Unimmersive conversation with Edwin in Soltown

When I spoke to Edwin (who gives you a crafting quest) certain keywords showed up in the chat window, including "red cloth" (because I am supposed to ask all Soltown villagers about that clue to the fire that occurred in the town)

Expected behavior: Edwin would give me an answer to, or comment on, this question.

Actual behavior: Edwin ignores my question and acts as if we were still talking about my apprenticeship to him, saying "Before we go on further, you'll need 12 pieces of raw cotton..."

In the main chat window (not the dialogue window that appears in the middle of my screen) the following text appears: "I should seek out a merchant named Martin and ask him if he has recently sold anyone any dark [red cloth]. And while I am there, I should see how he feels about the [refugees]".

Since I am talking to him, Edwin should be giving me this information and I shouldn't get it from some text that appears out of nowhere in the main chat window.

 

That's a bug because you're on the crafting quest and should not be getting the red cloth keyword because Edwin will talk about nothing else until you're done.

 

Shouldn't those quests be independent, I.e. Red cloth trigger the discussion about the pieces sold independently of your apprenticeship ? Or am I misunderstanding you?

 

The quest for crafting is set up so that he won't talk about anything but the step you're on because of the need to not skip ahead.

 

A little off-topic, but when Edwin starts you on the crafting quest, is it supposed to end up in the Journal? Because it never did for me. I stopped at some point because I only had 20-ish % success chance for the items required and kept failing. But nothing logged into journal showing my progress through the quest line.

 

It doesn't write journal entries because it's a 10 or so step quest and would thus make 10 journal entries.

 

Thanks Lum, good to know!
Wasn't sure if I should bug it or not
I won't

Edit: I would be Serena Strangelove the Mad if I had your job