The more I play this game I am surprised at the amount of story and side quests. Definitely a big bonus of the game I was not aware how much it is implemented in the game. Good voice acting and dialogue, and quest rewards.
Thank you for getting STRAIGHT TO THE POINT, with all of them. Also, doing a good job of giving the most useful of information of what one will encounter when recruiting them. Other content makers just TALK WAY TO DAMN MUCH!!! or talk while playing the game and taking forever to show anything because they're too busy talking to damn much. I hope other creators learn from you, on how to make USEFUL guides.
You forgot to mention Flay's personal talent. "Make Them Bleed: Bonus damage for each Bleeding enemy in sight. Groin attacks and attacks against animals cause bleeding." Just make him a professional dick shooter and have someone else with a shotgun and that could potentially rack up his damage a good bit depending on how much the bonus actually is.
Mate, I guess you missed the infected Hospital stuff: after you help them out you can do a "Cure Addiction" operation for Larry which will improve his stats.
And if Sober Larry eats the Hermit's mushrooms, he'll relapse back into addiction and will have to do another rehab operation to restore his old stats.
Thanks for the Jagged Alliance 3 guide, hexxatgaming. You can put Larry in rehab at the Sanatorium and it will change his stats. Health: -6, Agility: +5, Dexterity: +6, Wisdom: +12, and Marksmanship: +8. He will swap the Optimist perk for Pessimist however he also gains Mr Fixit (Major bonus to disarming traps, hacking devices, and picking locks. Unjamming weapons costs 1AP.
I met Smiley in central Fleatown (H8?) where he was hiding in the church. I don't remember what options I took during the conversations but a little time later a bunch of heavy armed dudes appeared and I had to fight bunched up inside the curch with enemies coming from all sides. As this was quite early in the game (right after Ernie Island) I couldn't win the fight without losing Smiley and Livewire so I don't know if you can recruit him after that. This takes place if you don't go to the brothel first.
Yeah, uh, you're not meant to get Smiley that early. In fact, it works best if you do Boss Blauberts' quest first and back him against Luigi, becuase after teh church fight Smiley will run off to try and kill whoever won that - which means Blaubert winning while losing some of his guards makes that easier..
@@hexxatgaming In JA2, he's good as long as you keep him away from any drugs. But as soon as he encounters any drugs, he turns into a stoner again and his stats tank.
It would be amazing if there was a Diablo 2 style remaster for the first two games. In most cases, graphics are not a barrier for me, but those original games are just too rough looking for me to get into.
There are 5 free mercs (Pierre and Spike can be recruited aswell) and it might be the case that there is a 6th aswell (couldnt find out about her yet but it looks as if "the beast" is recruitable).
Yeah. I have a video on the Major and Pierre. As for the beast, I don't think so. Given the fact that her whole beast thing is protecting her home village. And once you take care of it, she agrees to help you outside. That's as far as recruiting her. Let me know if you find a way to actually take her in your team, though.
I started the smiley quest early be accident, during a fight in flee town a stray bullet hit the generator next to the church and blew a hole into his room hahah
FYI if you free the mobster (Luigi) from the prison before you show up here, you’ll have to fight both factions and it’s definitely impossible- even with a geared up 6 player squad.
Another M.E.R.C Soldier, Biff: Biff is being held prisoner in sector A8 along with the Green Diamond. Biff can die if you don't free him quickly enough. As soon as you get close to where he is, a conversation between him and the Major will play. From now on, you only have about a week to reach sector A8, otherwise he will die.
I just got onto the mainland. I will probably try for all three just to see how they are and what their interactions are like. Put them all in a second group led by a more experienced merc.
Any mercenary that doesn't have a weekly cost seems almost mandatory for an average player. That fact alone, they are worth picking up. Also, you can make one custom Merc as well, with no weekly cost.
My plan, too. I chose Thor as the leader for squad 2 - he's relatively cheap, got good all-around stats and high leadership and he's a great guy personality-wise, too. (My current 1st squad is a high-leadership + Teaching IMP, Buns, Blood, Livewire, MD and Barry. Extremely solid and cost-effective lineup, with no personality conflicts. Only change I'm thinking is trading in Buns for Ice.) One thing I learned to love about JA3 is that there is very few true stinkers in the merc lineup. Almost everyone AIM offers can be a solid performer. Does make for fun story progression, too: AIM has gone from basically taking everyone who'd sign up to being a serious fucking business for real professionals.
Wow my whole bit was Smiley was totally diiferent, had not yet been to pantagruel , 1st clue was from a recovered Larry. then I spoke to Tooker then Mollie and found out Tooker was hiding him in the church. he agreed to join me, but then a dozen or so heavily armed men working for the Boss show up. For what ever reason the game doesnt give me control of smiley I just had to keep him alive and survive the fight....unfortunately this was my B Team or 3 guys , even with 4 Militia I couldnt kill them fast enough to keep Smiiley from getting himself killed by being an idiot..anyone else manage this?
@@hexxatgaming It is not a problem to save him in the church. Much harder to save him (and his hore) in boss estate. 2-3 machine guns may be usefull here.
I thought so! Before I killed him, I saw that I had gained influence from the conversation. I think we have to impress him more before the fight. Will try next playthrough!
He is recruitable if you go for the main quest first. I did it last (after colonel & corazon) so having recruited him was right before the final credits. He does have unique lines for the talk with president though
@@mingkern5618 it is an rng thing, though Larry's high-explosive skill will help him a lot. I have found that even if the game says there's a high chance for a mishap you still have at least a 50% chance of the grenade going correctly. Regardless, the game is programmed such that only Barry can throw them with the lowest mishap chance
How did u get the mission at the poacher camp? When I got there the poachers and some other group started to kill each other, and both were hostile to me.
I know there's another quest where you free a prisoner who wants to kill Boss Blaubert...is that quest mutually exclusive with the one to rescue Smiley's girl?
I think no. If you free him there will be a fight in which it is best to do nothing and let as many of Blauberts guards be killed so that last fight there with Smiley is easier
The quest with Smiley is easy - first we go to the boss, then we go to prison, we free Luigi, we go back to the boss, support Luigi, both the boss and Luigi died, as there is a big shootout. There is a girl left, bring Smiley to her, she refuses him, Smiley decides to become your mercenaries.
I already passed through Boss Blaubert sector, killed all his guards. Afterwards I managed to free Luigi, but haven't been back to the Boss' mansion. The question is should I find Smiley now or go do the showdown with Luigi and Boss Blaubert? Also, will Boss Blaubert respawn his goons?
@@DanAlexandru-v4x Let us know how it turns out. I decided to play it safe and do the quests in order to avoid breaking them. Sounds like you';ve already crossed the point of no return so let us know if the game accounts for your path or if it just broke the questline for you.
@@MarkSeinIII bastion is a wuss from start question about the legion and 4 diamonds from him after that I chose stick up him and steal his money and guns in next event and after that he's in the refugee camp you must make him leave the camp if not he will die after a certain event
Should be able to start the big fight with the boss inside his mansion. Seems a bit lazy from the game to have you fight outside. You need two full squads to get out of there without any major wounds
@@BusyShow I did it with my main character Livewire, Scully, Grizzly. You can get FN Fals from the weapon store in Port Cacao. This might help get your dps. Because you have to kill them before they kill you basically. Hope that helps! Today Im releasing a video in which you can see where you can loot Metavirons. This will definitely get you through this fight.
Short attention span delinquents who never paid attention in school. The video was fine and informative. If you want something shorter, don’t watch a video and go read forums, but we both know you won’t because reading takes effort and you’re too lazy for that.
Larrys Danger Close Ability is very good. As long as you find or craft a steady supply of grenades, he is awsome. Grenades have bin a game winner for me in many fights. As @XYZ-em5vu pointed out, his stats can be improved and you can spend some time training. I botched the hospital job, so I have to check if I can still do the cure addiction thing.
2 more Free Mercs is out! th-cam.com/video/ciUwY0bAVEg/w-d-xo.html
The more I play this game I am surprised at the amount of story and side quests. Definitely a big bonus of the game I was not aware how much it is implemented in the game. Good voice acting and dialogue, and quest rewards.
Agreed 👍
You can also recruit Pierre in Red Diamond.
What you let him live....😜
you cant recruit him in red diamond, but u have t go there.
Thank you for getting STRAIGHT TO THE POINT, with all of them. Also, doing a good job of giving the most useful of information of what one will encounter when recruiting them. Other content makers just TALK WAY TO DAMN MUCH!!! or talk while playing the game and taking forever to show anything because they're too busy talking to damn much. I hope other creators learn from you, on how to make USEFUL guides.
Thank you for the tip about Notes on the World map.
You forgot to mention Flay's personal talent. "Make Them Bleed: Bonus damage for each Bleeding enemy in sight. Groin attacks and attacks against animals cause bleeding." Just make him a professional dick shooter and have someone else with a shotgun and that could potentially rack up his damage a good bit depending on how much the bonus actually is.
I've played like 20 hours and didn't even realize that quest icon button was there.
I know right. Same with me, haha
Ikr!
Mate, I guess you missed the infected Hospital stuff: after you help them out you can do a "Cure Addiction" operation for Larry which will improve his stats.
I didn't know that! Thanks
And if Sober Larry eats the Hermit's mushrooms, he'll relapse back into addiction and will have to do another rehab operation to restore his old stats.
That's hilarious 😂 I love Larry
Good video! Covered just about everything I was looking for
Im glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the Jagged Alliance 3 guide, hexxatgaming. You can put Larry in rehab at the Sanatorium and it will change his stats. Health: -6, Agility: +5, Dexterity: +6, Wisdom: +12, and Marksmanship: +8. He will swap the Optimist perk for Pessimist however he also gains Mr Fixit (Major bonus to disarming traps, hacking devices, and picking locks. Unjamming weapons costs 1AP.
Yep I put an update in the community tab with a before after picture. Thanks for your comment 👍
I met Smiley in central Fleatown (H8?) where he was hiding in the church.
I don't remember what options I took during the conversations but a little time later a bunch of heavy armed dudes appeared and I had to fight bunched up inside the curch with enemies coming from all sides.
As this was quite early in the game (right after Ernie Island) I couldn't win the fight without losing Smiley and Livewire so I don't know if you can recruit him after that.
This takes place if you don't go to the brothel first.
Yeah, uh, you're not meant to get Smiley that early. In fact, it works best if you do Boss Blauberts' quest first and back him against Luigi, becuase after teh church fight Smiley will run off to try and kill whoever won that - which means Blaubert winning while losing some of his guards makes that easier..
Fun Fact: Larry was in the other JA games too. As were his siblings and father.
Can you remind me about it. I can't seem to remember him from JA2.
@@hexxatgaming I think my previous reply didn't post up. At any rate Larry (Larry Roachburn, no nickname) is a merc you can hire from M.E.R.C.
@@DangerousPuhson Figured. I almost never hire from M.E.R.C in JA2
@@hexxatgaming In JA2, he's good as long as you keep him away from any drugs. But as soon as he encounters any drugs, he turns into a stoner again and his stats tank.
It would be amazing if there was a Diablo 2 style remaster for the first two games. In most cases, graphics are not a barrier for me, but those original games are just too rough looking for me to get into.
Once you find a church with a door that "can't be opened by any means" - throw a grenade at it and see what is there :)
Seeing one of the Roachburns again is the best thing about ja3. I miss the old guys as well...
There are 5 free mercs (Pierre and Spike can be recruited aswell) and it might be the case that there is a 6th aswell (couldnt find out about her yet but it looks as if "the beast" is recruitable).
Yeah. I have a video on the Major and Pierre. As for the beast, I don't think so. Given the fact that her whole beast thing is protecting her home village. And once you take care of it, she agrees to help you outside. That's as far as recruiting her. Let me know if you find a way to actually take her in your team, though.
You can put Larry through rehab in the sanatorium.
The Larry character arc/transformation is my fav thing in JA3 so far... "They're just vitamins"
Btw when you go to the hermit, if you eat the mushrooms, Larry will go back to being high Larry. I thought that's hilarious 😂
Thanks mate. It helps alot
nice video, thanks! (very usefull)
I started the smiley quest early be accident, during a fight in flee town a stray bullet hit the generator next to the church and blew a hole into his room hahah
Love this game haha
If you didn’t kill Pierre in the beginning, you get him in the refugee camp! Hé is a free leader merc
you need to do a bunch of other stuff too, otherwise he will not join
Flay is a badass Merc, who has good shooting points and CQC skill! Give him a sniper and a knife, he is invincible just doing solo.
FYI if you free the mobster (Luigi) from the prison before you show up here, you’ll have to fight both factions and it’s definitely impossible- even with a geared up 6 player squad.
Also did such mistake..I survived but Smiley always killed....mission impossible, tried 5x always failed.😢
Should first go mansion and help Boss kill Luigi, than find Smiley in church and finaly help Smiley kill Boss.
you can have two 6 player squads in same place though.
11:21 Can Smiley die before getting recruited?
ie, Do NPCs die? Herman did not die from the crossfire and bomb blast...
Yes they can die.
great info, thanks
Here's a link to my early game tips vid in case you missed it th-cam.com/video/wiWaDo3Z67E/w-d-xo.html
Another M.E.R.C Soldier, Biff:
Biff is being held prisoner in sector A8 along with the Green Diamond. Biff can die if you don't free him quickly enough. As soon as you get close to where he is, a conversation between him and the Major will play. From now on, you only have about a week to reach sector A8, otherwise he will die.
Larry.
Flay.
Pierre.
Smiley.
Spike.
Those are the ones I know of so far.
The Major is in ja3? I might have to buy the game, boy...
I just got onto the mainland. I will probably try for all three just to see how they are and what their interactions are like. Put them all in a second group led by a more experienced merc.
Any mercenary that doesn't have a weekly cost seems almost mandatory for an average player. That fact alone, they are worth picking up. Also, you can make one custom Merc as well, with no weekly cost.
My plan, too. I chose Thor as the leader for squad 2 - he's relatively cheap, got good all-around stats and high leadership and he's a great guy personality-wise, too. (My current 1st squad is a high-leadership + Teaching IMP, Buns, Blood, Livewire, MD and Barry. Extremely solid and cost-effective lineup, with no personality conflicts. Only change I'm thinking is trading in Buns for Ice.)
One thing I learned to love about JA3 is that there is very few true stinkers in the merc lineup. Almost everyone AIM offers can be a solid performer. Does make for fun story progression, too: AIM has gone from basically taking everyone who'd sign up to being a serious fucking business for real professionals.
You can have Pierre as well, but need to prevent lynching, not kill the "tourist", and wipe several camps to get him.
you also can hire Spike (Major)
Wow my whole bit was Smiley was totally diiferent, had not yet been to pantagruel , 1st clue was from a recovered Larry. then I spoke to Tooker then Mollie and found out Tooker was hiding him in the church. he agreed to join me, but then a dozen or so heavily armed men working for the Boss show up. For what ever reason the game doesnt give me control of smiley I just had to keep him alive and survive the fight....unfortunately this was my B Team or 3 guys , even with 4 Militia I couldnt kill them fast enough to keep Smiiley from getting himself killed by being an idiot..anyone else manage this?
Yeah he is suicidal lol. My team was strong enough, so i managed to save him at the church. Had to first aid him tho lol 😆
@@hexxatgaming It is not a problem to save him in the church. Much harder to save him (and his hore) in boss estate. 2-3 machine guns may be usefull here.
Also Major is recruitable
How? details.
I thought so! Before I killed him, I saw that I had gained influence from the conversation. I think we have to impress him more before the fight. Will try next playthrough!
He is recruitable if you go for the main quest first. I did it last (after colonel & corazon) so having recruited him was right before the final credits. He does have unique lines for the talk with president though
@@XYZ-em5vu where is he?
@@handcannon9814 at his camp, of course. Top right corner of strategic map
what about Pierre and Major?
On the Smiley encounter, can you setup overwatches before starting the conversation?
I didn't try. Let me know if it works.
Can larry use barry coned bombs well? Since he has good explosive stats? It would be amazing since barry keep producing it i can pass some to larry
Quite possibly.
If anyone other than Barry uses the shaped charges there is a large mishap chance
@@thefrozencrown9388 just tried with Larry. Did a few throws without any issues though. Maybe it's a rng thing?
@@mingkern5618 it is an rng thing, though Larry's high-explosive skill will help him a lot. I have found that even if the game says there's a high chance for a mishap you still have at least a 50% chance of the grenade going correctly. Regardless, the game is programmed such that only Barry can throw them with the lowest mishap chance
How did u get the mission at the poacher camp? When I got there the poachers and some other group started to kill each other, and both were hostile to me.
I figured it out. Apparently you have to approach the camp during daylight hours.
You problably shot or hurt a poacher during fight
you haven't add 1 more, Pierre can be recruit, but you need to keep Bastien ALive untill meet at Refugee Camp
I know there's another quest where you free a prisoner who wants to kill Boss Blaubert...is that quest mutually exclusive with the one to rescue Smiley's girl?
I think no. If you free him there will be a fight in which it is best to do nothing and let as many of Blauberts guards be killed so that last fight there with Smiley is easier
The quest with Smiley is easy - first we go to the boss, then we go to prison, we free Luigi, we go back to the boss, support Luigi, both the boss and Luigi died, as there is a big shootout. There is a girl left, bring Smiley to her, she refuses him, Smiley decides to become your mercenaries.
I already passed through Boss Blaubert sector, killed all his guards. Afterwards I managed to free Luigi, but haven't been back to the Boss' mansion. The question is should I find Smiley now or go do the showdown with Luigi and Boss Blaubert? Also, will Boss Blaubert respawn his goons?
@@DanAlexandru-v4x Let us know how it turns out. I decided to play it safe and do the quests in order to avoid breaking them. Sounds like you';ve already crossed the point of no return so let us know if the game accounts for your path or if it just broke the questline for you.
nice video
Thanks brother 🙏
I just did the smiley fight with 2 squads total off 10 mercenaries, was easy!
there 4 mercs thats free just got to work for the last
Who?
@@MarkSeinIII Pierre the first boss if you leave him alive save his father and keep bastion alive he can be hired as a Merc who is free
@@chrislambert491didn’t know that thanks. How can you keep Bastien alive?
@@MarkSeinIII bastion is a wuss from start question about the legion and 4 diamonds from him after that I chose stick up him and steal his money and guns in next event and after that he's in the refugee camp you must make him leave the camp if not he will die after a certain event
So where can i meet pierre after bastien left the refugee camp?
Should be able to start the big fight with the boss inside his mansion. Seems a bit lazy from the game to have you fight outside. You need two full squads to get out of there without any major wounds
I did it with 4 mercs and on mission impossible
@@hexxatgaming Reaper, Magic, Scully and Ivan? Cause I dont see it happening with my beginner's crew
@@BusyShow I did it with my main character Livewire, Scully, Grizzly. You can get FN Fals from the weapon store in Port Cacao. This might help get your dps. Because you have to kill them before they kill you basically. Hope that helps! Today Im releasing a video in which you can see where you can loot Metavirons. This will definitely get you through this fight.
Pierre is free to.
Anyone recruit the major?
Just figured it out. Working on a video
Can take Larry to a hospital and improve his stats !
flay
There are 5 merc for free
Actually 6. Will do part 2
Make it a 2 Minutes Video next time.
Short attention span delinquents who never paid attention in school. The video was fine and informative. If you want something shorter, don’t watch a video and go read forums, but we both know you won’t because reading takes effort and you’re too lazy for that.
@@grimmlinn So many conclusions. Let me do the same to you. You have all the time of the world for this kind of long videos so you must be a no-lifer.
This aint your tiktok
Please talk faster. You talk too slow and it's pretty annoying.
Yes, it’s impossible to listen.
1.5x - 2.0x ¬¬
Larrys Danger Close Ability is very good. As long as you find or craft a steady supply of grenades, he is awsome. Grenades have bin a game winner for me in many fights. As @XYZ-em5vu pointed out, his stats can be improved and you can spend some time training. I botched the hospital job, so I have to check if I can still do the cure addiction thing.
Larry's shaped charges are better.
But be careful no to blow things or people, u cant loot from it afterwards
@@armynurseboy Larry can use those shaped charges, with 90+ explosives I have had only one mishap in the game