Nah that has nothing to do with it, people are just doing it wrong.
Long resting only has to be avoided between knocking out Minthara and killing Priestess Gut and Ragzlin, because the quest has to update in order to consider that all three leaders are dead. After that the player can play however they wish.
The
PSA - How To Recruit Minthara thread has all the necessary info, including a video linked which has an FAQ pinned in the comment section in case these 3 simple steps are unclear;
- Commit a crime next to her to make her Temporarily Hostile
- Non-lethally knock her out
- Immediately after kill Priestess Gut and Ragzlin without resting until they're dead
Nothing more and nothing less is required to recruit Minthara, anything else is misinformation.
