keep valencia

[_stabb]

is it possible to keep valencia as a crew member/officer or does she leave at some point no matter what

[�[Dire_Venom]�]

I've had playthroughs where she remains on-board permently, as well as ones where she's gone off to join her Huna friends.
I'm unsure what determines her actions

[_stabb]

interesting. i played one game only so far at my friends but i got to the point where she leaves to join her huna friends as you said. i thought it mightve been because i ran from the last bounty hunter(but fought the first two) but maybe that isnt the case

edit: i now remember that i failed her terrorist friends delivery mission as i didnt have enough time to gather the materials since it was before they made it easier from what i read in patch notes. that might be the more likely trigger. i also didnt promote her to officer as i didnt have slots available, maybe another trigger

[_stabb]

Dire_Venom, in your opinion, do you think her staying permanently was intended or a possible bug

[Trese Brothers]

There were bugs once where Valencia stayed permanently. Spoiler - the successful, best result you can get is that she leaves on her own at some point. As we add more story, you will find that it is not the last time you will see her.

[_stabb]

okay that certainly clarifies things, thank you devs. are any of the unique officers that can be recruited permanent? ive set that as a major goal for myself so im quite curious

[davea]

I have recruited permanently the prisoner from "call for the strong", the merchant from "Stranded merchant", and the stowaway. If you are collecting, you may also want to collect unique weapons, including the sword from the legacy quest and the pistol from the pirate quest.

[_stabb]

okay awesome. thanks dave. that pirate quest sounds extra tempting since i focus on a pistol oriented captain. dont engage in piracy however except against enemies in times of war

[�[Dire_Venom]�]

Originally posted by _stabb:

Dire_Venom, in your opinion, do you think her staying permanently was intended or a possible bug

As the dev clarified, its a bug.
Still keeping that save though, I'm not letting her go!

The De Reins sword or whatnot quest also gives you a very good combat orientated crew member, I always used her as a front line swordsman/rilfe

[Trese Brothers]

Originally posted by _stabb:

okay that certainly clarifies things, thank you devs. are any of the unique officers that can be recruited permanent? ive set that as a major goal for myself so im quite curious

There are currently 3 different officer story arcs that are longer and all provide unique and permanent officers. As @dave mentioned -- Call for the Strong, De Rivesh Legacy and Stranded Merchant. These are all designed by KickStarter backers and when we are done, there should be over 10.

Then there are shorter arcs like the stowaway that can provide recruitable characters too.