I have a solution that isn't very awesome, but at least you can play the game and it doesn't end up broken.
1. Delete your savegames and start from the beginning. I know! It sucks to lose a lot of gameplay, but it's the only way to fix the quest.
2. Start your new career or character just as you did and continue to use the trainer as you normally would.
3. This is the most important. Instead of levelling up and being all hardcore and badass like you want to hold back and do the main storyline quests first just until you finish Hunters Hunted.
4. Enjoy the game as you normally would doing side quests, faction quests, and main quests however you wish.
5. ??????
6. Profit
Hope this helps. And before you say it's a bad suggestion I've done searching and this seems to be the best option. Trust me I had the problem and tried multiple solutions that didn't end up working. I lost over 20 hours of game play racked up since the game's release, but I'm doing it over now and at least the quest line isn't broken. It seems though that is the only quest that gets broken if you explore too far, level up too high, or something.
Enjoy the game ladies and gentlemen.
nope sorry tried it four times without luck followed u totally
[Edited by Dina, 5/2/2012 5:53:39 PM]
No problem, though the thread has been closed now. There are a couple of others in that section though, and that'll probably be the place to track any posts by the dev (Ngruk).
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Ngruk isn't a dev - that's Curt Schilling, the owner of the company. Since it seems like 38 Studios is bankrupt or about to be, I guess we can kiss any chance of a patch goodbye. I also completed all the DLC and most of the other side quests, so I guess I'm done with KoA.
Well that is quite unfortunate, Dina.
Try doing only the main quest from the get go without using the trainer and see if it works. If it does work finish out that quest and go ahead and use the trainer after you finish that storyline quest.
I noticed that things tend to bug out if you use things to get beyond level 10 at the very first story quests or if you use anything other than health, mana, or fate. I have had zero problems using only the health, mana, fate refill, spell/potion cooldown, inventory space (just once), and repair items.
iv tried without trainer fully, and iv tried start over again, doing only mainquest, iv tried soo much makes me feel game must be faulty, iv even tried reinstall without any change to my problem, iv tried 30 times to start over again, iv tried to search internet for quest editor or something to change save so tht trigger is passed, but its sad, i cant seem to get past it, if anyone makes a save game editor what includes quest editing then i would be deeply thankful
I spent today trying every combo I could think of trying to get a clean quest. I finally got one to pass the begining of The hunters hunted. I did nothing but the main quest. I used the Trainer. I used instant cooldowns, easy kills, add skill points, add ability points, add gold, fill reckoning, super health and mana. I made multiple saves along the way so I might test a few theories once I had a good quest start.
I went back reloaded a save right before I spoke to him at the inn and used add inventory, super inventory and unlimited items. The quest started as normal.
I reloaded and used add XP and it was bugged out not starting the quest. I used the add xp cheat going from lvl 6-9 then leveled up and spent the points.
There may be multiple causes for this quest bugging out. My experience playing this beginning part at least 16 times testing out today leads me to support that Add XP buggs it out. I am not saying there aren't other things which might play a factor I am missing but testing the Main Quest and trainer options reloading and testing again gave me this conclusion.
i have tried without trainer and when i level up early fast then it buggs out, actually if i level up just once or so then i doubt its gonna work, atleast for me, the game crashed when i finally tried not level up almost, just running pretty much, this game is soo faulty but i like the game, but im stuck cant do anything more, mainquest is bugged for me, even if i start over again only doing main quest not almost leveling and not even using any form for cheat or trainer