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Builds / Re: Energy/chem pistol build: Synergistic Glass Cannon of All Trades (with videos!)

« on: September 10, 2019, 01:10:20 am »

I have been having a MUCH better time now - largely sticking to your actual build.

You were right about agility. I don't miss sprint - or the extra MP - nearly as much as I thought I would.

Cooked shot is also ridiculously good and makes the chemical pistols infinitely more fun to use.

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I am at another crossroads - however - with regards to evasion. It seems like a worthwhile skill and the tabi/siphoner overcoat I have both add percentages to your dodge/evasion score - this bonus is currently wasted.

It looks like I could get a respectable evasion skill if I forego pickpocket (which I haven't missed - I can craft so many hypos and adrenaline shots as it is) and mercantile.

Mercantile is the big question. I hear mercantile allows you to get better crafting ingredients later on down the line. As far as the basic benefit of mercantile - better prices - it doesn't really matter. I'm swimming in stygian coins. I have 13 points in mercantile now and I'm contemplating leaving it there - marking those as a waste - and pushing towards evasion.


Any thoughts?

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Builds / Re: Energy/chem pistol build: Synergistic Glass Cannon of All Trades (with videos!)

« on: September 07, 2019, 06:04:36 pm »

Was playing a variation of this build up until level 10 (on hard difficulty) and got kinda fed up with it.

Start:

Str: 3
Dex: 10 (+2)
Agi: 6
Con: 3
Per: 8
Will: 3
Int: 7

After discussing the build options with a few others - I decided I liked the idea of more mobility and having the sprint feat, so I pulled from PER/INT. I also put a few points in Evasion.

I'm regularly getting my ass kicked and I think a lot of that is due to poor feat selection.

1. Aimed Shot
1. Sprint
2. Nimble
4. Grenadier
6. Paranoia
8. Ambush
10. Pack Rathound

I think removing one of Sprint/Nimble, Paranoia, and Pack Rathound for feats like Cooked Shot, Mad Chemist, and Opportunist would have served me better.

I also think maybe I should invest more in Traps, but Quick Tinkering has been nerfed and I'm not sure I want to invest in Psi. I'm also finding this build to have no real room for extra feats.

I'm about to re-roll a new character with some slight changes and I'm still torn on the AGI vs PER/INT debacle. Do you have any thoughts on my stat distribution? I'm concerned about a lack of early game mobility and an overall low initiative score with such low AGI. Although with how feat starved I am maybe foregoing Sprint is the right call. I'm also concerned about having absolutely no Dodge or Evasion.

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I'm also considering more of !melf's approach - which relies less on ambush and more on raw crit chance - but again, finding room for feats like Recklessness is hard work. I played around with ambush a little bit in this current playthrough and it wasn't always the easiest to set up.