Has anyone else ran into Squint again?

[AegisWolf]

So....I spared Squint and gave him the artifact. I pretty much forgot about him as I never thought I would see him again.

Well, I got attacked by a group of bandits when I was going towards Wild Islands. One of the bandit was wearing a mask, so I couldn't see his face, but his man is: Squint.

So I thought, "Okay, maybe its some other guy named Squint." No last name or anything, but then I looted the corpse, it contained an artifact, a Meat Chunk.

I took a screenshot but don't know if I can attach it, but I was wondering if anyone else has encountered the same situation. I found it a bit funny that the guy I went out of my way to help escape the zone became a bandit and tried to kill me, only for me to end up killing them. But I guess its possible, given the guys personality right?

[Hazzmat]

no. not that i remember. but so far ive only ever gotten him outta the zone? did his artifact side quest

[Darth Cannabis]

I've ran into him again, but he wasn't a bandit.

Was part of a group of zombies, possibly the group that passes through when you talk with Scar, as he was found just to the north of there immediately after said event.

[AegisWolf]

Originally posted by Darth Cannabis:

I've ran into him again, but he wasn't a bandit.

Was part of a group of zombies, possibly the group that passes through when you talk with Scar, as he was found just to the north of there immediately after said event.

ah, interesting, did he happen to have the artifact on him still as well? If running into him again as anything from a zombie, to a bandit, or a neutral/friendly is intentional, I very much like that idea. Thanks for sharing. This game has so many little surprises and I doubt I discovered even half of them.

[GolfDad46]

Just ran into him now. I was taking cover from bandits when another faction engaged the bandits. Bandits won. After I killed the bandits, I checked all the bodies. Squint was part of the rival group that attacked. Dead. He did have an artifact on him.

[AegisWolf]

Originally posted by GolfDad46:

Just ran into him now. I was taking cover from bandits when another faction engaged the bandits. Bandits won. After I killed the bandits, I checked all the bodies. Squint was part of the rival group that attacked. Dead. He did have an artifact on him.

I'll be damned, so its different each time then i think. I like that. Makes replaying the game more interesting and less predictable. He might show up again as a bandit, might end up as a loner stalker group that engages bandits that try to gun for you, or he might end up a Zombie.....I wonder what else.

Hell, I'm not sure I care what anyone else thinks, this game is freaking amazing and just keeps getting better with each secret revealed and more stuff to explore. Kinda wish they had more diversity of the enemies in certain areas of the zone, getting jumped by bloodsuckers all the time is more annoying, it makes it a real treat when you run into a chimera or a Pseudogiant.....minus all the ammo you gotta jump into them to drop them.

[GolfDad46]

It is definitely a cool aspect about the game for sure, it's nice to see A-Life is working in some regard now. Funny that your post was the only post I could find on the Internet about running into him again. I was curious if this was a "scripted" encounter, but apparently not. The subtleties are what make this game special.

[Mauser7mm]

I had run into him again in the prison after the mission where you first meat scar, he told me about a stash. Then I also saw him again after sawmill as a zombie with and artifact on him. I wonder if mission choices like king of the hill affect how you encounter him again

[Nite69]

Yes I ran into him before the start of the first mission at garbage at the detention center