No second buddy?

[TentacleMayor]

My old one died on me during a mission. Now there's my first buddy and Michelle but she's not showing up as a second buddy at all. How do I activate her as a second buddy?

[Tears For Fears]

You have to increase your "history" with her. Do some missions when none is active. She will propably offer you 2 missions

[Tears For Fears]

In mikes bar

[TentacleMayor]

I did one of her missions but only got her as a second buddy once I got a third one from the crash site. Maybe the game doesn't give you a second buddy if you only have 2 total.

[Happy Halloween]

Originally posted by TentacleMayor:

I did one of her missions but only got her as a second buddy once I got a third one from the crash site. Maybe the game doesn't give you a second buddy if you only have 2 total.

I found a video on YouTube named "Far Cry 2: Kill All Your Buddies the Easy Way Infamous Difficultly" by a user called MoldyJacket. The video description gives some details about how the buddy system works, and corroborates your theory that you need at least 3 buddies to have one be "Rescue Ready." Similarly, you need at least 2 buddies alive to receive subverted missions.

[Ecron Zero]

A dormant topic, but I stumbled upon it because I was having the same problem. Just wanted to confirm that the 3 buddies theory seems to be true. I was running around with two buddies and no rescue-ready buddy. But as soon as I found a third (wounded by the crashed plane in the north), the next time I saved in a safehouse, there was my sweetheart Michelle, ready to back me up. Thanks for the help!

[thirdkeeper]

Once you've been through the game a few times and know where everything is located -
weapons especially, it's interesting to note that you have everything you need right from
the start to get through the game.

- No weapons shop - no safe-houses no buddy missions. (Except of course for those
that are required to get the first mission assignments. = One buddy rescue + one weapon
purchased at the shop)

You'll miss a lot of missions - some of them very cool, but not at all necessary to get through
the game.

All you need is where to get the better weapons, the safest modes and routes to travel and
the surest approaches with the least risks to acquire the tools you need.

It's pure survival, and it turns out that you don't need any help at all.

[mypat]

Can you tell me exactly where to find a buddy near the plane and bitten by a snake?

[thirdkeeper]

Originally posted by hkjjh:

Can you tell me exactly where to find a buddy near the plane and bitten by a snake?

There are maps on my profile page an in my guide that have everything. Buddies are represented as green diamonds.

The Crashed Plane rescue is just south the northern train tracks, just a bit to the west
of center, in a narrow valley between mesas.

The Snakebite mission in the south map is in the wrecked train in the NW desert. (Only in Redux Mod as far as I know)

Best of Luck - !