no Known Method to cancel certain quests (?)

Platform:
All.

ISP:
AT&T.

Type of Internet Connection:
Fiber-Optic.

Internet Connection Speed:
30meg(?)

Date & Time:
Anytime.

Frequency:
Always.

Character Name:
Karbuncle

Race:
Mithra

World:
Asura (All)

Main Job:
THF

Support Job:
NIN

Area and Coordinates:
Nashmau.

Party or Solo:
Both?

NPC Name:
Halshaob

Steps:
*This "bug" is concerning "The Ashu Talif" Quests. I have a static group who do this quest regularly. Today we went to sign up and i accidentally chose "Royal Painter Escort" instead of "Targeting the Captain". Unfortunately, another member of my team had already chosen "Targeting the Captain".

Now as far as i know, the only way to remove these quests is to win or fail them, But the problem is you need 3 People to enter the battlefield on the same quest as you. After shouting for a few hours I can't find any help to get me off this quest, even attempted to ask the community if there was another known method to canceling said quests, no help there. Now we're all 3 stuck until we find a way to complete one or the other.

Is having no way to cancel these quests working as intended? If so, Could we please see a way to Cancel these in the future? it seems like unnecessary stress if something like a small mistake as trading the wrong coin completely stops a group from being able to progress in these quests without outside help.

Hope i filled out all the necessary information. This might not be a bug (probably isn't really), but it feels like something that may need fixing. I want my crappy Automaton Attachments :(

Thank you in advance!

Hey there Karbuncle!

Unfortunately there is no way to cancel a quest once it has been taken. The thread was moved over from In-Game Bugs to General Discussion since it is more related to a feedback/suggestions. Although we don't have a direct section to leave any comments, suggestions or complaints, the general discussion section can be used for that. Thank you for taking the time to post!

Thank you Xoph. But i actually find a decent solution!

Asked around, finally got a response from someone who did the quests years ago. You can have all 3 Active at the same time. You're just SOL for 1 RL Day if you hit the wrong one.

Either way, Theres luckily a Way Around it, Still would be nice to have a Cancel button x.x; Or some confirmation before selecting :X

Just gotta pay more attention it seems :D!

This was more an oversight by the developers, I think. Most every quest was designed with the mindset that it would never need to be cancelled.. Unfortunately as the game has grown and more quests have been introduced, it's steadily become apparent that there are exceptions where cancelling a quest (like this one) would be very convenient to the player. It all just boils down to a poor design choice early on, and it's something they probably can't easily change now globally. (Although it wouldn't be too difficult to change this on a case-by-case basis, by adding a cancel option to the NPC's of the offending quests.)

Yeah, I always used to have all three active, in fact, I still do.

However, I think the cancellation of quests is still a valid issue. Eco-Warrior, anyone?

A few quests are designed to be cancellable, such that you can choose to do a different quest in the same group (given the wait time before a repeat). Specifically, the NPC escort quests in the dungeons around Jeuno.