Here some data, extrapolated from the game files. You need 75 reputation to recruit the Major and 50 to get his evidence. Reputation gains: Time penalty: -5 or -10 (Defeat the major within 1 or 2 months) Take down outpost: 5/outpost (max 35) Kill Graaf: 10 Kill Bastien: 5 (might prevent recruiting Pierre) Recruit Pierre: 25 (or Kill Pierre: 10) Kill/Jail Elliot: 5 Complete right hand man: 5 Kill DrKronenberg: 5 Kill Chimurenga: 5 Kill Jackhammer: 10 Kill/Recruit Beast: 5 Kill/Recruit Flay: 5 Kill Colonel: 10 Defeat Corazon: 20 "You were a merc like us, Spike" dialogue option/skill check: 5 (Unlocked by rescuing Biff or having hired Len/Gus/Ivan and be present) "Your Legion could have performed better" dialogue option/skill check: 10 (Leadership >= 70)
You get the "You were a Merc like us" dialog Option as well, if you have Ivan in your team. I didnt rescue Biff but had Ivan in my first playthrough and I got the option with an * and it said "Ivan wants to say something".
Yes also some of the other old school bad boys. Like Gus and Len. But not everyone will have them right. So Biff is more common way to enable this convo. Thanks for your input!
You have to recapture most of the outpost / mine before attacking him, or at least attack right away before the army take over your sectors. Who's on your team also matter, if someone agro him, like pierre + raider, he will prefer death than jail. Or someone laidback like james sullivan he will surrender to jail. For me with the same sectors and achievements, i can unlock some option which ultimately i can hire him with psycho perk in team.
It would be good to know a list of all things that disappear before the event so as to be sure to do them in time , assuming that intercepting the Biff killers does halt things for ever ?
Stopping that squad is only stopping Biff from getting murdered by event. It doesn't stop any triggers in regards to the Refugee Camp. There is a bunch of quests in the Refugee Camp and the amount depends on some of the choices you've made. If done all quests there prior to the event, the only named NPCs that will die are Adonis (the guy you repair the TV for) and the Shaman.
Are you using custom merc portraits/skins? I saw a merc pop up in the conversation that is unknown to me. It's a cool look I'd like to use for my own, because the vanilla custom character look choices are pretty bad.
SPOILERS My understanding is this, the invasion is triggered by the gas attack at the refugee camp. Long before I ever went near the Eagle's Nest, I had already cleared most of the map, including having had a peaceful meeting with the Colonel in Fort Brigand. I had already begun suspecting Corazon and collecting evidence against her. She contacted via radio instructing me to meet her at the refugee camp. At that point, the invasion would trigger if I (1) go to the refugee camp and kill the squad waiting to frame me for the attack, (2) go north via the Stone Stairs and the lift (C20 to B20), (3) go north via The Fracture (c16 to B16). Things I had already done without triggering the invasion,; recruited Larry and cured his addiction, cured red rabies, controlled all mines except diesel-town, recruited Pierre, saved Biff and acquired the green diamond. What does this mean? If you make a B-line for the major, you will trigger the invasion and gas attack on the refugee camp. Extra info, the fastest approach to the Eagle's Nest and the Major is the Stone Stairs and the underground lift, not the Fracture. Travel east from Ille Morat and Belle Eau, then north. You will encounter much less resistance.
@@hexxatgaming Have you ever watched a speedrun of Jagged Alliance 2? It is accomplished by sneaking and retreating. Enter an area with enemies, sneak around to another exit, then retreat. That way you avoid all the enemies and can travel toward your destination. Then, when it came time to fight, kill a couple guys on the first turn and retreat. Then go back, the enemies you killed will still be dead, but the game will redistribute the remaining mobs. Kill a couple of those, retreat, rinse, repeat, and boom! Deidranna is dead! Why do I mention it? It seems to me, Jagged Alliance 3's developers have decided to include this mechanic, if it can be called such. Exploit? Bug? Feature? Who can say? So, if you wanted to change the game, you could sneak and retreat all the way to the Eagle's Nest, trigger the gas attack and invasion of a country of which you own nothing., kill the Major and do the game backwards. Start from the Eagle's Nest and move west and south, but (theoretically) the areas with still be populated by the original mobs AND the reinforcements from the invasion. You'd probably get an achievement for that.
Ok mate i need ur help very fast. 1. I am after saving biff - he gave me diamond and evidence against Corazon 2. I did all quest in refugee camp before massacre 3. I DIDNT go to refugee camp to get massacre fight after saving Biff. I did a lot of other stuff like Pierre, Diesel from Muchengladbach, Beast from forest etc and I am going for Major My question is: Should i trigger refugee camp masscre first and than go for Major? Or when I go for major this massacre quest will dissapear from map cuz Soldiers will attack everything? Or when I get major i can get back to massecre and trigger next events in story? Help me mate!!!
Don't worry about the massacre event, army will always come. And it doesn't matter if you go to the refugee camp, because when you are 2 sectors from the major, the army invasion will trigger. So if you want to have higher chance at getting the major, your best bet is to go towards the Major's camp before the army comes in.
I saved Biff, and I haven't the option regarding green dia. he just told, it's his wage and leaved. Chimurenga was already retired. about the refugee camp event, I think, it's time based as game progress, I played game three times till this event, three times I played it differently. firt time I spoke with collonel, second time I went thru and didn't speak with him, and thrird time I never go to this part of continent, just stopped down in mines and didn't progress further. I wonder, how the game should progress, if you spend first one or two months just with your character and one additional, who will be hired as dedicated trainer. (MD for med, Berry for explosives and Livewire for mechanics. Grizzly for strenght, fox for dex etc...
Dude, you need to stop spoiling the game to others FROM THUMBNAIL, mate. It took me 10 years to majesticaly realize I could kill Deidranna in advance, back in JA2. Now look at this gem right there you just ruined for me.
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Here some data, extrapolated from the game files.
You need 75 reputation to recruit the Major and 50 to get his evidence.
Reputation gains:
Time penalty: -5 or -10 (Defeat the major within 1 or 2 months)
Take down outpost: 5/outpost (max 35)
Kill Graaf: 10
Kill Bastien: 5 (might prevent recruiting Pierre)
Recruit Pierre: 25 (or Kill Pierre: 10)
Kill/Jail Elliot: 5
Complete right hand man: 5
Kill DrKronenberg: 5
Kill Chimurenga: 5
Kill Jackhammer: 10
Kill/Recruit Beast: 5
Kill/Recruit Flay: 5
Kill Colonel: 10
Defeat Corazon: 20
"You were a merc like us, Spike" dialogue option/skill check: 5 (Unlocked by rescuing Biff or having hired Len/Gus/Ivan and be present)
"Your Legion could have performed better" dialogue option/skill check: 10 (Leadership >= 70)
Gonna pin this one thanks!
What does evidence give you?
It's to clear your name for the ending
@@hexxatgaming so it doesn't affect the gameplay, you still have to kill 3 bosses?
Yep
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Thanks brother 🙏
You get the "You were a Merc like us" dialog Option as well, if you have Ivan in your team. I didnt rescue Biff but had Ivan in my first playthrough and I got the option with an * and it said "Ivan wants to say something".
Yes also some of the other old school bad boys. Like Gus and Len. But not everyone will have them right. So Biff is more common way to enable this convo. Thanks for your input!
You have to recapture most of the outpost / mine before attacking him, or at least attack right away before the army take over your sectors. Who's on your team also matter, if someone agro him, like pierre + raider, he will prefer death than jail. Or someone laidback like james sullivan he will surrender to jail. For me with the same sectors and achievements, i can unlock some option which ultimately i can hire him with psycho perk in team.
It would be good to know a list of all things that disappear before the event so as to be sure to do them in time , assuming that intercepting the Biff killers does halt things for ever ?
Stopping that squad is only stopping Biff from getting murdered by event. It doesn't stop any triggers in regards to the Refugee Camp. There is a bunch of quests in the Refugee Camp and the amount depends on some of the choices you've made. If done all quests there prior to the event, the only named NPCs that will die are Adonis (the guy you repair the TV for) and the Shaman.
Yes pRax is right. And that's why I said do everything in the refugee camp before Biff
@@hexxatgaming Thanks Good to know
The fun part is sending spike to speak to some of his former allies
Take the C20 lift to B20, saves up time to get to Major at A20 without losing any outposts except the one in starter island
Thank you for this content.
Are you using custom merc portraits/skins?
I saw a merc pop up in the conversation that is unknown to me.
It's a cool look I'd like to use for my own, because the vanilla custom character look choices are pretty bad.
Can you still save the president in this? with like 30~ enemies guarding the damn tent?
SPOILERS My understanding is this, the invasion is triggered by the gas attack at the refugee camp. Long before I ever went near the Eagle's Nest, I had already cleared most of the map, including having had a peaceful meeting with the Colonel in Fort Brigand. I had already begun suspecting Corazon and collecting evidence against her. She contacted via radio instructing me to meet her at the refugee camp. At that point, the invasion would trigger if I (1) go to the refugee camp and kill the squad waiting to frame me for the attack, (2) go north via the Stone Stairs and the lift (C20 to B20), (3) go north via The Fracture (c16 to B16).
Things I had already done without triggering the invasion,; recruited Larry and cured his addiction, cured red rabies, controlled all mines except diesel-town, recruited Pierre, saved Biff and acquired the green diamond.
What does this mean? If you make a B-line for the major, you will trigger the invasion and gas attack on the refugee camp. Extra info, the fastest approach to the Eagle's Nest and the Major is the Stone Stairs and the underground lift, not the Fracture. Travel east from Ille Morat and Belle Eau, then north. You will encounter much less resistance.
Getting close to the Major's camp would trigger the army event, regardless if you went to the refugee camp or not.
@@hexxatgaming Have you ever watched a speedrun of Jagged Alliance 2? It is accomplished by sneaking and retreating. Enter an area with enemies, sneak around to another exit, then retreat. That way you avoid all the enemies and can travel toward your destination. Then, when it came time to fight, kill a couple guys on the first turn and retreat. Then go back, the enemies you killed will still be dead, but the game will redistribute the remaining mobs. Kill a couple of those, retreat, rinse, repeat, and boom! Deidranna is dead!
Why do I mention it? It seems to me, Jagged Alliance 3's developers have decided to include this mechanic, if it can be called such. Exploit? Bug? Feature? Who can say?
So, if you wanted to change the game, you could sneak and retreat all the way to the Eagle's Nest, trigger the gas attack and invasion of a country of which you own nothing., kill the Major and do the game backwards. Start from the Eagle's Nest and move west and south, but (theoretically) the areas with still be populated by the original mobs AND the reinforcements from the invasion.
You'd probably get an achievement for that.
Thanks for clear spoilers (this and another video from you about recruiting the major) right on my UA-cam front page…
Ok mate i need ur help very fast.
1. I am after saving biff - he gave me diamond and evidence against Corazon
2. I did all quest in refugee camp before massacre
3. I DIDNT go to refugee camp to get massacre fight after saving Biff. I did a lot of other stuff like Pierre, Diesel from Muchengladbach, Beast from forest etc and I am going for Major
My question is:
Should i trigger refugee camp masscre first and than go for Major?
Or when I go for major this massacre quest will dissapear from map cuz Soldiers will attack everything?
Or when I get major i can get back to massecre and trigger next events in story?
Help me mate!!!
Don't worry about the massacre event, army will always come. And it doesn't matter if you go to the refugee camp, because when you are 2 sectors from the major, the army invasion will trigger. So if you want to have higher chance at getting the major, your best bet is to go towards the Major's camp before the army comes in.
I saved Biff, and I haven't the option regarding green dia. he just told, it's his wage and leaved. Chimurenga was already retired.
about the refugee camp event, I think, it's time based as game progress, I played game three times till this event, three times I played it differently. firt time I spoke with collonel, second time I went thru and didn't speak with him, and thrird time I never go to this part of continent, just stopped down in mines and didn't progress further.
I wonder, how the game should progress, if you spend first one or two months just with your character and one additional, who will be hired as dedicated trainer. (MD for med, Berry for explosives and Livewire for mechanics. Grizzly for strenght, fox for dex etc...
To be able to get the green diamond, you need sober Larry in your group when saving Biff.
@@hexxatgaming damn, he was in different squad 😔. Well, next time... Thanks
What gives green diamond?
Biff has it
I know that Biff has it. But what does it give you ? Money? +1 marksmanship?
Now I hope someone build a tool for reputation edit
Modding tools are introduced in the next "bigger" patch.
I do this but ohne influence Dosen come i will recruie him😢
Reload earlier save and try to kill jackhammer or take more outposts before going there
How to create 2nd IMP?
Its a mod. Steam workshop has it. Multi IMP something like that
mines have no influence
Controlling all mines weakens major's camp
Dude, you need to stop spoiling the game to others FROM THUMBNAIL, mate. It took me 10 years to majesticaly realize I could kill Deidranna in advance, back in JA2. Now look at this gem right there you just ruined for me.