ARE THERE REALLY ONLY 5 KINDS OF QUESTS?

I think it entirely depends on the mechanics within the game itself. For example, if you were playing a game similar to Harvest Moon, I don't think you'd find yourself having to complete a Kill quest. There would be more "successfully harvest X crops this season", or "raise X livestock".

But regardless, its the stuff inbetween or around the objective that makes the game fun. WHY are you killing the monster? How do you kill it? What trials/dungeons do you have to go through to reach said monster?

A variant of the escort quest could be the defend quest. (defend a certain location against attack, on a time limit or other trigger)

And then the fetch quest variant of collection. Where you essentially collect something (pokemon, crops, livestock)

I'm guessing that rescue and fetch is pretty much the same quest actually. As is discovery and escape so we're down to three proper quest types.

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Depending on how the game is set up, rescue is not fetch. Rescue adds them to your party.

I would say rescue is always fetch or discovery. I still think there's only three basic quest types. (Fetch, Kill, Discovery)

The best thing to remember about quests is that although there are 3-5 different types, depending on the details two 'fetch' quests can feel completely different. Details make a quest either awesome or boring.

Um, no.

All of those terms existed long before WoW my special little friend.

It is not unlike someone saying that the Lord of the Rings movies are pretty good and someone should make a book of them. People should know the sequence of things. : )