After meeting Travis Miles at the Brewery I killed all of the henchmen inside, but was unable to kill Gouger and another NPC. They would go to a downed state, but then continually get back up. This rendered the quest broken and to top it off Travis follows me everywhere. This happened while Piper was with us as my companion. Has anyone been able to complete this quest? If so, did you have a different companion? Was there some special trick to it? I tried making sure Travis got the kill shots as was suggested elsewhere, but that didn't help. Also, I happened to first enter the building by picking the lock on the back door. Just wanted to add that in case Bethesda QA needed more info. I sincerely hope they read these forums to try and find bugs.

Thanks

Not sure why this was moved to cheats, spoilers and hints. It's a bug.

I've tried this with different companions, without a companion, with stealthing through, and with letting Travis get all the kills, but no matter what the quest just won't complete. It's stuck with myself, Travis, Bull, and Gouger in a room with the tied up hostage. Gouger and Bull just keep dying and getting back up, over and over again.

Confidence Man is essentially broken in a couple places. In my game, during the bar fight, the game sets the player as "essential" so you can't die. Then it never sets you back, so you are in essence unkillable. Sounds fun, but breaks the game as you stop caring about damage, and all strategy and tactics go out the window.