Killing gig merchants

[jamoke57]

So I just started playing and I've been running around doing gigs. Sometimes there will be a gig in a shop full of gang members, but they'll have a merchant in there. If I kill all the gang members/merchant does the merchant ever respawn for that location? I'm wondering if I should be more tactful in completing gigs, I've just been going in guns blazing for most of them. I'm wondering if that has any affect on the story or economy of the world.

[marstinson]

Unless I'm forgetting something, there is only one regular vendor at a location where you have a gig and two at side jobs.

The gig is in Watson at a pharmacist's office and he is not around when the gig goes down. He's there before the gig, he's there after the gig (and has some interesting dialog options with V as a result), but he's gone during the gig, so you don't have to worry about accidentally offing him.

The second is one of Rogue's side jobs (since she's not a regular fixer, hers don't show up with gig markers) and it takes place at a junk dealer (and even the junk is really junk). What happens there kind of depends on how you approach the gig. If you can sneak in through the back way without alerting the gangoons out front, complete the gig, and get out without being detected, then the gangoons will continue to function as junk dealers. If you take out everyone (because brownie points for badassery), then you've lost a junk dealer.

There's also food vendor over in 6th Street territory that's a side job. You can talk your way out if your Street Cred is high enough. Alternatively, you can just let the thing play out with "I'm not getting involved" and the merchant survives (he'll have choice words for you afterward), but you can accidentally off him if you get involved and are not careful with your weapons. He does not respawn.

There is also a vendor where you do part of a main mission, but he's a talkie, not a shootie. He sells nothing you can use, but you can unload stuff, if memory serves.

All the rest are just there for color. You can't buy anything from them, you can't sell anything to them, they're just kind of there and whether they survive or not doesn't affect you.

[alation13]

You probably don't want to punch "fingers" either. I found out after I punched him that he is the only ripperdoc to sell a particular legendary item. If you punch him he will not sell it to you.

[Lavian]

There's a melee weapon vendor in the location for one of the Beat on the Brat fights. He seems to consistently sell some legendary melee weapon blueprints. There's a gig there as well, where you might end up taking him out if you're not careful.

[isomorphic_projection]

Originally posted by alation13:

You probably don't want to punch "fingers" either. I found out after I punched him that he is the only ripperdoc to sell a particular legendary item. If you punch him he will not sell it to you.

Just found out googling, finaly got myself some cash to buy the mod. Only to find out, i should not have hit fingers.

[Doombringer]

Dead merchants do not respawn, there are a handful of them that you can kill.
The only ones that matter are 2 ripperdocs though.

[bulletshowerr]

Originally posted by alation13:

You probably don't want to punch "fingers" either. I found out after I punched him that he is the only ripperdoc to sell a particular legendary item. If you punch him he will not sell it to you.

Originally posted by isomorphic_projection:

Originally posted by alation13:

You probably don't want to punch "fingers" either. I found out after I punched him that he is the only ripperdoc to sell a particular legendary item. If you punch him he will not sell it to you.

Just found out googling, finaly got myself some cash to buy the mod. Only to find out, i should not have hit fingers.

There is a mod fo fix this. I found out punching him wasnt a good idea and solve it with that mod. Google at friendly fingers nexusmod. But.... the bad thing is you need to delete everything from second visit (where he talks about crackling jaws) otherwise that mod wont work.

[isomorphic_projection]

Originally posted by bulletshower:

Originally posted by alation13:

You probably don't want to punch "fingers" either. I found out after I punched him that he is the only ripperdoc to sell a particular legendary item. If you punch him he will not sell it to you.

Originally posted by isomorphic_projection:

Just found out googling, finaly got myself some cash to buy the mod. Only to find out, i should not have hit fingers.

There is a mod fo fix this. I found out punching him wasnt a good idea and solve it with that mod. Google at friendly fingers nexusmod. But.... the bad thing is you need to delete everything from second visit (where he talks about crackling jaws) otherwise that mod wont work.

I had to punch him, i would do worse with people like that in real life. Oh if you need to delete everything after, then why not just delete the moment you enter his shop. This mod form nexus sounds useless.

[bulletshowerr]

Originally posted by isomorphic_projection:

Originally posted by bulletshower:

There is a mod fo fix this. I found out punching him wasnt a good idea and solve it with that mod. Google at friendly fingers nexusmod. But.... the bad thing is you need to delete everything from second visit (where he talks about crackling jaws) otherwise that mod wont work.

I had to punch him, i would do worse with people like that in real life. Oh if you need to delete everything after, then why not just delete the moment you enter his shop. This mod form nexus sounds useless.

Well, after my punch i have do so many other things (jobs/gig/upgrades/cars/andmore) and then i read somewhere he sells legendary cyberware so i revisit his shop and then discover he wont sell me anything because of the punch in his face. (and yeah, i also need to punch him. dont regret that).

For me it was worth to delete everything at the second visit.

[󠀡󠀡]

i find it hilarious when i realized i f'd up big time when i punched fingers in the face, you get denied of his service and he has some really good cyberware upgrades. ever since then any subsequent playthrough i always act nice towards him sometimes even more than what needed to get on his good side pissing off judy as a result 😂
also there's another ripper you can kill nearby dr. chrome in the kabuki area. idk if there's more ripper you can possibly kill as well other than the two i've mentioned.

[isomorphic_projection]

Originally posted by bulletshower:

Originally posted by isomorphic_projection:

I had to punch him, i would do worse with people like that in real life. Oh if you need to delete everything after, then why not just delete the moment you enter his shop. This mod form nexus sounds useless.

Well, after my punch i have do so many other things (jobs/gig/upgrades/cars/andmore) and then i read somewhere he sells legendary cyberware so i revisit his shop and then discover he wont sell me anything because of the punch in his face. (and yeah, i also need to punch him. dont regret that).

For me it was worth to delete everything at the second visit.

If i do a re run, i won't punch him in the face. I shoot him after i get the mod.

[alation13]

Originally posted by isomorphic_projection:

Originally posted by bulletshower:

Well, after my punch i have do so many other things (jobs/gig/upgrades/cars/andmore) and then i read somewhere he sells legendary cyberware so i revisit his shop and then discover he wont sell me anything because of the punch in his face. (and yeah, i also need to punch him. dont regret that).

For me it was worth to delete everything at the second visit.

If i do a re run, i won't punch him in the face. I shoot him after i get the mod.

LOL I was about to say the exact same thing, I would also make sure I DON'T kill him with a head shot.