In my last few games, no low-level quests have spawned near where I start. That is, the easy ones like collecting wolf pelts, killing rats and the like. Before .915 there would usually be at least one in my immediate area; when the patch came out I thought at first that the AI was beating me to them, but the last couple of games on large maps I've started quite far from any other players and still not encountered one.

Has anyone else had this problem, or were they removed & I missed the update? There was a point when there were loads of quests on the map right from the start which helped with early-game money and XP, but having started a game as Altarians I'm really missing them for the influence bonus, as I need influence to recruit henchmen.

Higher-level quests seem to be unaffected - I always get the troll quest somewhere near me and inevitably encounter the three dragon statue quests, the Arena and so on - it's just the early quests that seem to be missing.