What happens if all Act 1 Buddies are mercy killed?

[Tanguy]

*SPOILERS* If at this point people don't know the story, there's spoilers for mid and end-game.

Has anyone tried seeing what happens if all of the Act 1 buddies are killed i.e. they are actually mercy killed? Not abandoned or missing, but actually dead? I'm just wondering, since with the betrayal at the end, who would show up? Would it be just your Act 2 Best Buddy betraying you? I don't really see how there can be a deal to take the diamonds if that buddy's the only one left.

[Karma]

yes that's what it would be. Tested it many times myself and it benefits you if you're playing on Infamous. That fight is really tough if you actually stand there and fight 6 or so people. If you kill everyone, then its easy.

[Racuch Zawodowiec]

Originally posted by Karma:

yes that's what it would be. Tested it many times myself and it benefits you if you're playing on Infamous. That fight is really tough if you actually stand there and fight 6 or so people. If you kill everyone, then its easy.

The funny thing is, you don't need to kill any of them in final fight. Just grab the diamonds and run. They won't kill you in time and stop chasing you quickly.

[Tanguy]

Yeah, that's what I always do. Screw the rules, they live. Headcanon says they leave with the refugees. I doubt the border guards care once they get paid.

[W3ird_N3rd]

Originally posted by Karma:

yes that's what it would be. Tested it many times myself and it benefits you if you're playing on Infamous. That fight is really tough if you actually stand there and fight 6 or so people. If you kill everyone, then its easy.

I really doubt this.

Originally posted by Tanguy:

*SPOILERS* If at this point people don't know the story, there's spoilers for mid and end-game.

Has anyone tried seeing what happens if all of the Act 1 buddies are killed i.e. they are actually mercy killed? Not abandoned or missing, but actually dead? I'm just wondering, since with the betrayal at the end, who would show up? Would it be just your Act 2 Best Buddy betraying you? I don't really see how there can be a deal to take the diamonds if that buddy's the only one left.

You can't. After killing 5 out of 6 buddies, you stop getting phone calls for subverted missions from your buddy, and without a subverted mission you can't kill the last one. You will see your last act 1 buddy if you decide to go to Mike's Bar instead of the church, but even if you shoot your buddy there they will be "missing", not dead.

You can see your buddy inside Mike's Bar from the outside if you climb on the roof, you can even get a clear shot, but the "windows" are bulletproof, despite being nothing but a mesh. (you will see a bullet impact on the air between the mesh if you try)

I bet if you used cheats/hacks to kill your last buddy, the game would just continue as if you still had a live buddy. (and maybe crash)

[Karma]

Originally posted by W3ird_N3rd:

Originally posted by Karma:

yes that's what it would be. Tested it many times myself and it benefits you if you're playing on Infamous. That fight is really tough if you actually stand there and fight 6 or so people. If you kill everyone, then its easy.

I really doubt this.

Originally posted by Tanguy:

*SPOILERS* If at this point people don't know the story, there's spoilers for mid and end-game.

Has anyone tried seeing what happens if all of the Act 1 buddies are killed i.e. they are actually mercy killed? Not abandoned or missing, but actually dead? I'm just wondering, since with the betrayal at the end, who would show up? Would it be just your Act 2 Best Buddy betraying you? I don't really see how there can be a deal to take the diamonds if that buddy's the only one left.

You can't. After killing 5 out of 6 buddies, you stop getting phone calls for subverted missions from your buddy, and without a subverted mission you can't kill the last one. You will see your last act 1 buddy if you decide to go to Mike's Bar instead of the church, but even if you shoot your buddy there they will be "missing", not dead.

You can see your buddy inside Mike's Bar from the outside if you climb on the roof, you can even get a clear shot, but the "windows" are bulletproof, despite being nothing but a mesh. (you will see a bullet impact on the air between the mesh if you try)

I bet if you used cheats/hacks to kill your last buddy, the game would just continue as if you still had a live buddy. (and maybe crash)

What i meant by this is, if you kill your own buddies by YOUR gun, they stay dead. If they "die" in the fight in Mikes Bar they will still come back at the end arena with the diamonds. I left ONE buddy alive in both Acts, and only had 2 buddies at the arena fight.

What i usually do is all the side quests for my buddies at Mikes Bar, and i do 1 or 2 secondary objectives for my buddies for the main objectives, and at the end when everyone else is dead, i kill my buddy. When i do the next main objective, im given a new best buddy, rinse and repeat. When Act 1 reaches its endgame, i usually only have 1, maybe 2 buddies left. Same goes for Act 2. If you only have 1 buddy left in Act 2, you wont be given anything to do for the buddy because he or she is necessary for the endgame of Act 2.

[thirdkeeper]

For the final confrontation -

I tested this just recently. - Met and did all the buddy rescues and missions.
Kept everyone alive, avoided the Mikes' Bar conflict and went to the church instead.

When I got to the 'Landing Zone I planted all of my IEDs around the circle, went for the
case and hit the charge the moment they all appeared. - There were a couple of damaged survivors left who went down easy.

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