It is just the mechanic of it.

"ok all the enemies are dead, but here is a time limit on putting random stuff in a pot...oh and I am going to take 3 full seconds after every one to think about what comes next - so a full 30 seconds of the time limit is eaten up by a completely arbitrary and artificial delay"

I just hate it is all.

1. Dude, kill everything in the room.
2. Destroy all the "lab" tables (so you're not distracted by useless boxes).
3. THEN do the mission...

...It's easy, and definatley not rocket science ;)

Always do that.

Got the same bloody mission next time too ( I finally went back after a couple days) - know were most of the stuff is now, didnt try picking up multiples of everything and wasting time.

Still hate it though.

I hate that mission too. For one thing, it's pointless and annoying; for another, it doesn't even make sense. Why can't I gather all the ingredients near the cauldron before he starts brewing, and sort them, preventing the need to dash madly around the room searching for the one ingredient I forgot the location of?

It's easy; by now I've memorized at least one location for almost every ingredient. But it's still pointless and annoying and nonsensical.

Would you rather another mission of "defeat X number of villains"?

This is simply a different mission type. And a bit of a memory tester. Even older folk, such as myself, find it easy enough. I am happy for the variety.

There are two special assignments I don't mind - of serums and secrets for being the fastest to complete, and assembling the antidote for being the second fastest.

You get about 3:30 or 3:20 to finish, I usually have over 40s to spare if not more.

Compare that to foxbat's mission potentially bugging and failing to complete (and unable to be reset and must be dropped) or burn em out being time consuming on even the most efficient damage dealers.

Yeah .. much better to have Burn Em Out instead :p

With flight or rocket boots its at least no problem if you have done the quest already 2-3 times and know
halfways where to find what.

But i dislike all the overlong Dungeons and so still prefer Unity 1 ;)

i am having a similar problem, i had thought i did all the missions, to my dismay, i have discovered i have not done"There and Bat again" in the list of missions, and i have no idea how to even get it now, i was able to use the Search function on my completed missions list, to confirm all the other ones are there, but that one, i was pretty certain i finished it, if it was a tie in mission with saving sapphire, i did all the missions i had been given, i thought, can anyone please help me to start it? :S

You should have gotten an email* from Foxbat saying a belated thank you and telling you where to find a key to Juryrig's garage.

The key is in a chest by an armored truck on the northside of Juryrig's compound. It's a very narrow portion inside the wall.

Once you have the key go to the entrance of Juryrig's garage and you should have the option for the mission.

NOTE: You don't have to have the email to complete the mission, just the key.

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Just verified this morning. An armored truck. (Okay, okay, technically an armored car ) according to Foxbat's email

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Hm .. the key is in a Chest BEHIND the Garage ... i must say i never noticed a Truck there nor can i imagine
that a truck fits in there .. or was that changed recently ?