Bug reported by newbie: loitering hangs up

[artisinalpainstress]

Bug? cannot respond to &quotpatience rewarded&quot after contact goes somewhere else

I am usually hesitant to report bugs when I’m new to a game but impatience overwhelmed discretion and I filed this already. I thought it makes sense to post it here to solicit opinions and insight of my betters before I consider following up.

[color=#ffff99]User name: Artisinal Painstress,
I invited HarryP22h to join me in loitering. After he accepted I received notice:[/color]
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> HarryP22h joined your watch. They were remarkably patient over the many, many, many hours that passed until you saw what you needed to see.
> following this was his comment that he intended to go sailing as soon as this task was complete.

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[color=#ffff99]That message contains a &quotRespond&quot button which I clicked and was presented a reward notice
> Patience Rewarded
> There! That was what you were waiting for. You can use this information profitably.
> Whatever reward you pick, your ally will also receive.

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[color=#ffff99]However choosing any of these rewards requires me to invite a contact again… Since HarryP22h is &quotSomewhere Else&quot I cannot invite him, I cannot choose a reward, and the message cannot be responded to.
This strikes me as a bug because if HarryP22h never returns to the game I will never be able to complete this reward and cannot remove it from my message area. I would like to be able to simply accept the reward regardless of whether he is present. Failing that I would like to be able to eventually give up the reward if necessary in order to cancel the message.

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[color=#ffff99]Thanks for your excellent game!![/color]

edited by Artisinal Painstress on 11/30/2017
edited by Artisinal Painstress on 11/30/2017
edited by Artisinal Painstress on 11/30/2017

[suinicide]

Your bug report seems fine, but I think this is more of a failure of design rather than a bug.

[reveurciel]

Sailing takes a character away from London. As soon as they return you will be able to complete your loitering.

[dov]

That’s a built-in design implication of the new multi-action social actions.

It’s even worse for mutually exclusive choices - e.g. you can only be engaged in a Chess match or a Sparring Bout with one person at a time. Until you both complete the multi-action activity you can do this with another player.

[Saklad5]

@lady ciel

Sailing takes a character away from London. As soon as they return you will be able to complete your loitering.

[li]
It could be any number of other things. Zailing, for instance, or things I do not want to spoil a new player about.