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General / Re: Beginner, looking for a Psi/Sniper Build

« on: July 24, 2018, 01:32:53 am »

Hi All,

I started a new build, pure psi this time, Agi, Will 10 and INT at 8. So far so good, I have not made it to the Depot A yet, but this character currently performs far better than my previous one. We shall see. I dumped guns/hacking/persuasion in favor of evasion/dodge and crafting. Possibly will not drag stealth/lockpicking to max level and pour more stats into crafting.

@Destroyor: Thanks for the build, I will definitely try this sort of build at this point. I did go through your faq, when I was deciding on this build it is of great use.

The game is great and all, but I feel disappointed with character builds, almost every build I see utilizes extreme min/maxing and every character is kind of forced to focus on one particular playstyle. I mean hyrbid playstyles seems to have been punished, and almost undoable, a pistoler/steathly psi, an rifle maniac who is also massively strong to bash people with melee, talkative crafter scientist with weak offense but shines with non-conventional guns, a character who utilizes all conventional guns etc. etc. seems to not exist in the game.

Maybe I am wrong, we shall see, But all in all I am glad that this game exists, it really feels somewhat like the "true" Fallout 3 that never happened.

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General / Beginner, looking for a Psi/Sniper Build

« on: July 22, 2018, 10:57:54 pm »

Hi All,

Just got into the game, made my first build, and enemies successfully wiped the floor with me in Depot A. I was aiming for a sniper/psi build but it seems that it fails miserably

My build at (lvl 7) currently is:

STR 5
DEX 3
AGI 7
CON 3
PER 9
WIL 8
INT  6

Skills (All at max)

Guns
Stealth
Thought Control
Metathermics
Psychokinesis
Lockpicking
Hacking
Persuasion

Feats:

Aimed Shot
Kneecap Shot
Interloper
Tranquility
Sprint

What I realized I am doing wrong:


- No dodge, No Evasion, Low Con, just ends up disasterous. I could have dropped persuasion and went for at least one defensive skill.

- Kneecap shot adds an unnecessary disabling component to already powerful psi cc abilities.

- 3 Psionic schools seems like an overkill.

What is to be done?

Since I am not sure what to expect from future psionic skills, I am currently at a loss regarding how to improve this build.  I will probably need to drop metathermics, and go for Locus of Control and Thought Control + Psychokinesis as primary. I will probably stop improving Psychokinesis at 45 since it is mostly for cc.

My major issue is with my skills, I am aware that some crafting will be needed since I need shields, but I have not even seen a single shield in the game, yet. And possibly need to craft custom armor.

The question is, how do I make a viable sniper/psi build? Do I invest in dodge, evasion at all, or rely on armor completely? If I rely on armor do I go with light armor or heavy armor? Which crafting skills should I invest in? And how many skill points? Or is a sniper/psi build is not viable at all?

I was expecting a falloutesque build would suffice, but I am completely baffled by the mechanics of this game, character creation gives you a lot of freedom but it seems like very restricted set of builds are actually viable.

Assistance would be greatly appreciated,   

Thanks in advance.