Quote (Dj16921 @ Sep 28 2023 05:30pm)
it is, it just wasn't working for some reason. well, it's obviously bugged as one quest is further in the quest-line than the other, but it worked out.
"A Dying World" quest is the one required to kick things off, which is that elemental thingy i referenced needing to speak to when on alliance side. (Earthen Guardian in Boralus)
i was able to get the quest from him eventually, but longer story shorter... i have no idea how.
i tried all day systematically testing suggestions and theories both in-game and out. i finally gave up and did some DF content for a couple hours, came back and the guardian had the quest available.
i didn't test if i could do both parts of the quest at the same time. i thought of trying it, but i spent a ludicrous amount of time already, and the quest started working at a point with "Essential Empowerment" abandoned.
i didn't want the chain to break again, so i just continued in order.
the only thing i could possibly suggest as a solution if someone ends up in the same boat, is to try abandoning "essential empowerment"
outside of Boralus.
i thought i tried that already tbh, but it's really the only thing i can see that would have changed things for me. outside of pure luck, as i read some people have most of their accounts locked from this quest.