In Ja2, you have to fight and kill him and get a nice G11 rifle from him. In part 3 he is alive again. I still remember how Ivan killed him in my ja2 playthrough.
@@nicoincognito2160 That's a different high profile Merc just named Mike. Who was also playable in the first JA game. Source: I was there Gandalf... I was there 3000 years ago ^^
There is a third influence gain with Pierre. Its to do with Bastion, if you don't kill Bastion, and in the 2nd encounter (In the Rust) turn his family against him, he'll show up in the refugee camp. If you convince Bastion to stop profiteering and help the refugees this will be another influence gain with Pierre, dont know if its enough to still recruit him if you made a deal with Graff in A2 however
@@hexxatgaming I have some good news for you guys when doing he final conversation with Pierre with Graaf working for you. If you have a 'scoundrel' in your team you can choose an option 'We have hired Graaf to keep him in* check* [lie]. You actually gain influence for it. 😊😊 I can confirm I have recruited Pierre even when I have hired Graaf. The scoundrel I have used was Livewire.
In my first playthrough, I recruited the major while pretty much having done everything _but_ dealing with the colonel. I finished the game by killing the colonel. So no, the Colonel being alive or dead is irrelevant for recruiting Spike.
Well, scratch all what I've said... someone on the Steam forums (Mechanique) mentioned that they've checked in the files and it's kinda disappointing how it works. Apparently the kind of choices you made don't really matter that much, only that you made them. You're apparently just simply accumulating and losing influence by doing the game's content and you lose influence by having downtime on a monthly basis by -5 for 1 month, -10 (two months) possibly topping out by a total of -15 because he didn't make clear if it ramps up and goes on indefinitely. You need 50+ influence to get his evidence and 75+ influence to recruit him. Most quests/activities give +5 (outposts, quests etc) and the skill check gives you +15. In the end, to recruit the Major, just do alot of content before going for him. And if you can't, you've not done enough. That's sadly literally it.
I figured as much from my test. In the video, I did about him Ive done the least possible so far. Im doing another test now. We will see what happens and will post an update
Honestly, I'm amazed about that and think that this reflects the character of the Major perfectly. He will only follow someone, who will get sh*t done, instead of sitting on their ass.
Killed colonel before Major, passed both dialogue influence checks, did not talk about Biff - so everything exactly as you - still no options to recruit him. One thing I noticed is that Pierre is with you.. maybe that is the final puzzle needed? Convincing Pierre to join is something that helps convince the Major? Others theorize you need a negotiator or even psycho in the team. I did only have scoundrels.
I do have the negotiator perk on my main. Hmm, very puzzling. I guess we need to continue to test. Let me know what you find out and we can pin a comment to help out people. P.S i will try the fight without Pierre in the group. And let you know
im not sure. but on my first try i could hire him ,but i killed colonel. second run - i went for him first- could not hire him. besides. is it posible to arest him ? not hire, not kill, arest him
On my first playthrough, I could recruit the major while neither having killed the colonel nor having hired Pierre. So no, it has nothing to do with the Colonol being alive or dead nor with Pierre being in your group.
I like that JA3 allows you some moral latitude in how you wanna play, but it does seem kinda against the whole point to be able to recruit the central villian. I get he's an AIM merc with some series history, but yeah. I won't be recruiting him in any of my playthroughs.
I just completed the Biff quest where comes like 3 to 4 troops back to back, then Corazon said there will be a meeting in the Refugee Camp where is Colonel Faucheux with his well equipped troops, first i tried to talk to him but he goes away with his guards and right away your flanked by his troops where they put you in real trouble.
I also heard you need to kill him right away there without any convo to get the Major, do anybody have a idea that can help me out please ?
Guess you need to attack him from far right away without conversation ?
i wasnt able to get either one of these dudes. maybe on another playthrough? the game seemed very easy at first, but then the AI gets harder and the NPC's are jacked as you progress the story.
Ive only ever killed the slave master. Does the slave master actually earn more cash or just earns cash faster? Can you still recruit workers in fleetown and the refugee camp if yiu let him live? The mine eventually runs dry, but is this determined by how much cash is generated or how much time you are in control of it? Killing the slave master also earns a lot of rep with Pantagruel and rep also increases the yield of the mines, of which there are two in that region.
@dipperq it's not a problem, it's just the game, that mod seems more like a cheat no? Like adding in a shop to buy bullets. If the mine never runs out, what does it matter how much it earns per day?
I can try, pretty much did everything. I had rescued Biff, but let walk him with the diamond, I got the info on Santiago. I never went to the refugee camp after, I just avoided it, and went around clearing the map. Recruited Pierre, (but he was not in the group that eventualy attacked Eagles' nest). Recruited Flay and Larry, not Smiley (Sided with the boss guy). Solved the Red Plague. Reunited the butler and the hermit Spoke to the Colonel in his fortress, before the army attacks, gifted about 20 treasures to the museum, had control of all legion forts, all mines & towns. Did the mission with the Coffee Been Gang. Made a deal with the old German dude in Lansbraght, gave him the diesel for the mine. Killed the slaver in A2, killed the prison warden in the good place. Moved on Eagles Nest, the army attacked, army was still moving across the map when I assaulted the place. Highest leadership was 90+, didn't let the president die. I think I had a negotiator (created mercenary) scoundrel (livewire) and psycho (nails) in the party so don't know if one of those had an effect. Was on the normal difficulty, don't know if that makes influence options easier.
Interesting. So my desire was to find out the absolute minimum required to get the hiring option to show so people can enjoy more time with him in the game. So, in the video is what I came up with as fastest recruitment method. Funny enough for some people it didn't work. So I'm starting to think there's an element of rng?
I never actually let Graaf go. The other 2 things considered might help: saving his father from hanging in Ernie and making Bastien stop profiteering from the refugees in the camp
@@hexxatgaming I never killed Bastien so Pierre should like that. I also prevented Pierre's father Luc from being hanged and also prevented the other guy from taking the hanging either.
@@hexxatgaming OK I have Pierre. I told Graaf to leave the camp so he's not a slave master anymore and he's not dead. I saved Luc from being hung. I spared Bastien and told him to be our shipper. That was plenty enough things that made Pierre happy and he's on my team now.
Its time sensitive. After his message for help you have to go or the legion will kill him. It seems that it's triggered after you take control of a second mine.
@@hexxatgaming You can also just intercept the Legion squad that is coming for Biff's sector to prevent his death and do the mission of rescuing him whenever you want afterwards. Might even be possible to do it with the Major in your squad.
@@hexxatgaming Btw, nothing is time sensitive in regards to first triggers. Everything is tied to sector and quest progress. Capturing (two+) mines triggers certain events and going further east force triggers the Refugee camp event (spawning the army) no matter what apparently.
@@hexxatgaming hey no, didnt played the quest on iron man bc my first squat got completly killed by a mortar strike. so i started New and skipped the quest
@@hexxatgaming So it is THE major? Like I said, this is a massive spoiler then. Better change the title of your video to warn people. I am not too sensitive about spoilers, but this is something I wish I had not known tbh
@@hexxatgaming My meaning was, that it already is a spoiler if the villain of this game apparently can be hired later in this game... But possibly all this is a misunderstanding Isn’t the major the one who supposedly kidnapped the president? I am just starting out
Ive recruited the major this time. I ddnt kill colonel yet. But almost all side quests and all sectors are done and liberated. Got 18 mercs and only Len is gold. Recruited all other free mercs. 😂
Yep that confirms the theory that certain deeds in the game wins your rep with him. Now we have to figure out whats the minimum to be done so we can use him for more of the content. Because he has special interactions with the npcs around the whole map.
@@hexxatgaming yes free nps is good too. try to recruit flay, Pierre, larry and major early game. I think major can be recruited after all mines are liberated. We need mod for this just to try what is the minimum requirements needed to recruit him as early as we can.
The minimum requirements are a bit of a mystery. Someone siad that owning the outposts give you 5 each recruiting Pierre 25, graaf 10 and two mines should be another 10. So total 75 Im trying to recruit now.
So in my game the Colonel died but the game bugged out and thought he escaped. I got an email from Emma mentioning his death and then another talking about how I conquered the Fort but that the Colonel escaped. When I killed the Major I simply did not have the option to hire him despite passing the influence checks you showed in the conversation so there must be some additional conditions or triggers required to be able to recruit him. My IMP merc has Negotiator. Also in my game...Pierre was sent to A2 as a slave...I did not take A2 until after the refugee camp event...Neither Pierre nor Graaf was in A2 by the time I took it.
@@hexxatgaming Yeah but the number caps out at 16. Right now I have two 6 man sqquads and a 3rd 4 man squad. I cant hire anymore. Do the free mercs count against that limit?
@@hexxatgaming to be honest I tried. You mentioned some events that I'm not quit sure I know, but I did try to imitate the conversation we should have with The Major, but again, the hire option wasn't there. When I start the president rescue mission, most of my outpost got overrun even that first island, was that the cause of it?
@@hexxatgaming got the major on my 1st play before raiding the colonel. I purposely avoid triggering refugee camp so i can recruit the major before facing the colonel & corazon. But the event triggered when im on my way to the major, just one tile away. And i got pierre, which i didn't in the first time he refused. I excluded pierre from the raid, same thing, the hiring button doesnt appear. I wonder if both of them can be hired at the same time. Seems like pierre hated him so much.
I recruited him with Pierre on the team. From what I gather so far. Certain things increase your rep with the Major, which enables the hire option. So killing the colonel was one of these things, that's why it worked for me. Some people say controlling outposts, killing graaf and jackhammer give you "rep" with him. That explains why some people got him before killing the colonel.
I think you still can. Someone brought out a theory that doing certain things befor fighting him gets you "rep" with him. For example, killing graaf gives 10. Each outpost controled 5 and so on. Pierre, they claim gives 25. So if you do enough outside of recruiting Pierre. It's still possible.
@@hexxatgaming It's what im currently working on. As soon as I figured it out, I'll let you know. It's just that I've seen multiple reports of people being able to recruit him without killing the Colonel. On Steam, the official forums, Reddit and even here in the comments. While there is obviously a chance that these people are all wrong, it's the internet afterall, I give them the benefit of the doubt and test it out. I got the perfect conditions to do so since I'm on a playthrough that was specificly created to figure out all the triggers. I plan to release all my data as a Guide on Steam once it's finished. I got a demi-god IMP with every single stat 90+ (I've spend a year on Ernie Island training him up before even going to the mainland, took about 2 irl hours lol. rest was done by reading magazines with him and just playing), a Negotiator, Psycho and Scoundrel in my squad, so if it's just skill checks based afterall, it should be covered. We'll see.
I beat the major in about 5-6 different circumstances. And I noticed that after killing the colonel, he came on the radio and made one his goons send flowers with card to Corazon (in JA2 style) so as soon as this happened the hiring option was there. Please reply here if you find something I missed. I will pin your comment .
@@hexxatgaming Small update. You definitely need to aquire the knowledge that he's Spike before you meet him. That much is clear. So rescuing Biff actually might be necessary when not having killed the Colonel, which I assume would give additional influence over him, impressing him. Iirc, Biff is the one telling you that the Major is actually Spike. Now I'm gonna see if that will suffice. Gonna be a pain the butt to redo all this but it's whatever. First I'm gonna see if the Refugee Camp event and gathering all the evidence there is enough, moving to the Major. If not, I'm gonna redo the Refugee Camp again, gather all the evidence, rescue Biff and get all the info and proceed directly to the Major once more.
Yeah I am ddefintely not sparing the Major. No chance All former AIM members who take up arms against my custom mercs in the franchise have signed their own death warrants
Nice video! Thanks you for sharing your findings. In my playthrough I recruited Spike, but I got there differently. My Colonel was still alive (but I already met him at refugee camp), and my Corazon Santiago was already defeated when I fought Spike. Also, I failed to save the governor, but I think that has no influence on Spike. I let Biff live (but did not mention him) and had Larry and Flay in my party, but I failed to recruit Smiley and Pierre. ..having "negotiator" perk might be important too.
So, what I've read elsewhere, recruiting Spike requires 75 influence with him. Influence is gained as follows: Time penalty: -5 or -10, no clue what exactly the dates are Taking down outposts: 5 per outpost you take down, maximum 35. Killing Graaf and/or Jackhammer: 10 each Killing Dr. Kronenberg, Bastien and/or Chimurenga: 5 each Killing or recruting Flay and/or the Beast: 5 each Killing/Jailing Elliot: 5 Recruiting Pierre: 25 Completing the Right Hand Man quest: 5 You were a merc like us, Spike: 5 Your Legion could have performed better: 10 Telling him Biff was his friend: Unknown, but definitely reduces it.
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Fun Fact: Maj. Spike Scallion is a Merc from the first Jagged Alliance game.
Cool
He's also in AIM's alumni page in JA2.
In Ja2, you have to fight and kill him and get a nice G11 rifle from him. In part 3 he is alive again. I still remember how Ivan killed him in my ja2 playthrough.
@@nicoincognito2160 That's a different high profile Merc just named Mike. Who was also playable in the first JA game.
Source: I was there Gandalf... I was there 3000 years ago ^^
Ya I remember "Mike" dropping that g11
There is a third influence gain with Pierre.
Its to do with Bastion, if you don't kill Bastion, and in the 2nd encounter (In the Rust) turn his family against him, he'll show up in the refugee camp.
If you convince Bastion to stop profiteering and help the refugees this will be another influence gain with Pierre, dont know if its enough to still recruit him if you made a deal with Graff in A2 however
I told Bastien to work for us at the refugee camp. I think sparing Graaf is a deal breaker
@@hexxatgaming I have some good news for you guys when doing he final conversation with Pierre with Graaf working for you. If you have a 'scoundrel' in your team you can choose an option 'We have hired Graaf to keep him in* check* [lie]. You actually gain influence for it. 😊😊 I can confirm I have recruited Pierre even when I have hired Graaf. The scoundrel I have used was Livewire.
Almost noone shows stats of Major & Pierre but you do. Thanks a lot
Bloody hell! Plot twist is awesome! Going to recruit them in my 2nd play through
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In my first playthrough, I recruited the major while pretty much having done everything _but_ dealing with the colonel. I finished the game by killing the colonel. So no, the Colonel being alive or dead is irrelevant for recruiting Spike.
Well, scratch all what I've said... someone on the Steam forums (Mechanique) mentioned that they've checked in the files and it's kinda disappointing how it works.
Apparently the kind of choices you made don't really matter that much, only that you made them.
You're apparently just simply accumulating and losing influence by doing the game's content and you lose influence by having downtime on a monthly basis by -5 for 1 month, -10 (two months) possibly topping out by a total of -15 because he didn't make clear if it ramps up and goes on indefinitely.
You need 50+ influence to get his evidence and 75+ influence to recruit him. Most quests/activities give +5 (outposts, quests etc) and the skill check gives you +15.
In the end, to recruit the Major, just do alot of content before going for him. And if you can't, you've not done enough. That's sadly literally it.
I figured as much from my test. In the video, I did about him Ive done the least possible so far. Im doing another test now. We will see what happens and will post an update
Honestly, I'm amazed about that and think that this reflects the character of the Major perfectly. He will only follow someone, who will get sh*t done, instead of sitting on their ass.
Killed colonel before Major, passed both dialogue influence checks, did not talk about Biff - so everything exactly as you - still no options to recruit him. One thing I noticed is that Pierre is with you.. maybe that is the final puzzle needed? Convincing Pierre to join is something that helps convince the Major?
Others theorize you need a negotiator or even psycho in the team. I did only have scoundrels.
I do have the negotiator perk on my main. Hmm, very puzzling. I guess we need to continue to test. Let me know what you find out and we can pin a comment to help out people. P.S i will try the fight without Pierre in the group. And let you know
Yeah you need to reqruit Pierre before Major
im not sure. but on my first try i could hire him ,but i killed colonel. second run - i went for him first- could not hire him.
besides. is it posible to arest him ? not hire, not kill, arest him
On my first playthrough, I could recruit the major while neither having killed the colonel nor having hired Pierre. So no, it has nothing to do with the Colonol being alive or dead nor with Pierre being in your group.
I had Pierre in a different squad in another sector. Still got the Major
why recruit the major though? after you recruit him and rescue the president, the game is over. you literally never play the major in any missions.
Well, in this video, I attempted to find the fastest way to recruit him. And it's about halfway through the game.
There are 3 major ending, rescue president, kill corazon and kill colonel. You have to do all 3 to end the game.
The Major is not the real last boss. He is just a mino boss😂
@@handcannon9814 well, after i've beat him, the game was over so...
My first playthrough, I also did the Major last.
I like that JA3 allows you some moral latitude in how you wanna play, but it does seem kinda against the whole point to be able to recruit the central villian.
I get he's an AIM merc with some series history, but yeah. I won't be recruiting him in any of my playthroughs.
@@pbradics3670By midgame, end my IMP Merc is low 90's for leadership. I don't head towards the Eagles nest til then so his stats aren't crazy
Liked and subscribed. Great video, I really want that Major on my team.
Another usefull video. The event and choices on Biff's camp is irrelevant for the Major recruit correct?
As it turns out, yes. Just don't ask him about Biff after you defeat him!
I just completed the Biff quest where comes like 3 to 4 troops back to back, then Corazon said there will be a meeting in the Refugee Camp where is Colonel Faucheux with his well equipped troops, first i tried to talk to him but he goes away with his guards and right away your flanked by his troops where they put you in real trouble.
I also heard you need to kill him right away there without any convo to get the Major, do anybody have a idea that can help me out please ?
Guess you need to attack him from far right away without conversation ?
I "recruited" Spike but then the game was over >.>
I like this game! I like free mercs!
Then check out my other video on how to get the other 3 mercs! Enjoy
Hey, why your Larry is different from mine? what did you do to make him change his appearance?
You can take him to rehab at h12
i wasnt able to get either one of these dudes. maybe on another playthrough? the game seemed very easy at first, but then the AI gets harder and the NPC's are jacked as you progress the story.
Yeah, those have certain requirements. While Pierre is pretty clear, as you will see in the video, the major still a bit of mystery
Actually I killed the Colonel before I met the major. I could not hire him.
You must have failed the influence checks
I'm so freaking confused man, I recruited The Major then the game ended...
Check my updated video on recruiting the major as early as possible.
The slave master makes you quite a bit of money... not worth it
I know, right. That's why my first playthrough I couldn't recruit Pierre 😂
Ive only ever killed the slave master. Does the slave master actually earn more cash or just earns cash faster? Can you still recruit workers in fleetown and the refugee camp if yiu let him live?
The mine eventually runs dry, but is this determined by how much cash is generated or how much time you are in control of it?
Killing the slave master also earns a lot of rep with Pantagruel and rep also increases the yield of the mines, of which there are two in that region.
Killing him is the best way imo. Btw you can hire people from the refugee camp for extra income. Do it before THE event tho
@@ray_the_red8047 1. about 1K per day more
2. install mod "evermine", solves your mine runs dry problem
@dipperq it's not a problem, it's just the game, that mod seems more like a cheat no? Like adding in a shop to buy bullets.
If the mine never runs out, what does it matter how much it earns per day?
DUDE!!! MASSIVE SPOILER!
But when is he playable? I hired him and then, the Game was over
Check this out ruclips.net/video/FBp_23dYycc/видео.html
in my game Biff died...does that event modifies my game history ?
He is only important as witness against Corazon and for the green diamond achievement
Do Biff have to survive in order to get the Major?
I don't think so. Major doesn't even like him 🙄
I had not killed the Colonel, and i also asked him if Biff was his friend.
But i was still able to pass the influence check to recruit him.
Really? That's odd. In my tests before the colonel, the hire option wouldn't show up at all. Ive tried more than 5 different scenarios.
Can you please share with us what have you done in the game prior to recruiting the major?
@@hexxatgamingyes maybe your leadership is 100?
I can try, pretty much did everything.
I had rescued Biff, but let walk him with the diamond, I got the info on Santiago.
I never went to the refugee camp after, I just avoided it, and went around clearing the map.
Recruited Pierre, (but he was not in the group that eventualy attacked Eagles' nest).
Recruited Flay and Larry, not Smiley (Sided with the boss guy).
Solved the Red Plague. Reunited the butler and the hermit
Spoke to the Colonel in his fortress, before the army attacks, gifted about 20 treasures to the museum, had control of all legion forts, all mines & towns. Did the mission with the Coffee Been Gang. Made a deal with the old German dude in Lansbraght, gave him the diesel for the mine. Killed the slaver in A2, killed the prison warden in the good place.
Moved on Eagles Nest, the army attacked, army was still moving across the map when I assaulted the place.
Highest leadership was 90+, didn't let the president die. I think I had a negotiator (created mercenary) scoundrel (livewire) and psycho (nails) in the party so don't know if one of those had an effect.
Was on the normal difficulty, don't know if that makes influence options easier.
Interesting. So my desire was to find out the absolute minimum required to get the hiring option to show so people can enjoy more time with him in the game. So, in the video is what I came up with as fastest recruitment method. Funny enough for some people it didn't work. So I'm starting to think there's an element of rng?
thanks for the spoilers...
You are welcome
If my Ernie Loyalty is 100%, but, I did NOT slay Graaf (I told him to leave the camp forever), will Pierre join me or not join me?
I never actually let Graaf go. The other 2 things considered might help: saving his father from hanging in Ernie and making Bastien stop profiteering from the refugees in the camp
@@hexxatgaming I never killed Bastien so Pierre should like that. I also prevented Pierre's father Luc from being hanged and also prevented the other guy from taking the hanging either.
It might work. Let me know, Im curious
@@hexxatgaming OK I have Pierre. I told Graaf to leave the camp so he's not a slave master anymore and he's not dead. I saved Luc from being hung. I spared Bastien and told him to be our shipper. That was plenty enough things that made Pierre happy and he's on my team now.
Cool! Looks like the biggest deal breaker is if you let his dad die.
Interesting video, tnx.
Genius
How you got Larry look normal like that ?
You can do a recap as a operation with him at the Hospital where Dr. Kronenberg is
This reply came surely too late but thanks for the info anyway. I %100 platinumed JA3 on PS5, PS4 and also on Steam already. 😉@@erbah5107
If you do the Biff quest, does it push to the end game? I heard someone telling me not to do it early on.
Its time sensitive. After his message for help you have to go or the legion will kill him. It seems that it's triggered after you take control of a second mine.
@@hexxatgaming You can also just intercept the Legion squad that is coming for Biff's sector to prevent his death and do the mission of rescuing him whenever you want afterwards. Might even be possible to do it with the Major in your squad.
@@hexxatgaming Oh... so at this point, he's dead in my campaign lol. Thanks! And can you recruit Biff?
No Biff can not be recruited. But you can convince him to testify against Corazon. Or kill him for the green diamond achievement.
@@hexxatgaming Btw, nothing is time sensitive in regards to first triggers. Everything is tied to sector and quest progress. Capturing (two+) mines triggers certain events and going further east force triggers the Refugee camp event (spawning the army) no matter what apparently.
i dont have the option "you are a merc like us, spike" at all
Did biff tell you who is the major when you talked him?
@@hexxatgaming hey
no, didnt played the quest on iron man bc my first squat got completly killed by a mortar strike.
so i started New and skipped the quest
You need to have certain legendary AIM mercs in your squad to get that option.
The major?? Thanks for the Spoiler then, I guess. Better not watch this video but seems to be a plot twist
Come back for your second playthrough!
@@hexxatgaming
So it is THE major?
Like I said, this is a massive spoiler then. Better change the title of your video to warn people. I am not too sensitive about spoilers, but this is something I wish I had not known tbh
I don't know. I dont want to spoil it for you.
@@hexxatgaming
My meaning was, that it already is a spoiler if the villain of this game apparently can be hired later in this game... But possibly all this is a misunderstanding
Isn’t the major the one who supposedly kidnapped the president?
I am just starting out
Just enjoy the game for now, and you will learn as you play that there's more to the story that appears initially.
Ive recruited the major this time. I ddnt kill colonel yet. But almost all side quests and all sectors are done and liberated. Got 18 mercs and only Len is gold. Recruited all other free mercs. 😂
Yep that confirms the theory that certain deeds in the game wins your rep with him. Now we have to figure out whats the minimum to be done so we can use him for more of the content. Because he has special interactions with the npcs around the whole map.
@@hexxatgaming yes free nps is good too. try to recruit flay, Pierre, larry and major early game. I think major can be recruited after all mines are liberated. We need mod for this just to try what is the minimum requirements needed to recruit him as early as we can.
The minimum requirements are a bit of a mystery. Someone siad that owning the outposts give you 5 each recruiting Pierre 25, graaf 10 and two mines should be another 10. So total 75 Im trying to recruit now.
@@hexxatgaming oic tq. please share ur results!
Of course man, Im doing it for the community
You can let The Major heal when he's pretty sick, that should help
What do you mean?
@@hexxatgaming heal the major?
So in my game the Colonel died but the game bugged out and thought he escaped. I got an email from Emma mentioning his death and then another talking about how I conquered the Fort but that the Colonel escaped. When I killed the Major I simply did not have the option to hire him despite passing the influence checks you showed in the conversation so there must be some additional conditions or triggers required to be able to recruit him. My IMP merc has Negotiator.
Also in my game...Pierre was sent to A2 as a slave...I did not take A2 until after the refugee camp event...Neither Pierre nor Graaf was in A2 by the time I took it.
Did you look for Pierre in the outpost under the Major's base?
@@hexxatgaming Hmm no. I don't think I realized there was an underground in that sector.
No I meant under as in south of him
@@hexxatgaming Yes I did that. No Pierre down there.
That's weird. What does it say your notes about Pierre
Can you still get all these free mercs if you're already at the maximum merc capacity?
You can have multiple squads
@@hexxatgaming Yeah but the number caps out at 16. Right now I have two 6 man sqquads and a 3rd 4 man squad. I cant hire anymore. Do the free mercs count against that limit?
@@TheCrimsonRevenger No idea brother, I never had 16 mercs
Cap for *hired* mercs is 15. AFAIK, your IMP and the recruits gained in-country do not count toward this 15 limit.
@@jonathanbourke305 Gotcha. So my IMP is pushing me toward 16. Might be able to properly fill out that 3rd squad afterall...
Unfortunately the option doesn't show up for me. Had the influence check no problem, but still.
Did you try to imitate what Ive done in the video?
@@hexxatgaming to be honest I tried. You mentioned some events that I'm not quit sure I know, but I did try to imitate the conversation we should have with The Major, but again, the hire option wasn't there. When I start the president rescue mission, most of my outpost got overrun even that first island, was that the cause of it?
@@hafrverwey6220 so you killed the colonel right? That means that the army event happend, because hes friendly before that.
@@hexxatgaming got the major on my 1st play before raiding the colonel. I purposely avoid triggering refugee camp so i can recruit the major before facing the colonel & corazon. But the event triggered when im on my way to the major, just one tile away. And i got pierre, which i didn't in the first time he refused. I excluded pierre from the raid, same thing, the hiring button doesnt appear. I wonder if both of them can be hired at the same time. Seems like pierre hated him so much.
I recruited him with Pierre on the team. From what I gather so far. Certain things increase your rep with the Major, which enables the hire option. So killing the colonel was one of these things, that's why it worked for me. Some people say controlling outposts, killing graaf and jackhammer give you "rep" with him. That explains why some people got him before killing the colonel.
i cant recruit Pierre =( i let his father Hang ,,,his pissed at me .
ouch. next playthrough :)
@@hexxatgamingso if we kill pierre we cant hire major?
I think you still can. Someone brought out a theory that doing certain things befor fighting him gets you "rep" with him. For example, killing graaf gives 10. Each outpost controled 5 and so on. Pierre, they claim gives 25. So if you do enough outside of recruiting Pierre. It's still possible.
Oke..thank you
I'll try
Yes, hanging his father is one of the reason pierre will refused to join. If you spared his father, is a big influence.
Yeah I'm not 100% sure the colonel has anything to do with it.
Have you recruited him before the colonel?
@@hexxatgaming It's what im currently working on. As soon as I figured it out, I'll let you know. It's just that I've seen multiple reports of people being able to recruit him without killing the Colonel. On Steam, the official forums, Reddit and even here in the comments. While there is obviously a chance that these people are all wrong, it's the internet afterall, I give them the benefit of the doubt and test it out. I got the perfect conditions to do so since I'm on a playthrough that was specificly created to figure out all the triggers. I plan to release all my data as a Guide on Steam once it's finished.
I got a demi-god IMP with every single stat 90+ (I've spend a year on Ernie Island training him up before even going to the mainland, took about 2 irl hours lol. rest was done by reading magazines with him and just playing), a Negotiator, Psycho and Scoundrel in my squad, so if it's just skill checks based afterall, it should be covered. We'll see.
I beat the major in about 5-6 different circumstances. And I noticed that after killing the colonel, he came on the radio and made one his goons send flowers with card to Corazon (in JA2 style) so as soon as this happened the hiring option was there. Please reply here if you find something I missed. I will pin your comment .
@@hexxatgaming Small update. You definitely need to aquire the knowledge that he's Spike before you meet him. That much is clear. So rescuing Biff actually might be necessary when not having killed the Colonel, which I assume would give additional influence over him, impressing him.
Iirc, Biff is the one telling you that the Major is actually Spike. Now I'm gonna see if that will suffice. Gonna be a pain the butt to redo all this but it's whatever.
First I'm gonna see if the Refugee Camp event and gathering all the evidence there is enough, moving to the Major. If not, I'm gonna redo the Refugee Camp again, gather all the evidence, rescue Biff and get all the info and proceed directly to the Major once more.
I already tried all possible outcomes with Biff. None worked. But let me know, Im curious
Yeah I am ddefintely not sparing the Major.
No chance
All former AIM members who take up arms against my custom mercs in the franchise have signed their own death warrants
He is kinnda cool tho
Nice video! Thanks you for sharing your findings.
In my playthrough I recruited Spike, but I got there differently. My Colonel was still alive (but I already met him at refugee camp), and my Corazon Santiago was already defeated when I fought Spike. Also, I failed to save the governor, but I think that has no influence on Spike. I let Biff live (but did not mention him) and had Larry and Flay in my party, but I failed to recruit Smiley and Pierre.
..having "negotiator" perk might be important too.
So, what I've read elsewhere, recruiting Spike requires 75 influence with him. Influence is gained as follows:
Time penalty: -5 or -10, no clue what exactly the dates are
Taking down outposts: 5 per outpost you take down, maximum 35.
Killing Graaf and/or Jackhammer: 10 each
Killing Dr. Kronenberg, Bastien and/or Chimurenga: 5 each
Killing or recruting Flay and/or the Beast: 5 each
Killing/Jailing Elliot: 5
Recruiting Pierre: 25
Completing the Right Hand Man quest: 5
You were a merc like us, Spike: 5
Your Legion could have performed better: 10
Telling him Biff was his friend: Unknown, but definitely reduces it.
This is possible. However, in my tests, killing the colonel enabled the hire option. Which is not even in this list.
Honestly, i dont care about JA 3!! There are no memorable caracter with interesting backstorys like the previous games...🙄
Im having a lot of fun with it
I honestly liked ja:back in action better.
@@marcinsobczak2485what a weird taste bro
@@handcannon9814 more guns, proper shop, camouflage, faster action, tanks, also original mercs and sound samples gave that game a proper feel.
@@marcinsobczak2485 imo, all merc faces look the same to me.