Kill Jackhammer?

[Silly Cat]

He seems like a scumbag, what are the consequences of killing him vs letting him go?

PS: Killed him, because i was interested what kind of loot he has as i wasnt interested in the money. he got an AA12 (Shotgun with drum mag and burst) + a heavy vest with 80% damage reduction and a gold bar.
Not sure if this has any long term implications but some of my mercs felt guilty about it.

[CrUsHeR]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Torpex:

If you don't pass the stat check, killing him will debuff your team as noted previously. Losing APs is nasty, on low AP mercs especially.

This actually seems to be a bug, use this mod to get rid of the permanent morale debuffs until the devs fix it

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3013009157

[SirHawk]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von CrUsHeR:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Torpex:

If you don't pass the stat check, killing him will debuff your team as noted previously. Losing APs is nasty, on low AP mercs especially.

This actually seems to be a bug, use this mod to get rid of the permanent morale debuffs until the devs fix it

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3013009157

Not a bug, if you have morale penalty, this means you didn't find out everything about his work or didn't have Raider in your team. It depends on the quest progress behind the scenes.

[Bozzemoggel]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von krd:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bozzemoggel:

When you have Spike in your team, Jackhammer is eager to join your club... he wants to fight alongside his major. it´s an interesting little extra dialogue, but in the end Spike sees him as a good fighter, who can´t be trusted and executes him without giving you a choice (also no debuffs oc)

Would have been neat if you could have actually recruited him with Spike on your team.

yeah, absolutely... a little hidden extra, not many player were looking for. Also i imagine he could been a decent grunt, and also... a local like Pierre, but maybe less annoying xD

[Azrael]

Thought I'd share as I didn't find this mentioned in any guide / discussion.

After fully clearing the prison and speaking with Jackhammer, I didn't find the "send to prison" chat option and it turns out I had to interact with the desk just outside his room to gather evidence that he is a loan shark. Interacting with the desk requires you to pass a wisdom check. My IMP merc had a wisdom stat of 87 and he still failed, so I hired MD, sent him to the prison and got him to successfully do it. Once you have gathered the evidence, when chatting with Jackhammer, you can then mention that he is criminal because he is a loan shark and that will eventually open up the option to send him to prison. You need to pass a leadership check as well so make sure you have a merc with decent leadership stat.

If you can't pass the wisdom check at the desk initially, don't fret, just leave Jackhammer there and come back later with someone with a high enough wisdom stat. So long as you don't kill him or let him go, he will be there.

Also, by sending him to prison, mercs with certain character traits (e.g. MD with Righteous) will get a morale buff, which is very handy as it gave him +2 AP. Similarly, killing him will result in a morale debuff for certain mercs which will reduce their AP.

Whether you kill him or send him to prison, you will still get the AA12 shotgun and the same loyalty buff with Port Cacao (+5).

[lentracey]

I ended up putting both Jackhammer and Elliot in prison. Seemed to work well and my team liked it. As a player, I liked the irony of putting the warden in his own prison.

[uncle nick]

In my game, we talked Elliot into going to prison. So, if i travel all the way down to the Good Place, will i see Elliot behind bars there? Or is there another prison location?

[Gladius Victorius]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von uncle nick:

In my game, we talked Elliot into going to prison. So, if i travel all the way down to the Good Place, will i see Elliot behind bars there? Or is there another prison location?

The Sector where you can Recruit Pierre near the end is even a Prision

[KikiMofo]

Necromancering this topic but I just did Kill Jackhammer and Jail Jackhammer.
Kill Jackhammer with the evidence gets you 3 tiny diamonds his AA12 and 10 loyalty with Cacao city.
Jailing Jackhammer gets you the AA12 and only 5 loyalty with Cacao for some reason.
Guess they prefer if he is dead.

[Kernest]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von KikiMofo:

Necromancering this topic but I just did Kill Jackhammer and Jail Jackhammer.
Kill Jackhammer with the evidence gets you 3 tiny diamonds his AA12 and 10 loyalty with Cacao city.
Jailing Jackhammer gets you the AA12 and only 5 loyalty with Cacao for some reason.
Guess they prefer if he is dead.

Additionally, when trying to recruit a certain late-game merc The Major, you get points for murdering Jackhammer, but not for jailing him.