[2021] why traider quest are so far

Originally posted by JimmyIowa: In my last two 19.x playthrough's I had a motorized vehicle (I usually choose minibike first) by mid week 2. You just have to scavenge a bit for a wrench or two, iron, and some polymers and oil, etc. It honestly isn't that hard.

In my opinion... sure, if you’re willing to dump a bunch of points into Intellect and Grease Monkey, for something you’re only going to build once. Otherwise, you’re praying to RNGesus to find matching parts or schematics.

Originally posted by JimmyIowa: I will partly agree with the OP. It would probably be a good change if the travel distance scaled with the quest tier. So Tier 1 missions were always <500m. Tier 2 < 750m. Up to tier 5 being any distance.

This actually is essentially how it is. Ish. At least in my experience. However, If there is no valid structure within range, it will then search a bigger area for an appropriate building to the tier.

For me, at least in most of my saves in A18 and A19, My first trader was typically within 200-400 of the quests it gave for T1, and within 1~km of T2, 1.5-2km from T3, etc.

Tier 5 is a crapshoot though, because there are very few of them on the map generally; You might have one close to a trader, buut you're much more likely to have it like 4-5km away instead.