A Question of Survival
- Raksha
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What I like about Cassidy is that you can simply give him a sniper rifle and tell him to watch your back, and you will have the pleasure of seeing bullet after bullet whistle past your ear and into the face of the stray nightkin that was about to rip your guts out through the powerarmour. Since I tend to play light-weight characters good at stealth, theft and speed, this is a very reassuring tendency of Cassidy's.
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Actually, the word I would use is "meat-shield", but I'd violate The Code by explaining that to a male.
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form a bad opinion of you based on your outward presentation and hygiene.</i>
I set my charisma around ... umm ... lol ... TWO! Then I get magnetic personality at level 6, because my chair tends to be Melee, Small weapons char. I love shooting a person up until they get right next next to me (like aliens and such) and then knocking the crap out of them with a supersledge.
My fave perks are Bonus HtH dmg, and action boy, plus a good slayer in there.
My fave perks are Bonus HtH dmg, and action boy, plus a good slayer in there.
Schala...I've missed you so...NO!
You must not climb death peak
You wouldnt make it very far anyway..
It has to be the right time...
and THEY...
THEY have to show you...the way
You must not climb death peak
You wouldnt make it very far anyway..
It has to be the right time...
and THEY...
THEY have to show you...the way
- Raksha
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And it removes half the excitement! But seriously, I've never really had a problem with burst mode shooting at anyone, except for Marcus shooting Cassidy in the back and he did that regardless of if he used burst mode or not. I think he intentionally shot Cassidy, out of spite... Then again, I have a copy of the game that refused to give me dialogue options, screwed up the ending, and generally acted like a freak, so that might have had something to do with that.
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But he went hand to hand, empty handed, against an Enclave patrol... yeah. He's not exactly a bright tactician.
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I've had marcus kill me + sulik along with what we were killing. I never get that bastard, I stick with cassidy and sulk, mostly.
Schala...I've missed you so...NO!
You must not climb death peak
You wouldnt make it very far anyway..
It has to be the right time...
and THEY...
THEY have to show you...the way
You must not climb death peak
You wouldnt make it very far anyway..
It has to be the right time...
and THEY...
THEY have to show you...the way
The whole thing called "virtual reality" kinda shatters at that point, when all your friends draw their biggest & baddest cannons and give that mantis a full load of 2mm EC, micro plasma and 9mm JHP... Really makes you wanna stroke the monitor with a baseball bat. A few times. Even more, if your buddies end up killing each other during the process as well.
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I think from now on I'm going to let Marcus join me, and immediately cut him loose, just to gain the Exp points. He is SO overrated.
BTW what is the best weapon for skynet to carry? I just got him with the best brain for the first time, and he seems like a pretty good party character. "Uses small rifles and big pistols", so does that mean the gauss rifle would be best? Or give him a gauss pistol and have him Charge!?
BTW what is the best weapon for skynet to carry? I just got him with the best brain for the first time, and he seems like a pretty good party character. "Uses small rifles and big pistols", so does that mean the gauss rifle would be best? Or give him a gauss pistol and have him Charge!?
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Yes, he is overrated. However, like any of the CNPCs it's really a case of using him to maximize his strengths and minimize his weaknesses. Most people seem to act like he can run around and batter anything down, but that's just not the case. I avoid giving him Big Guns, and usually have a Turbo Plasma Rifle ready for him when I pick him up. (There's a Plasma Rifle in SAD, and Algernon's just a hop, skip, and a jump away...) Once he's gained a couple of levels he's getting two attacks/round and that's nothing to scoff at. Make sure he doesn't get overwhelmed a close range by multiple opponents where his lack of armor becomes a serious issue and he's a solid member of your party.American Tourister wrote:I think from now on I'm going to let Marcus join me, and immediately cut him loose, just to gain the Exp points. He is SO overrated.
He's really fucking nasty w/a Pulse Rifle, too...
Skynet is probably best used as a sniper. I recommend a Sniper Rifle and later a Gauss Rifle for him. Perhaps using the Gauss Pistol as an intermediate between the two. Don't set him to "Charge!", but rather have him stay back from the enemy. He only has the equivalent of Metal Armor Mk II, so he's yet another CNPC that can't afford to sit there and get into slug-fests and walk away from it, especially since he can't use any sort of healing chems. His ability to repair himself or to be repaired using the Repair skill can ease the burden on your healing supplies and medical skills, though.American Tourister wrote:BTW what is the best weapon for skynet to carry? I just got him with the best brain for the first time, and he seems like a pretty good party character. "Uses small rifles and big pistols", so does that mean the gauss rifle would be best? Or give him a gauss pistol and have him Charge!?
One aspect of choosing CNPCs is that people seem to evaluate them in a vacuum, taking only their stats into account. You really have to look at the sum total of your CNPCs and this will largely determine whether they do well or not. For instance, if I'm going to take Vic and Skynet, I definitely want someone like Sulik w/the heaviest hitting HTH weapon available helping to slow the enemy's advance while my "snipers" take them apart from a distance. A roving pack of snipers tends to get overrun to easily, so take steps to avoid it. A pack of HTH fighters can be taken apart as they close, so try to avoid that as well.
Cheers,
OTB
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- Franz Schubert
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Yes I do, in every game except Fallout, that is. Fallout is much more about the RPing than other games. I think the problem with most gamers today is that none of them seem to know what an RPG is. For instance, it's amazing how many people think Diablo is an RPG. I was at my local gaming store a while ago, and I overheard some kid telling his friend "You should get Warcraft III, it's great. It's practically an RPG."OTB the Wise wrote:One aspect of choosing CNPCs is that people seem to evaluate them in a vacuum, taking only their stats into account.
The genre definitely needs another great RPG. The problem is: The perfect RPG wouldn't sell very well.