It's been a long time since I completed the quest for this location, and I just now randomly went back to it to get to another undiscovered mark that is close by. The legionaries had respawned, obviously, so I killed them and the two powder gangers were running around, cowering in fear. After the Legionaries were dead and the dust had settled, the completely free PGs returned to their captive position, complete with holding their hands like they were tied XD

lol, yeah i know that exact quest. it's annoying because if i set the powder gangers free i'll have to shoot them anyway.

Odd thing is, if you kill the power gangers while they're tied up, you get negitive karma. However if you free them and then shoot them down while they're running, you get positive karma. Think of it as target practice lol :gun: :ahhh: :ahhh:

I freed one of them, and then the second one started running around before I had freed him.

Unlike some other quests, it didn't seem to me that freeing one would free them both, but maybe I missed that.

So anyway, then I went up to the second one who was running around, and I "freed" him according to the menu options while he was running around.

Obviously this quest has some serious problems

Yes, this happened with me too.

First time I did this, a Legion Assassin squad attacked before I actually freed the prisoners. Failed the quest because they dies in the ensuing firefight.

Happened to me too.

Exact same thing happened to me lol.