So many Dispatch players are accidentally getting the game's worst ending that AdHoc had to confirm that it wasn't a mistake and there's more to it than choosing the right dialogue options.
Earlier this week, Dispatch released the final two episodes of the game's first season, wrapping up the story that's been building for the past month and a bit. Surprisingly, Dispatch has some wildly different endings depending on the choices you make, but there's one outcome that stings more than the rest.
Spoiler alert for one of Dispatch's endings to follow.
Dispatch's worst ending sees Robert fail as a mentor to Invigil and “embrace his villainy” instead of sticking around as a hero. You might think that is an easy outcome to avoid if you're just her support, but that's not entirely the case. In fact, so many Dispatch players are ending up with bad endings that AdHoc has reminded us all that there is more to consider.
If you want a good end of dispatch, you need to pay attention to the shifts
Invisigal's fate is shaped by your dispatching skills
Over on the Dispatch subreddit, players have spent the last few days in shock after somehow getting the worst possible end, albeit mercifully, to Invisigal. The general assumption is that the ending is bugged but, as evidenced by Redditor Head-Astronaut5836's post, that's not the case.
A developer on Dispatch going by the name POLLY on the game's official Discord responded to a comment about the bad ending bug and confirmed that this is not the case. According to them, succeeding or failing as Invisigal's advisor is not only tied to “the choices you make as Robert”, as it is also affected by the dispatch changes.
Polly didn't reveal exactly what Invisigal needed to do to succeed as a mentor, but they did suggest that players who get a bad ending should replay dispatching shifts to try and change things. From the sounds of it, you'll need to send out Invisigal regularly and level him up to make sure he follows the path of good instead of taking Shroud's Mask at the end.
It's not clear how leveled Invisigal needs to be to get a good ending, but if you want to make sure he doesn't end up as a villain, it sounds like you need to put the time and effort into leveling him. While that may seem like a lot of work, it's worth it for what I'd say is the best result of the game.
