quest styles

I’ve been playing this a while and the ai always seems to do a number of things. I’m wondering if its set to be this way, or I’m just unlucky:

• There’s always some artifact in a temple somewhere that the bad guys are trying to get

• The bad guys always meet or have a ritual at a ‘windmill on the outskirts of town’ even if there isn’t a windmill

• pretty much everywhere I go, there’s always a hooded figure watching me or my companions

Essentially, there seems to be no variety aside from above. Dynamically, there’s no monsters raiding or tournaments or intrigue etc

Thanks