Rescue the dry devil - did they actually test this??

[Greasy Roy]

No exaggeration all my allies are dead in 30 seconds and I am now alone against 6 armoured guys and 2 archers. Tried again 4 times to exactly the same result. Is this a bugged quest or something?

[Stink Pot]

had this happen yesterday and it took like an 30 mins to figure it out, sprint straight forward and start hacking at the dudes fighting your men in the woods first. Once you kill like 2-3 of em they'll start winning the fight.

gl man!

[Greasy Roy]

Originally posted by Stink Pot:

had this happen yesterday and it took like an 30 mins to figure it out, sprint straight forward and start hacking at the dudes fighting your men in the woods first. Once you kill like 2-3 of em they'll start winning the fight.

gl man!

I ended up googling it. Turns out if you fail the dialogue check its basically unwinable. You have to reload an earlier save and pick the 1st option and you have more comrades available. Terrible mission design and i thought the stealth section was bad

[gargamont]

Okay, I killed all of the guards but I'm still alone and it won't conclude combat. I'm running around looking for more enemies but there aren't any and I still have chasing rabbit up top. Any ideas how to progress?

[Biggs]

If you failed to pass the skill check questions and lost your men to fleeing and are out numbered.

or

You've simply had it up to *here* with the balance of this fight.

Turn around, go to haystack cart climb on top and plink them with arrow of choice until completion. It's literally the only quest I've had to cheese as I had this issue.

[DaS]

Usually when allies are involved you need to play the shock troop cause your allies are always TIMMMAY. Run in get as many chasing you as possible then ignore them and back stab whoever your allies are fighting. If you let them fight alone they will loose even if it's 2v1 against a 2 leged dog with one eye.

[LeftPaw]

It does seem to be a bug. If you go along the persuasion route the battle is unwinnable. If you just take the fight option (the top one) the fight is dead easy.

I just went with fight and I don't think I lost one man. But I watched Skybiscuit try it by talking his way out of it and he lost all his men in 10 seconds flat. Yep, bug.

[MasterKroket]

its bugged i cant talk to anyone zizka an the drunk are just standing there everyone else is dead i had to kill em by myself

[HachiRiko]

Originally posted by Greasy Roy:

Originally posted by Stink Pot:

had this happen yesterday and it took like an 30 mins to figure it out, sprint straight forward and start hacking at the dudes fighting your men in the woods first. Once you kill like 2-3 of em they'll start winning the fight.

gl man!

I ended up googling it. Turns out if you fail the dialogue check its basically unwinable. You have to reload an earlier save and pick the 1st option and you have more comrades available. Terrible mission design and i thought the stealth section was bad

took me like 30 min to figure that out as well. i HAD to pick the first option

[Galactic-Tactics]

Originally posted by Galactic-Tactics:

Hm, I think I just stuck close to Kubyenka and didn't encounter an issue. But I might have selected a different option. I can't remember.

[joxertm22]

I didn't fail whichever check I picked, and it was easy peasy.
Seems this mission is a gamestopper only for players who rush the main story and ignore side content.

[Grunch]

Originally posted by Greasy Roy:

Originally posted by Stink Pot:

had this happen yesterday and it took like an 30 mins to figure it out, sprint straight forward and start hacking at the dudes fighting your men in the woods first. Once you kill like 2-3 of em they'll start winning the fight.

gl man!

I ended up googling it. Turns out if you fail the dialogue check its basically unwinable. You have to reload an earlier save and pick the 1st option and you have more comrades available. Terrible mission design and i thought the stealth section was bad

I failed the dialogue and had to reload after the first battle. Failed the speech again and fought. If you fail the dialogue you HAVE to beeline to assist your allies with the heavy armored guys, basically just dodge everyone else. Once the Heavy armored dude is gone it becomes a one sided fight in your favor. The game wants you to prioritize targets in bigger fights is what I learned. Is it hard? Oh yes. Is it doable? Yeah it is, you just gotta be a little tactical about it.

[Grunch]

Originally posted by joxertm22:

I didn't fail whichever check I picked, and it was easy peasy.
Seems this mission is a gamestopper only for players who rush the main story and ignore side content.

That isn’t necessarily true. I did the side quests and still failed the speech, but that is fine because my Henry is built as a big dumb ole brute with a big heart in heavy armor. So for me, the speech was nearly impossible. But the combat? I died the first time but the second time I made the heavy armored dudes my priority and got out with only one arrow in me, no other scratches

[Shrootfarms]

I used the gun to kill the full plate enemy and solo'd the rest of them. It wasn't too bad.

[Grunch]

Originally posted by LeftPaw:

It does seem to be a bug. If you go along the persuasion route the battle is unwinnable. If you just take the fight option (the top one) the fight is dead easy.

I just went with fight and I don't think I lost one man. But I watched Skybiscuit try it by talking his way out of it and he lost all his men in 10 seconds flat. Yep, bug.

I didn’t even think of that I may reload that save and test it

[Grunch]

Originally posted by Shrootfarms:

I used the gun to kill the full plate enemy and solo'd the rest of them. It wasn't too bad.

I feel like I am a Looney Tunes character when I shoot the gun it is soooo much fun