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Builds / Re: Crafting : Skill Points spreading / Leveling
« Last post by dddmemaybe on Today at 04:56:08 am »Well a quad-super steel plated metal armor with regen vest costs like 13,000 charons which is kind of brutal. On most of my tank builds, I just layer on the Nimble feat w/ 1-plate super steel and regen vest to have 50% -> 35% armor penalty only after Nimble. While importantly, still just barely accounting for proccing Juggernaut properly (yes Nimble works for that; after the Juggernaut check). You can reach that with 202 Mechanics skill if my math isn't terrible, with the mythical, quality 180 plates. You'd need a similarly high Tailoring skill for the 160 qual Regen Vest (193 like on Eidein's doc I think), as well as the ~109 or so into electronics and biology too. Movespeed gives a lot of effective durability too, so I like the boot-spring + lower armor penalty set-up.
But yea, crafting stat requirements at higher levels are really high this update, so I'd probably either go all-in (regardless of INT) or barely invest into them outside of the low-stat breakpoints you can see on the wiki, like 45 BIO (either before or after other boosts, w/e) for Focus Stims recipe is a good example for some criticals boosts. You don't need to go high Intelligence to use crafting, just don't put INT below 4 imho if you're going for higher quality end-game crafts.
For leveling crafting breaking-points, it unfortunately is dramatically different for every weapon-type and build-type both. If you want durability, use Mechanics and Tailoring (and biology ~7-14 for psi beetle carapace on a tac vest). I will sometimes skip electronics entirely for a good while, until level ~9-11 or so. The tasers and energy shields are both strong, but you can also get some low value shields outside of crafting. You can buy and find medium-power grenades without the crafting stats in chemistry. I'd recommend just going Mechanics/Tailoring in the early game if your skill points are really tight. And then later game you can fill in other skills if you have points lying around.
But yea, crafting stat requirements at higher levels are really high this update, so I'd probably either go all-in (regardless of INT) or barely invest into them outside of the low-stat breakpoints you can see on the wiki, like 45 BIO (either before or after other boosts, w/e) for Focus Stims recipe is a good example for some criticals boosts. You don't need to go high Intelligence to use crafting, just don't put INT below 4 imho if you're going for higher quality end-game crafts.
For leveling crafting breaking-points, it unfortunately is dramatically different for every weapon-type and build-type both. If you want durability, use Mechanics and Tailoring (and biology ~7-14 for psi beetle carapace on a tac vest). I will sometimes skip electronics entirely for a good while, until level ~9-11 or so. The tasers and energy shields are both strong, but you can also get some low value shields outside of crafting. You can buy and find medium-power grenades without the crafting stats in chemistry. I'd recommend just going Mechanics/Tailoring in the early game if your skill points are really tight. And then later game you can fill in other skills if you have points lying around.
), you might still be able to throw a loud grenade into the isometric "north" room corner with the metal shelves, with the double-doors closed to aggro beetles to kill Newton, and you simply wait a short moment and can report back that Newton's dead to skip the quest's finale.