Every game has a stereotypical quest type. "Kill ten rats" is a good example.

In Warhammer Online, it's "please find this person for me" wherein said person is almost invariably dead, and clearly has been for some time. You never go out looking for a fellow hiding among the trees, you go out scanning the ground for corpses. Saves time.

Worse yet, the questgivers never, ever believe you when you bring them the news. Oh sure, they sigh and give you a reward for bringing back a bag of bones or dog tags, but as soon as they think you're out of hearing range, they'll talk to some other adventurer about finding poor ol' Bob.

Some people never learn.
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