Can't save Kent Connolly

[Nirvash]

So, I've been doing the Silver Shroud quest line, and without going into too much detail, it's impossible to save him. All the youtube videos I look up have your character coming down this elevator and there's a little dialog section, however, for me, I get half way there and the raiders start fighting a bunch of robots, which alerts the gangsters below, and they kill him before I can even find the room.

Anyone know any kind of workaround for this or is it just another lost cause?

[Aphala]

' - Resurrect

[dragonsher0]

the way i did it was I took some jet to slow things down, threw two granades at the guys on the left and right then spammed headshots in vats on the remaining two. but to do this you have to do it as soon as you get out of the elevator, if they start to talk you won't have enough time to react.

Good luck

[Mr Rulle]

I had saved in the end of that conversation so i was almost f****d.
The one thing that saved me was using loads of drugs especially Jet to headshot the executioner until he died first (the others wont shoot him) and then take cover and try to heal up before taking on the others.
It was the only time in the game that it felt hard even when playing on survival.
I guess you could always lower the difficulty settings if you need to.

Since you seem to have gotten a bug then use the console (dunno the commands).
Its the one time that i feel cheating is allowed.

[bloodboil]

I've heard that's actually a bug. They're not meant to kill him until after you talk to their leader, depending on what you say.

Try reloading a save from before entering the hospital and try again.

[Sempophai]

high charisma, can just convine him to kill you first, I popped a purple mentat beforehand

[Quality Diabetes]

Originally posted by Sempophai:

high charisma, can just convine him to kill you first, I popped a purple mentat beforehand

This, or simply shoot at the guys right after you get out of the elevator

[Master Cheeks]

With high charisma I convinced his men to leave. I popped some Med-X, Psycho, and Jet to manouver around so I could get a perfect headshot. I also made sure I had a critical hit read to go in VATS. Three shotgun blasts to the face were enough to kill him and and save Kent.

[Deedrix]

I'm actually having a similar bug. All dialogue in these type of situations are being skipped and fighting immediately takes place.

Like when you come out of that one door to talk to Skinny Malone when doing valentine's quest. Instead of initiating dialogue they start shooting as soon as I pass through the door. Same thing happened when your suppose to kill the courser during the main story quest, he just immediately shoots me.

[Nirvash]

Well the thing is, I'm not getting to the point of any conversations. I take an elevator down, and from this point on there are a bunch of robots, turrets and raiders. Around through one of the rooms on this level is a hole in the floor, which then leads around to the elevator that takes you to the conversation. He would always die before I made it to the hole in the floor. Problem being is the raiders are fighting the robots which seems to trigger the gangsters before you're anywhere near them.

I managed to finally do it with a thing of jet. As soon as I came down the elevator before the hole, I'd just take that and bum rush through all of the random enemies until I reached the next elevator. This worked as far as getting to the room before they shot him, though I could never initiate the conversation. The guy would sit there for a few seconds quickly switching from a "ready" stance to a more relaxed stance, then I'd hear him mutter part of one word and then he'd shoot him. So, from there I would have to try again, but this time just vats and shoot him in the arm over and over. From there no one else targeted Kent and it all worked out.

Horribly made quest though. They didn't even acount for the fact that there's enemies in the building by default.

[Wolfester]

Just so anyone else can see this too.

I had already cleared the hospital and I think this factored into the problem, but here we go.

When doing this quest, after exiting the 2nd elevator, all the enemies activated and started fighting robots (a robot, actually) and before even stepping off the elevator, Kent would be shot. So, I used the console command "tai" to turn the ai for the enemies off then I was able to reach the final elevator without the enemies killing kent. I used the command again once the 3rd elevator opened and the dialogue happened as it was supposed to.

[Daedd]

Originally posted by Wolfester:

Just so anyone else can see this too.

I had already cleared the hospital and I think this factored into the problem, but here we go.

When doing this quest, after exiting the 2nd elevator, all the enemies activated and started fighting robots (a robot, actually) and before even stepping off the elevator, Kent would be shot. So, I used the console command "tai" to turn the ai for the enemies off then I was able to reach the final elevator without the enemies killing kent. I used the command again once the 3rd elevator opened and the dialogue happened as it was supposed to.

Turning the AI off and killing the two protectrons was the only way I got to the conversation. Thanks for the tip.

[1stormseekr]

lol you got closer than i did, as soon as my toon enters the building i hear a shot and see the fail quest pop up on my screen. Thought it was because i was in power armor, tried sneaking in, reloading, etc.. didn't matter. I could do console commands but this play thru is my power armor game. Now my second play thru it will matter....i plan on becoming the S.S. as soon as possible.

[Ghastous™]

i cant even do the rescue mission because soon as i enter the building they just shoot him dead. Way to go devs for another screwed release

[If you put the universe in a bag]

i wonder how far into the game the average person would get if the console wasnt a thing

[Jolly's Brother]

Originally posted by No Cake for the Impuritor:

i wonder how far into the game the average person would get if the console wasnt a thing

I did fairly well without the console. 150 hours and counting.