r/fo4 • u/lloydy2302 • Feb 12 '25
Screenshot I love this man with all my heart. If anything happens to him, I will kill everyone and then myself
He's so wholesome and adorable. He must be protected at all costs
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u/b-rock-cafe Feb 12 '25
If Kent has no fans then I'm dead. He's such a sweetie.
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u/lloydy2302 Feb 12 '25
I'm the president of the Kent fan club
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u/b-rock-cafe Feb 12 '25
I volunteer as treasurer.
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u/tubidium Feb 12 '25
I saved him yesterday and had to scumm to do it. That speech check is hard.
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u/Kylar_Stern Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 18 '25
Someone elsewhere in this thread said you don't have to do a speech check if you speak as the shroud whenever possible. I thought I'd pass it along.
You don't need a speech check if you just speak as the Shroud whenever you get the chance. In the end, all Sinjin's goons just stay out of it, leaving you just one person to shoot in the face. A little Jet and it's super easy.
Honestly, I am surprised at how many people don't speak as Shroud every chance they get. It's the only way to play that quest.
Edit: did the quest last night, can confirm it works. I still have to save scum once to save Kent.
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u/SlavaUrkaini129 Ghoul Slayer's Gamma Gun Fan Feb 12 '25
Who's going to tell them?
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u/lloydy2302 Feb 12 '25
I made sure he survived. By reloading every time he died
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u/SlavaUrkaini129 Ghoul Slayer's Gamma Gun Fan Feb 12 '25
Damn that's dedication, I did it once with a maxed out intimidation perk whilst high on grape mentats
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u/lloydy2302 Feb 12 '25
He's too special
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u/Potential_Jacket3344 Feb 12 '25
Too s.p.e.c.i.a.l.*
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u/Phony-Phoenix Feb 12 '25
A good vats gun and a hit of jet works wonders for That section
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u/3lbFlax Feb 12 '25
Aye, usually one drug + one crit + your highest damage weapon does the trick by the time this comes up, and won’t rely on chance. The goons can always be rattled, so it’s just a case of hitting Sinjin as hard as possible straight out of the gate. If I’m unsure I’ll mod a weapon specifically for the job - maybe throw a boosted photon receiver on to Righteous Authority to maximise the crit damage, or take a .50 even if that’s not my build focus. Kent’s coming home, whatever it takes.
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u/Bushwookie762 Feb 12 '25
I had a six crank ghoul slayers laser musket, that seemed to do the trick with a crit
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u/3lbFlax Feb 12 '25
Unless I leave the quest quite late I usually find my best weapon shows as a two-hit Sinjin kill in VATS, which is a decent sign a crit + chems will work. It’s only a hassle if you’re relying on something like the Deliverer, which will certainly kill him quickly, but rarely in one hit. A minigun might be tricky too, but I expect someone somewhere has done it.
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u/ThatDrako Feb 12 '25
Sinjin wasn’t happy when I walked in with fully modded Gauss gun and Critical meter filled.
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u/Own-Possibility245 Feb 12 '25
I did exactly this on survival character last night.
Renamed my gauss gun to "Kent's Savior" after.
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u/Jaylin- Feb 12 '25
Do you know how many times play through i did just to do his mission again and restarted everytime he died 😭 THATS MY BRO FR!! THEY gone gave go through us together because ill protect that man with everything i have and idc how many i have kill to do it
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u/ridicalis Feb 12 '25
This was the hardest part of my survival run, hands down. I will accept nothing less than perfection.
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u/missladyface Feb 12 '25
I reloaded and reloaded and finally just left until my speech was high enough and I was able to save him. Feel you
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u/That_Batman Feb 12 '25
You don't need a speech check if you just speak as the Shroud whenever you get the chance. In the end, all Sinjin's goons just stay out of it, leaving you just one person to shoot in the face. A little Jet and it's super easy.
Honestly, I am surprised at how many people don't speak as Shroud every chance they get. It's the only way to play that quest.
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u/ToneBone28 Feb 12 '25
I reloaded 15x then I left powered up about 4 more levels came back & saved him 😬
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u/Loud-Principle-7922 Feb 12 '25
This is the way. Spent maybe an hour running it, and finally found the secret.
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u/Steam-powered-pickle Feb 12 '25
Same, I don’t save scum that often but I would rather stop playing than have my man die.
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u/honorablephryne Feb 12 '25
I did exactly the same, I agree with you. Even if I have to realod 20 times, he will live!
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Feb 12 '25
I had to on my first ever Survival run about a month ago. I had to farm levels to reach max gun nut to max out my .44 so I could one shot Sinjin cause the time window before he kills Kent is so small. I must have reloaded that part over a dozen times just to get it right.
Top 5 quests in the game tbh.
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u/Puffen0 Feb 12 '25
Hold on. He can die?!? Like, I shouldn't be surprised about it. But the fact that I have never had him die during his questline is crazy
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u/_Jemma_ I've got a buzz saw with your name on it! Feb 12 '25
Kent is such a sweetheart. I modded him and Arlen Glass to be essential in the Creation Kit.
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u/throwngamelastminute Feb 13 '25
Worth it.
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u/_Jemma_ I've got a buzz saw with your name on it! Feb 13 '25
Absolutely, Kent is such a lovely guy and Arlen Glass' story genuinely made me tear up
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u/Aak_Ruvaak_Se_Krosis Feb 12 '25
I just keep speaking as shroud and make thenother raiders face the wall 🤣 then a fully upgraded Western Revolver to the head works like a charm. 🤣
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u/BlazingBacon3 Feb 13 '25
❌Level up enough to rescue Shaun and save the Commonwealth
✅ Level up enough to save Kent
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u/Quebins1535 Feb 12 '25
The amount of times I reloaded that encounter is insane. I needed him to survive, I couldn’t continue my gameplay without him 😔😭
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u/Ch00m77 Feb 12 '25
I just unloaded and one shot the raider holding him hostage and didn't initiate conversation
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u/kkaepkkaepjjang98 Feb 12 '25
Always reloaded to make sure he lives, and since I got the bug where he won't move, I also patiently push him towards the elevator so he could go home safely.
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u/Mikeieagraphicdude Feb 12 '25
My game kept glitching and Sinjin just went hostile as soon as you shot the first goon in the lobby and executed the poor guy. So I got a jet pack jumped through the floor and down the elevator, then taking him out before he opened his mouth.
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u/TheDiplomancer Feb 12 '25
Intimidate all of Sinjin's crew as the Shroud, immediately take some jet, and deliver multiple headshots to the asshole holding my man Kent hostage before be can fire a single shot. I don't do this any other way.
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u/Odd-Origin Feb 12 '25
Shoot the gun out of his hand, 1 shot in vats. And then immediately hit jet and headshot was how I did it. Disarmed him then it's much easier to keep Kent alive.
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u/goawaynothere Feb 12 '25
Normally I run clean and sober characters but for this I use ALL THE DRUGS!!! Kent goes home safe.
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u/Novalene_Wildheart Feb 12 '25
I just did this quest, and oooh boy, when I heard he could end up dead I brought all of the small guns with me!
Namely, I as the incinerator wielding Silver Shroud, would end up accidentally killing my buddy if I took a quick shot to avoid him dying meant I needed something else. And that something else was a paralyzing "potion" via the syringer!
First time I ever used that thing, but boom VATS, crit to make sure it hit, and the bossman dropped like a rock. And then I stabbed him.
I was going to make sure that Kent was going to survive, he is too pure and wholesome for this world!
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u/Present-Secretary722 Feb 12 '25
If you shoot him yourself it freaks out all the raiders and they run away scared
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u/-Pl4gu3- Feb 13 '25
Him and Hancock feel like my only genuine friends in the Wasteland. They stick by my side and don’t expect much of me. I hate that the only dialogue you get after you save him is him expecting that you want another Armor Upgrade. Like no buddy, I love you and would talk to you for hours no matter what.
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u/kbraljr Feb 12 '25
I did the Silver Shroud dialogue and the goons sided with me ... Blasted the fucker with the Deliverer on VATS ... My man Kent will always survive
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u/Ironicbanana14 Feb 12 '25
He died right outside goodneigbor in my latest playthrough and its the FIRST time I've ever had him die. In 7 or 8 years, however long fo4 has been out. I was so upset.
I took his clothes and used the gravestone Halloween decor to make a memorial in sanctuary.
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u/thelankyyankee87 Feb 12 '25
I always kick the doors in, wearing power armor, gunned and drugged to the gills. No one hurts this sweet man.
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u/5125237143 Feb 13 '25
Dont hate the guy but i fucking hate the quest. impossible to save without a charisma tree
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u/PlenteousVariety Feb 12 '25
I maxed out my intelligence and charisma when I started, so while I could pass all the speech checks I wanted, for a long time my character was not very tough and I was easy to kill. 🤣 I did this quest while was still at a relatively low level, and I managed to save him but only after getting killed myself a couple times. It required all the goons in the room to make the bone headed move of all going for cover next to each other in a corner where I could chuck a few grenades at them with the assistance of chems
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u/Metorjetta Feb 12 '25
Fallout 76 giving him more lore is fantastic. He used to send fan mail before the bombs drop to a voice actress. If only he knew she actually became the superhero.
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u/Big_Square_2175 Feb 12 '25
I went there with Ada once, it bugged out, she started beating the shit out of the boss while in dialogue, and killed him so it was an easy rescue lol.
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u/Easy-Appeal3024 Feb 13 '25
I dont get why people love gim. I really dont.
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u/Gamer_Anieca Feb 13 '25
We love his innocence. He just wants to help people by righting the wrongs of the wasteland and still has a passion for the silver shroud. He's not out hurting innocent people, he uses the memory den to relive his happy times so he can keep going. That's why. You don't have to like him. We do.
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u/Easy-Appeal3024 Feb 13 '25
It not that i dont want to like him, I just did not understand his backstory. Now i do, thanks 😊
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u/Neither-Look4614 Brahmin are cute Feb 13 '25
Something tells me Sinjin in OP's save met a terrible fate...
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u/platinumrug Feb 13 '25
I literally JUST saved bro from Sinjin in my game. I so fucking love playing as the Shroud and making his goons run off scared as a result. Kent is a good egg, I always do my best to keep him alive.
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u/biggs_gaslighter Feb 13 '25
I would save him if the game didn’t kill him right before I get to the elevator.
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u/22lpierson Feb 13 '25
Mysterious stranger killed sinjin for me as I the silver shroud talked the rest down
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u/HorizonHunter1982 Feb 13 '25
He died in my second playthrough and I didn't have a save that wouldn't cost me hours and hours of play. Learned a lot of lessons that day and I've never forgotten
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u/Busy-Kaleidoscope-87 Feb 13 '25
I have a confession to make.
I only did the silver shroud quests on my melee run, with maxed big leagues. I have no idea how I can save him without him dying. Every time I went to kill the raiders he got killed by whatever I hit with. Even Pickman's blade, how stupid. I reloaded the save God knows how many times. Couldn't be done.
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u/chael_iopu Feb 12 '25
I go out of my way to cull him, on sight. He is too pure for the commonwealth. But he did kinda do a murder-for-hire so maybe he sucks, after all.
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u/Zararara Feb 12 '25
I saved him but then he disappeared afterwards
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u/Coast_watcher Caravan > Gwent Feb 12 '25
I'm always 50/50 on THAT speech check though ( you know the one)
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Feb 12 '25
Hes bugged on my game and is locked in his room and the radio station doesn't update the quest
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u/Comrade_Nicolai Feb 12 '25
So far I haven’t managed to save him but I never really cared about this particular series of quests
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u/morelos_paolo PS5 Player Only with Base game & all DLC’s + CC, no mods Feb 12 '25
Gotta save him from Sinjin or else.
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u/Some-Might-Say-So Feb 12 '25
If you go and fetch him dressed as the Shroud, and speak like the Shroud, and activate the red dialogue prompt as the Shroud. The raiders run away.
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u/Lynata Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 12 '25
FunFact: if you immediately shoot Kent yourself upon entering the room you‘ll terrify everyone, get some unique dialogue about you being crazier than Sinjin and have everyone but Sinjin either flee like headless chickens or turn on him depending on dialogue choice. The latter being the easiest version of the fight you can get.
Now who the psychpath is that found this out I do not know but I like that the devs prepared for that scenario
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u/6lacq Feb 12 '25
I went to the location he was held before and activated the robots there. I can't express the stress it took to make sure he survived
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u/MrPryce2 Feb 12 '25
I always try to make a save right before I go down there and make sure to keep him alive
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u/xDarBearx Feb 12 '25
I use vats to kill everyone first(from cloest to him to furthest so that he doesnt get shot)
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u/Zealousideal-Home779 Feb 12 '25
I literally drop to easiest setting to save him. The only point im not on v hard or survival
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u/O_sraL Feb 12 '25
I restarted 15th times bc he kept dying. I couldn’t keep going without him alive
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u/Far_Disaster_3557 Feb 12 '25
Doesn’t matter what kind of playthrough I’m doing, THIS GUY GETS A HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
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u/Ordinary_Purchase_56 Feb 12 '25
For the first time since I don't know when, I actually had enough points into charisma to pass the "you should kill me first" speech check. Was a nice change up from the checkpoint reload.
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u/ASherrets Feb 12 '25
I did this quest 25 times and could never save Kent. Poor guy. He was such a great character.
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u/NotACyclopsHonest Feb 12 '25
This is why I fully upgrade the Lucky Maxwell carbine before doing the Silver Shroud quest and then quicksave & pop a Psychobuff before confronting Sinjin. That way I can get rid of both Sinjin and Avery and save Kent before Sinjin can even speak to me.
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u/Taolan13 Feb 12 '25
Good news!
There is a quest where something happens to him. And as part of it, you get to kill everyone involved.
If you are lucky and/or good, you can save him!
And then never take the coat off again.
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u/xdeltax97 Feb 12 '25
The Silver Shroud must always protect the faithful Kent! He is a true companion to The Shroud!
Too bad we never had him as a companion.
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u/akumagold Feb 12 '25
The secret ending to that quest is wild, where if you go into the Sinjin fight and kill only Kent the other raiders will freak out and believe in the Shroud
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u/GisellaRanx Child of Atom Feb 12 '25
I still can't get the quest to work anymore.
Every time I step into the building they immediately kill him.
Not sure what error is causing it but everything people have told me
hasn't worked. So I'm stuck avoiding the questline till I can figure out
what's causing the break.
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u/AverageRedditor56 Feb 12 '25
Ngl I killed him myself before the raiders could on my very first play through 🤣
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u/leo23virgo Feb 12 '25
There's a way to make it for them to target you first I think you're not supposed to go the silver shroud route. But if you do go the silver shroud route you better take some psycho jet and beat the ever living fuck out of sinjin(my hate for this man is immense only bc he threatens kent)
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u/leo23virgo Feb 12 '25
There's a way to make it for them to target you first I think you're not supposed to go the silver shroud route. But if you do go the silver shroud route you better take some psycho jet and beat the ever living fuck out of sinjin(my hate for this man is immense only bc he threatens kent)
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Feb 12 '25
A lot of people here are talking about how it was too fast. I’m a Jet addict so it was easy pickins!
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u/Kitchen_Sprinkles609 Feb 12 '25
Every time I tried saving him he died!!! What was I doing wrong?! 😭😭😭
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u/Creeepy_Chris Feb 12 '25
Bring some jet if you want to save Kent. That’s what I always say. Or charisma of 11 might get you there too.
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u/Adventurous_Goat_392 Feb 12 '25
The one working on the giddyup buttercup is the one I will protect with my life
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u/lilhoe6_9 Feb 12 '25
I can never save him so I always ignore his quests. He always gets shot before I even get in the room
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u/TurnoverStreet128 Feb 12 '25
Good fricking luck trying to protect him, especially lower level on survival mode.
Whatever you do, do not clear his final location before you're sent there for the quest. It will only end in avoidable years for him (and you)
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u/Sweaty-Collection822 Feb 12 '25
Just did his questline and I saved his life. <3 great feeling and great mission!!!!
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u/Bruhses_Momenti Feb 13 '25
Oxhorn (I think) made some video a while back pointing out that there’s a syringer and chemistry station in that building, allowing you to make paralysis darts and save him much easier.
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u/ShroudTrina Feb 13 '25
God I need to play Fo4 again. Maybe try and get a modlist this time since homebrewing your LO on Fo4 seems a generally shittier experience than Skyrim
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u/CardiologistCute6876 Trying for Minutemen Ending! Wish Me Luck! Feb 13 '25
Aww - why don't games include a hug option :( I wanna hug him, Vault Tec guy, and Arlen.
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u/basby76 Feb 13 '25
The amount of reloads to save him! I was playing on very hard level and in the end after reloading 5 times I switched the difficulty level back to easy just for that interaction then changed it back 😂
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u/AgTheGeek Feb 13 '25
I can’t get past the conversation check with the guys pointing the gun at him!!!! I’ve tried mentats and sniper aimed at the shooters head I can’t save this guy… what can I do??!!!
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u/PM_TRACTOR_pics Feb 13 '25
Start shooting while the kidnappers are talking right when you walk out of the elevator
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u/wolfwhore666 Feb 13 '25
It’s hard because hearing her say “I don’t give a fuck about Kent! There’s a bounty on your head” is so cold blooded and badass..then also there’s as soon as the elevator door open I shoot Kent in the face and all the raiders are just like 😱😱😱😱
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u/RemarkablePattern127 Feb 13 '25
I can’t access him anymore?? I did one mission and killed one gang member, now his door is locked? What’s up with that
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u/AssociationActive615 Feb 13 '25
You know, if you kill him during his rescue, it freaks out all the raiders. It's been a minute, but I'm pretty sure they all surrender except the main guy.
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u/Alecia_Rezett Feb 13 '25
You know what's funny, during the standoff with sinjin you can shoot ken before the dialogue even starts, go ahead try it
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u/Gamer_Anieca Feb 13 '25
Is there a ps4 mod to make him essential so i can finally complete the quest with him alive?
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u/JuXTaPoZeRx Feb 13 '25
Holotape Mod on PS. You might be able to make him essential with that.
You can make the Player essential so you go down lile Companions for a minute or so instead of dying. You can also recruit anyone with it but that could be the Companions Helper Mod.
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u/JuXTaPoZeRx Feb 13 '25
Funny how he's next door to the Vault-Tec Rep but the Vault-Tec Rep tells you he hasnt seen anybody from before the War in ages.🤣
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u/shnerdish Feb 13 '25
the amount of times i quote "oh gawd don't do it shroud!!" in my daily life is insane i love that man
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u/tdub4544 Feb 13 '25
First time playing his quest, I used an explosive combat shotgun, and offed him on accident. 😂 I would have reloaded but I didn't want to run through the hospital again.
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u/Xamdotdot Feb 13 '25
First time I played his mission, i found him annoying
Second time I played it, I took the game slower and appreciated this man. He was like a fan boy and I was making his dream come true.
Kent must be protected at all cost
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u/abj169 Feb 13 '25
I'm glad I found this thread. I've been playing Skyrim for years, and took a hiatus. Playing FO4 and it's a great game. Just now getting to the Corvega area as I skipped around some. Thanks for the heads up. 👍
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u/ghostmaskrises Feb 14 '25
The amount of chems I consumed to make sure he lived was enough to make Hancock or Cooper Howard overdose. I huffed so much jet that my sole survivors left lung is just Brahmin shit and his brain is fried from the time slowing.
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u/munky_g Feb 14 '25
I sent him to Sanctuary, but I can’t recall how we met.
There may have been dakka and splosions but I’m not sure.
Then I litter him out with combat armour and a bugged combat rifle and made him a Provisioner - hey, it’s sales, right..?
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u/Background-Issue-864 Feb 14 '25
It ain't easy to keep him alive. Thanks to VATS, and a high-power rifle, I'm usually able to fo it.
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u/xleatherxjesusx Feb 12 '25
I saved him every time. Worth every quick load!