i went to the vending machine that talks (i think its called brendon) and someone was spray painting it.

i did a non lethal takedown on the person and brendon thanked me.

he was talking about me being dead and resurrected when all of a sudden my health dropped to near zero and i got loads of distortion effects on screen including the mini-map
there was a red hand icon in the top right of the screen which was counting down for 4minutes

the effect still happens even after the timer finished


what was the timer?
why did i get it just talking to the vending machine?
why hasnt the distortion cleared up?


gotta be a bug

I did that part 3 times and got the distortion every time but never the health drop. I just quick saved and reloaded to clear the distortion and moved on.

it was like i was being attacked by something but i wasnt in combat or near any combat zones

weird

chalk it up to another bug
nothing a reload doesnt fix.

I've randomly died 4-5 times for no reason whatsoever. I think it's a physics bug, like if you get inbetween 2 objects (size doesn't matter) the game treats it as a crush and you die :)

I died trying to mount a long ladder from the top, V slid down it in like a 5th of a second and died. Luckily the game saves often and it's a good job it does. I've had the distortion thing stick as well, had to save and reload.

The ways you die or get damaged are many and varied lol

Sounds like a netrunner attack. You sure the guy you took out didn't have any friends nearby?

nah it was a scripted event.
there was noone around and a netrunner attack would put you into 'combat'

i think it was because there was a daily transition whilst talking to the machine.
each day i seem to get a relic malfunction and then visual distortions.
this one maybe also had a more destructive element to it

If you pay attention to the dialog, Brendan has just told you he knows about the Relic chip and who you are. This triggers a really bad Relic deterioration episode (distortion). There is also a bug involved because the distorsion does not go away after the countdown but save & reload should clear it.