Slave skill tree is missing?

[Anavel Gato]

I am able to recruit a fanatic ... but theirs skill tree is next to nothing, making this unit quit stupid to keep. Should you make a Skill tree for all other unit or some kind of advantage to help us keep a recruited slave in our rooster!

[Carnwennan]

the higher level ones get powerful group wide buffs. the wrongdoers from the bandit faction give a company wide 30% crit damage buff. they have fewer but stronger abilities. the low level guys are fairly useless though, I agree.

[Grandork]

Originally posted by Carnwennan:

the higher level ones get powerful group wide buffs. the wrongdoers from the bandit faction give a company wide 30% crit damage buff. they have fewer but stronger abilities. the low level guys are fairly useless though, I agree.

Unfortunately that's the only good Human one. There's also the Pykeman from the Brotherhood group that has 20% AoE heal, but it's just not worth it.

[Dorim]

Recruited slaves are fine, they provide a harder more tactic and gear dependent playstyle to make the most of each faction's passives. If you want mercenary trees hire another mercenary

[Khalunka]

I recruited an outlaw from Tiltren area just because he was a hard-worker. 20% bonus to the profession I would sign him made me think he deserved a chance (was quite early in the game and needed people to sign jobs). Combat-Wise, yea.. 30% damage against engaged targets is cool, but he is in the group more because he is a really good cook.

[Carnwennan]

Originally posted by Grandork:

Originally posted by Carnwennan:

the higher level ones get powerful group wide buffs. the wrongdoers from the bandit faction give a company wide 30% crit damage buff. they have fewer but stronger abilities. the low level guys are fairly useless though, I agree.

Unfortunately that's the only good Human one. There's also the Pykeman from the Brotherhood group that has 20% AoE heal, but it's just not worth it.

isn't the guard faction also a decent one? auto disengage followed by attack of opportunity at the end of it's turn?

[Anavel Gato]

So, a slave will give your party passive skill? Or just a single unit?

If I have a guard and an Inquisition unit, can my party gain all the passive skill from slaves?
-If a Guard unit start its turn while being engaged, it execute an Attack of Opportunity.
-When an Inquisition unit engages an enemy, it execute an Attack of Opportunity.

[Grandork]

Originally posted by Carnwennan:

Originally posted by Grandork:

Unfortunately that's the only good Human one. There's also the Pykeman from the Brotherhood group that has 20% AoE heal, but it's just not worth it.

isn't the guard faction also a decent one? auto disengage followed by attack of opportunity at the end of it's turn?

Not really, because any other character can deal a lot more damage because of the talent tree.

There's an interesting one that gains 30% more damage per stack of Bleed/Poison/Burn. So he can deal 90% more damage. Throw in the 50% more damage Belt, but can not use skills, and he will 1 shot most units. But that requires Bleed/Poison/Burn setup for that to happen.

[Grandork]

Originally posted by Anavel Gato:

So, a slave will give your party passive skill? Or just a single unit?

If I have a guard and an Inquisition unit, can my party gain all the passive skill from slaves?
-If a Guard unit start its turn while being engaged, it execute an Attack of Opportunity.
-When an Inquisition unit engages an enemy, it execute an Attack of Opportunity.

No, that his own passive. There's only currently a single unit that can be recruited that has party wide ability. And it's part of the Outlaw faction.

[Foefaller]

Originally posted by Anavel Gato:

So, a slave will give your party passive skill? Or just a single unit?

If I have a guard and an Inquisition unit, can my party gain all the passive skill from slaves?
-If a Guard unit start its turn while being engaged, it execute an Attack of Opportunity.
-When an Inquisition unit engages an enemy, it execute an Attack of Opportunity.

No, rather each faction has a special unit with a unique ability beyond the two passives they normally get. The Wrongdoer in the Outlaw faction is one example, and arguably the best of the lot by boosting the entire party's crit damage.

But in terms of raw combat ability, they still need basic skill manuals and consumable offhands to make up for the complete lack of versatility they normally have just to be worth sending into actual combat, at in most cases that will still leave them far behind in power compared to normal merc units with their talents.

[Anavel Gato]

Then, how come Hakert, our very first - trusted, loyal Cutthroat Outlaw friend didn't have outlaw faction ability? Actually, he's more like generic ranger!. Then, lady inquisitor Aurea!

They should have given us their faction passive skill, right?

[funkmonster7]

Originally posted by Anavel Gato:

Then, how come Hakert, our very first - trusted, loyal Cutthroat Outlaw friend didn't have outlaw faction ability? Actually, he's more like generic ranger!. Then, lady inquisitor Aurea!

They should have given us their faction passive skill, right?

Because Hakert and Aureal are standalone followers "given" to us by the devs. Although I usually don't bother with them unless they have good traits. Hakert potentially can get good/bad traits, but Aureal comes with nothing... So, I've only recruited her once. And then, never again...

[Robin of Spiritwood]

The whole picture should be considered: converted Prisoners are much cheaper to pay. You may use these on camp items to produce goods for less money, or only use them( bench the regulars) on trade runs to increase your profits.

Heavy armored ones can tank for the team.