No Traits for Improvised Burning Stake Recruit?

[mk_thot]

Went to the Improvised Burning Stake location in Arthes to recruit the ranger there (I know, you can find them in any bar, it's just an rp thing I do) but I've noticed since the last update she no longer spawns with any traits. Is this something new, or did I just get unlucky? I've tried save-scumming from several points to see if she gets anything but to no avail. Are the other recruits you find in the world like this now?

[charles leshrac]

As far as I know she never had Traits but the value of them in Free Exploration mode (doesn't worked in Region-Locked mode) is that you can recruit them to be Level 11 whereas your regular characters can only level up up to Level 9.

[CCK]

I loaded an old save and checked, she didn't have any trait.

[Stardustfire]

guess its just rng, looking at the pile of trashskills harkert got for me in several starttrys after the trait revamp patch. before the permacarnivore patch for torus he coud end up with a lot of start traits too (not sure if they nailed him to only carni after sayed patcch, never seen him with another starttrait since than)

[mk_thot]

Originally posted by charles leshrac:

As far as I know she never had Traits but the value of them in Free Exploration mode (doesn't worked in Region-Locked mode) is that you can recruit them to be Level 11 whereas your regular characters can only level up up to Level 9.

She definitely used to, I have old saves from after I recruited her where she has traits like altruistic and ascetic. They didn't used to show up on her character sheet until after she joined your party, but there were a few (like ascetic) that you could see the bonus for in her stats.

EDIT: I know her traits weren't generated until you got close enough to the camp, because I used to save-scum at the border crossing to make sure she had decent traits for the trouble it was to get her.

[Stardustfire]

something gone terrible wrong with her and the plunderer chef you can hire in the same region, or i have a strange coincidence. both came to my group without a trait, ok, can happen, but both dont gathererd any trait at all till now, when the rest of the team picking up basic traits left and right (you know the basic ones you mercs get after a few fights with the same weapon like duellist, giant, shieldwielder, and this things) and it dont misses at opportunitys to get sayed skills for this 2.

[Teralitha]

Originally posted by mk_thot:

Originally posted by charles leshrac:

As far as I know she never had Traits but the value of them in Free Exploration mode (doesn't worked in Region-Locked mode) is that you can recruit them to be Level 11 whereas your regular characters can only level up up to Level 9.

She definitely used to, I have old saves from after I recruited her where she has traits like altruistic and ascetic. They didn't used to show up on her character sheet until after she joined your party, but there were a few (like ascetic) that you could see the bonus for in her stats.

EDIT: I know her traits weren't generated until you got close enough to the camp, because I used to save-scum at the border crossing to make sure she had decent traits for the trouble it was to get her.

Your party members can learn traits randomly, usually in combats. Thats where she got them.

[BedlamBetty]

it doesn't matter since you can generate most traits through combat and camp placement, rest interactions. The only ones that would be nice to have and you will not be able to generate are quick and nimble and a low chance of bloodthirsty generating.
The unit will still be able to easily hit over 60% crit hit prior to the 5% crit hit backstab buff and depending on the weapon you equip it with, hit just shy of 300 dex by level cap (whether you recruit her early and cap at 9 or wait to recruit at 11)

[mk_thot]

Originally posted by Teralitha:

Originally posted by mk_thot:

She definitely used to, I have old saves from after I recruited her where she has traits like altruistic and ascetic. They didn't used to show up on her character sheet until after she joined your party, but there were a few (like ascetic) that you could see the bonus for in her stats.

EDIT: I know her traits weren't generated until you got close enough to the camp, because I used to save-scum at the border crossing to make sure she had decent traits for the trouble it was to get her.

Your party members can learn traits randomly, usually in combats. Thats where she got them.

No, because my last game I specifically save-scummed to get her to spawn with ascetic. Originally, her traits just didn't show up in the list of traits, buy if she had any that buffed stats (like strong, dexterous, or ascetic) you could check her stats for them.