Does Johnny have any meaningful input on the side missions you can do in Watson before Act 2?

[TrantaLocked]

I noticed he sometimes comments on the situation around the city and in quests. The thing is that I did every available side mission in Watson before continuing with the Heist. I can lookup any interactions I may have missed on YouTube, but I assumed those missions were designed to be done before having Johnny.

[cmwinchell]

Completing all the side jobs, gigs, and NCPD hustles that you can in Watson before the heist is what people who like to power level do. I don't know if there is anything different in the missions. In theory you can get the Flathead, speak to Evelyn, and then do the Heist without touching a side mission. Haven't tested that though because I need street cred for my favorite cyberdeck.

[Muscarine]

Yea he talks sometimes, like during the bhikkhu quest

Can't tell you how many quests are involved off the top of my head but basically you should only due blue markers up until the heist

That's still more than enough to outlevel the difficulty progression during the heist, and if you need to farm money just grind the random Tiger Claws and Scavengers who always spawn at the same spots

cmwinchell původně napsal:

Completing all the side jobs, gigs, and NCPD hustles that you can in Watson before the heist is what people who like to power level do. I don't know if there is anything different in the missions. In theory you can get the Flathead, speak to Evelyn, and then do the Heist without touching a side mission. Haven't tested that though because I need street cred for my favorite cyberdeck.

It's only really important to grind enough so that the difficulty gets to "moderate" in order to avoid having to deal with the stupid level difference modifiers
Another great design inherited from Witcher 3, hard+ means level difference, which means they get to one tap you and you deal reduced damage for no other reason than artificial modifiers

Come back to the same enemies, with the same gear and stats, but with a higher level and suddenly the difficulty is gone

Doesn't even mean it's so much harder, even on very hard, just means you stop getting one shot for no other reason than level difference