Malachite issue. (probably spoilers, but not really)

[Cult Member]

So I did a quest for Malachite lady vendor where you need to get USB drive with info on it, and got attacked by Ward demanding me give them USB instead, I naturally killed them cause they attacked me and Malachite faction became hostile towards me.
Is that intentional? It doesn't seem so.
How do I recover relationship with Malachite?

[DomEReapeR]

If you're anti-ward you can't recover your relationship with Malachite, they're tightly knit together and killing wardens lowers rep with Malachite.

[simon]

I didn't have that issue. Did you kill the scientist?

[Cult Member]

Originally posted by DomEReapeR:

If you're anti-ward you can't recover your relationship with Malachite, they're tightly knit together and killing wardens lowers rep with Malachite.

That's unfortunate. Poorly designed quest if you ask me.

Originally posted by simon:

I didn't have that issue. Did you kill the scientist?

That's the issue. I only killed Ward guys that attacked me first. I didn't side with Ward earlier though.

[simon]

Odd. I didn't side with ward and did the same as you without any problem

[Cult Member]

Originally posted by simon:

Odd. I didn't side with ward and did the same as you without any problem

I guess there's some kind of minor interaction with Ward that we did differently and it affects relationship further.

[Max Payload]

Yes, there is. The answer in numbers. I did this quest several times and read carefully what quest says. When I had to defend block B there is two group of wards. first group is start to hunt you down when you trigger the point. After I've killed these 4 or 5 man, the quest said hold your position. Then I stop to kill other wards, just sneak arround and let the bigger group under the corridor alive. Then the quest was done and said find scar. Hostile side quest not triggered,

[dogshocker]

Originally posted by drip-133:

So I did a quest for Malachite lady vendor where you need to get USB drive with info on it, and got attacked by Ward demanding me give them USB instead, I naturally killed them cause they attacked me and Malachite faction became hostile towards me.
Is that intentional? It doesn't seem so.
How do I recover relationship with Malachite?

The way I see it is, Malachite isn't a faction, it's a place. It is run by the scientist which is a faction.
Different factions will use this facility at different points in the game. The Ward come and take it over, just like they did in Zalissya and Slag Heap. They leave after a while.
The Ward are a faction. If you fall out with them in the early game, it can make things a bit awkward.

[GrenadeMagnet6]

I had the same problem. Try to reload an earlier saved game, if you have it, and let the Ward take the flash drive and the Stalker NPC away. When you get back to Malachite the trader lady will scold you for making a mistake, and not reward you for the last Black Sheep mission, but then she will go back to normal and the Malachite traders/technician will all still remain neutral with you, and never turn hostile. Killing any of the Wards will immediately make the Malachite vendors hostile, so you have to give in to the Ward troops to prevent that from happening.

I believe it's a bug so I already filed a technical report with GSC last week about these sidequests. There is also a bug with one of the earlier Black Sheep sidequest where one stalker and a bloodsucker spawn inside the walls of the drain in the hill, which makes it impossible to complete that side-quest.

[Barrier]

I had a ward badge, showed it to them and it was all good

[GrenadeMagnet6]

Originally posted by Barrier:

I had a ward badge, showed it to them and it was all good :Honored::VBCOOL:

Ahhh, didn't think about that. I'm doing a Spark playthrough (my very first playthrough), and didn't consider the outcome would be different if doing a Ward playthrough. I'm guessing they didn't test this Black Sheep mission if doing a Spark playthrough.