Forced to let prisoner go? Bug or intentional?

[Shrinkshooter]

I saw someone post about this in the bug report section but idk if it's a bug or not. This appears to be a spot where you'd be asked a choice after intervening between a guard who's aiming his weapon at a prisoner and the prisoner with his hands up.

Robo just automatically tells the cop to let him go, there is no choice there. The prisoner runs off, taunting them with "see ya," and then winds up shooting a guard 2 seconds later. Has anyone else run into this where it has NOT played out the exact same way?

[Kobes Helicopter]

Publicado originalmente por Desperado:

I think having maxed stats breaks the skill checks. As far as I can tell, the highest skill checks in the game are Engineering/Deduction 7 for the security guard in OCP HQ, Psychology 6 for Samantha Ortiz in the same location, and Psych/Engineering 6 for Agatha Crane in the third Downtown visit. But I tell you right now, if you have Deduction at exactly 5 you will solve the Cunning Prisoner subquest.

so that means it is a bug and no solution yet unless I reset my skill or play New Game :\

[lauruswolfe]

Publicado originalmente por Walter Kovacs:

I found this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9SOwcJ7vwk Too much work for one quest, but I wonder if you can reset your points at the station and then do this.

I didn't see anywhere to reset points but maybe I missed something. They need to just patch this it's silly that you need a specific level or do what this guy in the video did to complete stuff like this.

[Kobes Helicopter]

Publicado originalmente por Walter Kovacs:

I found this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9SOwcJ7vwk Too much work for one quest, but I wonder if you can reset your points at the station and then do this.

Note hes playing with console not PC

[Ben]

I can confirm that as of 11/13/23, this problem still exists. I was playing it on a PS5, and my psychology was maxed out at 10. No dialogue prompt, Murphy just tells the guard to let him go, and then another guard gets killed because of it.

Definitely a bug, and one that really wrecks the momentum of one of the game's funnest levels.

[III0P0X]

Publicado originalmente por Walter Kovacs:

After the PC patch today, the bug was fixed for me. I was able to detain the prisoner.

However, the conversation does not show that Deduction 5 is being used

[Desperado]

That's because psychology isn't the stat being used, it's deduction

[Kobes Helicopter]

Publicado originalmente por Desperado:

That's because psychology isn't the stat being used, it's deduction

It seems like it's neither. After today's patch it was fixed on the pc version. Psychology 0, Deduction maxed.

It seems deduction is not needed tho as it would tell you a number of deduction next to the options.

The choice to cuff him has appeared.

[Desperado]

When I last played, it was at Deduction 5, that was before the patch, can't say what it happened since

[Menghis Khan]

I have max deduction and psychology. Even though I see both dialogue options, it does not say [Deduction X] next to the "I will not be fooled. Cuff him" option so it appears at face value to be an inconsequential choice.

Looks like whatever they did to fix the bug which was not giving people an option at all, made it also accidentally remove the indicator that it's a skill-based prompt.

[Desperado]

Ah

[Steel Panther]

Publicado originalmente por Menghis Khan:

I have max deduction and psychology. Even though I see both dialogue options, it does not say [Deduction X] next to the "I will not be fooled. Cuff him" option so it appears at face value to be an inconsequential choice.

Looks like whatever they did to fix the bug which was not giving people an option at all, made it also accidentally remove the indicator that it's a skill-based prompt.

It may not be a skill-based prompt either, they may have originally planned it to be, then changed their mind, would explain why it was bugged if they changed plans on the check a few times and changed it every time. The more you mess with it the more likely to break it.

[Lardo]

Publicado originalmente por Kobes helicopter:

Publicado originalmente por Walter Kovacs:

I found this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9SOwcJ7vwk Too much work for one quest, but I wonder if you can reset your points at the station and then do this.

Note hes playing with console not PC

This has to be the dumbest guide I've ever seen. Basically "play 75% of the game with no skills and no bonus 30% XP, so that MAYBE this inconsequential quest works for you".

[Kobes Helicopter]

Publicado originalmente por Lardo:

Publicado originalmente por Kobes helicopter:

Note hes playing with console not PC

This has to be the dumbest guide I've ever seen. Basically "play 75% of the game with no skills and no bonus 30% XP, so that MAYBE this inconsequential quest works for you".

I know ... that is like sacrificing 15000 exp bonus for 150 :D but its all fixed now

[medion_no]

Seems a bug. Report it.

[Kobes Helicopter]

Publicado originalmente por medion_no:

Seems a bug. Report it.

bro read .... its already fixed