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Posted June 22, 2014
I'm working the Confidential mission arc and I'm having some suspicions about Marlowe - there was no evidence on Ramsmeat and the things he's asking me to do sound an awful lot like paving the way for Salamandra's assets. that said, he's green and other than rattling off a bunch of suspicions without following them, there's no option to pressure him.

Is there a way to prevent a what I suspect is a sudden yet inevitable betrayal down the line or is my only option to blindly follow his orders?
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Posted June 22, 2014
Since it's marked as spoilers, I will include some plot elements in general (without details, mostly because I don't really remember but also because I don't want to spoil you completely).

First, there is no way to actually prevent the "sudden yet inevitable betrayal" (fellow Firefly fan?), in that it always will occur. However, there are I think three options for Geralt to actually know it is going to happen and be prepared.

First option - Marlowe gives you 6 (iirc) suspects. You can try proving every one of them innocent.
Second option - one of the quests Marlowe also gives you will require you to find out the cause of death of a person. If you're very thorough (talk to the people around the hospital - some of them have tales to tell that are well worth listening to), you won't fall for any of the more obvious causes and find the real one.
Third option - you can find something very interesting at the cemetery it you explore the hidden places.
Post edited June 22, 2014 by Myshovoore
Posted June 22, 2014
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Myshovoore: Since it's marked as spoilers, I will include some plot elements in general (without details, mostly because I don't really remember but also because I don't want to spoil you completely).

First, there is no way to actually prevent the "sudden yet inevitable betrayal" (fellow Firefly fan?), in that it always will occur. However, there are I think three options for Geralt to actually know it is going to happen and be prepared.

First option - Marlowe gives you 6 (iirc) suspects. You can try proving every one of them innocent.
Second option - one of the quests Marlowe also gives you will require you to find out the cause of death of a person. If you're very thorough (talk to the people around the hospital - some of them have tales to tell that are well worth listening to), you won't fall for any of the more obvious causes and find the real one.
Third option - you can find something very interesting at the cemetery it you explore the hidden places.
Thanks - I think I did the first two things. The autopsy revealed an alchemist poison with stab wounds as decoy, and all the suspects have been cleared and informed. That said, he still sends me to kill Ramsmeat, who postmortem still doesn't have any incriminating evidence on him, which made me suspicious of Marlowe.

Do I have to kill Ramsmeat to advance the quest? I'm not sure whether or not he's better off dead anyway, since he's the local crime lord and therefore less than likely to be a constructive influence around town...
Posted June 22, 2014
Geralt can come to several conclusions at the end of the autopsy, but only one is true. The game does not tell you right away whether Geralt is right or not. But I can tell you this, going by the results of your autopsy, you didn't get it exactly right. If you had, Geralt would have figured out the nature of the "inevitable betrayal." Geralt doesn't fail the quest if he gets the autopsy wrong, the game just proceeds along another path.

The only other way to figure it out is to get into the crypt in the cemetary. However, if you did it at this stage of the quest where Raymond has already given you the assignment to kill Ramsmeat, I think it's too late for that. You may as well just kill Ramsmeat and continue on.
Posted June 22, 2014
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bengeddes: Geralt can come to several conclusions at the end of the autopsy, but only one is true. The game does not tell you right away whether Geralt is right or not. But I can tell you this, going by the results of your autopsy, you didn't get it exactly right. If you had, Geralt would have figured out the nature of the "inevitable betrayal." Geralt doesn't fail the quest if he gets the autopsy wrong, the game just proceeds along another path.

The only other way to figure it out is to get into the crypt in the cemetary. However, if you did it at this stage of the quest where Raymond has already given you the assignment to kill Ramsmeat, I think it's too late for that. You may as well just kill Ramsmeat and continue on.
Gotcha, something for the next playthrough. However, how can I get into the cemetery?
Posted June 22, 2014
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Quinch: Gotcha, something for the next playthrough. However, how can I get into the cemetery?
There's a quest called "A Gravedigger's Gratitude." You can talk to the gravedigger outside the cemetery and ask to get in, but he won't give you the key unless you get permission from Vincent Meis or clear up his debt with Thaler. Since these two men are suspects, you have to clear their names first.

The thing is you basically need to talk to the gravedigger right away and get the quest. If you've progressed too far with the investigation you can't get the quest.
Posted September 21, 2014
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Myshovoore: First option - Marlowe gives you 6 (iirc) suspects. You can try proving every one of them innocent.
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Quinch: Thanks - I think I did the first two things. The autopsy revealed an alchemist poison with stab wounds as decoy, and all the suspects have been cleared and informed. That said, he still sends me to kill Ramsmeat, who postmortem still doesn't have any incriminating evidence on him, which made me suspicious of Marlowe.

Do I have to kill Ramsmeat to advance the quest? I'm not sure whether or not he's better off dead anyway, since he's the local crime lord and therefore less than likely to be a constructive influence around town...
Actually - results of the autopsy may be different, because you can point at anyone of the suspects as guilty one. When you'll go to the cemetery, you'll find the truth, but when you did autopsy first, you decide how's the plot going (for a while). For example: Kalkstein won't trade with you if you won't believe him and tell he's guilty. But, in the end, the truth will come out, when you'll visit cemetery crypt.
Posted September 21, 2014
FWIW I recall *always* being sent to "kill" Ramsmeat. I usually had a cosy chat and told him to lie low for a bit... before returning to Marlowe with the "job well-done".

This is the world of the Witcher, where you have to *always* consider the motivations of those aiming you at a "monster". Not everything "evil" is... and sometimes that which seems sweet is foul.
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