Conflicting Quests/Missions

[Camiie]

Why do the devs make unrelated quests that hold up the progress of missions? One should never be faced with "If you have started X quest you must complete it before continuing with Y mission" when the two are unrelated except for having an NPC in common. It just reeks of careless design.

[Kensagaku]

IC-wise, I can see why; an NPC is asking you to get a task done, one you've agreed to, and then you turn around and say "oh. Hey, by the way, I'm also doing this." Said NPC probably scowls at you for not completing your job, and in the nature of NPC-tantrums, refuses your new quests until the old one is done.

But in all honesty, I think there should be a priority placed on missions that will override quests unless said quest is part of the mission line (see: most of WoTG). Missions are something of importance to your whole nation, and not every NPC is selfish enough that their needs come before the nation.