Yea… but that doesn’t make sense in terms of gaming. If I were to think where to put the quest, I wouldn’t place the horse seller in the same place. I would maybe place the stable somewhere else so it won’t be affected by the “plague”.
I had no problems on PC.
I wasn’t so roguish to Mathias and so he acted as he should during the quest( met him first there, and he doesn’t sell horses, Johan does)
I did the quest line, saved all, did the interrogation (w/ 1.42 patch), let straw have is way, and Johan and 2 others walked away.( was my choice of options)
Came thru later and checked up on the place and half the horses were back and Johan was accessible.
same problem, except with blacksmith by the mon.
first play thru.
If going to jail doesnt help, only a restart will