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Roaming friendly bandit party?? (Games : S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat : Mods : MISERY : Forum : General subjects : Roaming friendly bandit party??) Locked
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Dec 9 2017 Anchor

Yesterday I was dog hunting near acid pool by the edge of the Jupiter plant. Then I spotted a group of NPCs nearby fending themselves from rad kitties. They've spotted me after the fight and they were talking like bandits. Thought I'd be dead for sure, but they just ignored me so I decided to follow them.

When we were on the bridge (leading from acid pool to the ventilation complex) I talked with one of the trio and he said "go talk to the big bad boss" (the other two had no conversation line whatsoever). However, I realised this is the line used by a group of bandits at the observation camp about 300 meters away, but the group had been eliminated by the mutants some good weeks ago! (Jack is still holding up in there sitting in his chair though).

I kept walking with them until we reached the road at the ventilation plant. I talked to the group leader again. Now I had the option to browse his wares too! I wanted to follow them some more, but had to retreat as they were heading towards the Oasis and I've spotted a great number of bandits/mercs there. Guess I'd never see them again :(

jasper34
jasper34 MISERY PR Lead
Dec 9 2017 Anchor

There are random neutral bandit and merc squads initially. The balance changes as you relationship with their faction does. If you side against them, you will see less neutral squads.

That line is just bandit for talk to the squad leader, not particular to any one squad.

Dec 9 2017 Anchor

Got it, chief. Damn I didn't know about neutral bandits/merc squads before. Must have dropped them before they could've said hi. I eat bandits/mercs on daily basis thanks to my upright moral compass. Pretty much every other bandits/mercs out there are still hostile to me and shoot me on sight though. I haven't done any main/side quest so far (yeah been in the zone for 3 months now too).

jasper34
jasper34 MISERY PR Lead
Dec 10 2017 Anchor

Same here ;)

Dec 11 2017 Anchor

I hired mercs to go to the iron forest with me. They charged less than a stalker squad or duty/freedom.

I failed several times to tackle the iron forest on my own, so I started asking around, gauging how much they would charge to escort. Stalker and duty/freedom wanted around 14,000. I did it anyway, but we all got killed each time (or at least I did). A few days later I was hanging out at the Shevchenko, inside on the lower deck, and a squad walks in. They turned out to be mercs, who didn't open fire, so I went to talk to them. Mercs indeed, and would do the iron forest job for 9,000. They seemed better armed and armored than the other squads I had tried it with, and sure enough we were able to shoot everything down and I could finally complete the IF. Not all mercs are bad. :)

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