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 So, I tested out turning in the Angierach Soul first, and sure enough, now I have my medal. Hmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Roamer jpjones2 Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 That's interesting. I'm assuming that is an error/bug? Thanks for your feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I got the medal, but I don't know if it was difficulty level dependent. For what it's worth, I've earned every medal, including that one, in a single playthrough on Torment. The first Crystal Soul I returned was the one from Pyrog's Lair. It's clear there's some kind of bug going on for some players, but it's not clear what causes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I returned the Crystal Soul from Pyrog's lair on Normal on a Mac and do not have the medal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Yeah, I'm another of those who never got this medal. The first CS I rescued was the one from Ornatha Ziggurat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Maybe it's also dependent on Cave Lore. Triumph and Blxz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Say...what happens if you rescue the CS's from Angierach and Pyrog's Lair (so you can get Demonslayer), then go kill Garzahd, then go rescue the last CS at Ornatha Ziggurat? Is he revived? Otherwise it seems like the assault on the O.Z. would have to go very differently...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Re the CS medal, looking at the scripts, I'm wondering if it matters which is the last soul you return. It could also matter whether you go to the Shrine and then Olgai, or vice versa. Entering the Shrine and entering the Council chamber both trigger specials related to returning the souls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Say...what happens if you rescue the CS's from Angierach and Pyrog's Lair (so you can get Demonslayer), then go kill Garzahd, then go rescue the last CS at Ornatha Ziggurat? Is he revived? Otherwise it seems like the assault on the O.Z. would have to go very differently...? Some one did that in the solo game thread and there is a killable named mage taking his place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Sade Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Some one did that in the solo game thread and there is a killable named mage taking his place. Yeah, a previously killed Garzahd will be replaced with Peltalis during the rooftop battle, although neither mage is present during the earlier fight in Guardian Plains. I must say, while the Empire might “never be able to find the equal of the brilliant, awesomely powerful, extremely dead Garzahd”, they were awfully quick at generating a successor with very similar wall-exploding, flying and damage-sponging abilities. Languorous_Maiar, Slawbug, nikki. and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Languorous_Maiar Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Oh boy, I really sometimes love Jeff approach to irony. From A4: Triumph 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd Fuss&Feathers Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I have not gotten my medal. I play on normal on a Mac. At the time I turned in my first & 2nd crystals (still need to do the one in Angierach), I had all the Cave Lore (11 points) the the little cheat info at the start of the All You Need To Know about Avernum Items etc. list. Some was created with the character, some was purchased, and some was from the normal usage of earned points. None was from items. So, Slartibus, I would conjecture that it's probably not a Cave Lore quirk. Both sets of characters I used tried Pyrog first. Once to the council first and once to the place the crystals were to be enshrined first. No medal. Perhaps we should count noses and see if it's a Mac versioin Quirk. Small, feathered & tired of an unlit medal square, Slawbug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Haha. Slarty's comment about Cave Lore was joke, referencing another area in the game where I and a couple other people had gotten stuck do to what we figured out is a CL check in a strange place. He wasn't seriously suggesting you need CL to get the medal, though. Hmm. You played Mac and didn't get the medal. Earlier in this thread, Edgwyn said he was playing on Mac and didn't get the medal. I, too, played on Mac and didn't get the medal. Maybe you're on to something? Is there anyone out there who plays on a Mac and DID get the First Rescue medal? Slawbug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I played on Mac and got the First Rescue Medal. But as a beta tester with several different games, I don't know when I got it and whether a later change in the release version is causing a problem. The worst part about beta testing is finding a place in the game that used to work is no longer working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Nim Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Played on Windows, didn't get the first rescue medal, so not a mac only issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I am doing a second play through and I did get the medal this time. So in my first play through I rescued all three crystal souls and no medal. This time it worked fine. I rescued Jekknol first and took him to the Crystal Shrine without triggering the reward in Olgai. Both play throughs were on a mac on normal. I think Slartibus was right in his speculation that the order of Shrine vs Olgai matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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