2.0 reset Skippy to pacifist mode

[SatChitAananda]

Does this mean I'm going to have to kill 50 enemies again to get stone cold killer mode?

[Kopejka]

No it's a one time thing.
If you first selected lethal and it switched to non-lethal, then you're stuck with non-lethal

[SatChitAananda]

I've been using Skippy in stone cold killer mode for a long time with 1.63. Chose pacifist.. killed 50... told Skippy I would return him... didn't. Did all this a long time ago. But 2.0 reset Skippy to pacifist mode. Only targets legs now. Guess I need to kill 50 more.

[SatChitAananda]

Ok I just went to Pacifica beach and used Skippy some more on the respawnable enemies there. Gun seems to start in pacifist mode when beginning attack and then switches at some point to headshot mode.

[SatChitAananda]

It might be alternating between modes after each reload. And the 2.0 nerf avalanche continues.

[SatChitAananda]

Well reload theory was wrong. Switches to headshot mode before needing a reload. Must switch after certain number of hits or after an amount of time. Be nice if they detailed these changes somewhere.

[Bryan]

Originally posted by SatChitAananda:

Well reload theory was wrong. Switches to headshot mode before needing a reload. Must switch after certain number of hits or after an amount of time. Be nice if they detailed these changes somewhere.

yeah it seems like they just ruined the gun, i choose the non lethal mode, and after 50 kills it still told me only non lethal is avaliable.

[Rubos]

yep, my skippy also switched from puppy mode to puppy mode after 50 kills :/ and targeting was messed up - prioritize limbs, but target head if it's only part in zone, so i always shoot to the sky >.<

[Perahoky]

i aolready killed way more than 50 in pacifist mode and it doesnt switch to head mode. whats wrong? i thought choosing pacifist mode switches to kill mode after 50 kills ?

[NorthernDavid]

With regular smart guns aiming down the sights rather than hip firing seems to lock on to heads/weakspots more often, maybe skippy is doing the same thing.

[Sound Zero]

Originally posted by NorthernDavid:

With regular smart guns aiming down the sights rather than hip firing seems to lock on to heads/weakspots more often, maybe skippy is doing the same thing.

This is my experience with it. Chose pacifist mode, but by aiming down sights it seems to do headshots.

When it hit 50 kills it disabled headshot mode, no way to change it back.

It’s definitely not working like it did before. I’m not mad they changed it, only mad they didn’t say so. Unless it’s bugged.

[OCretribution]

Originally posted by Rubos:

yep, my skippy also switched from puppy mode to puppy mode after 50 kills :/ and targeting was messed up - prioritize limbs, but target head if it's only part in zone, so i always shoot to the sky >.<

This! this happened to me too just now and on a fresh playthrough. Puppy to puppy felt like some cruel joke.

[valium]

If you force it to hit the head by manually targeting while it is in puppy loving mode, it treats it like you chose stone cold killer. You cant let it kill people or it will go from puppy to puppy.

[Cat]

Basically if you kill people while having puppy loving pacifist active, it will treat it as kills and then disable stone cold killer despite you having selected puppy loving pacifist. The good news, or well maybe sad news if you like the personality, is that after returning it you will get a message later to come pick up the gun itself, although skippy will be gone so it's just a regular smart pistol now.