Spoiler - Ulfar

[Commander & Chief B.O.G]

So I have this errand Fury In Chains to free the Space Marine from Act 3.
But I think I screwed up ?
The quest failed when I entered the final arena battle.
I have had no option to free him from the cage when I talk to the guy that keeps him locked up.
Did I basically miss my chance to recruit him ?

[Schlumpsha]

You missed it, yeah. You had to barter with the guy to get the key to the Space Marine's cage before the final arena battle. In my case Yrliet offered to get pierced by a syringe as 'payment' for an favour. That favour then I used to get the key.

[Sotanaht]

You aren't really missing anything, at least stat-wise. He's inferior to Argenta in pretty much every way, primarily because he cannot equip boots, gloves, helmets, or non-space marine-specific capes. Meanwhile my Argenta has a helmet that boosts damage based on rate of fire, gloves that add flat damage based on agility, and boots that add movement based on hitting enemies. With a weapon with base ROF of 12, you're gonna get a lot of extra movement and that agi damage is going to add up fast.

Ulfar's unique features are equipping space marine specific equipment (the armor is kind of good, but it would be better on a melee character), and being very hard to kill (if his wounds reach 0, he becomes inactive for 2 rounds and then comes back with 50% once, plus death world traits). Plus taking up 4 squares for better or worse.

Story wise... well my game stopped progressing after chapter 3, so I don't know.

[Commander & Chief B.O.G]

I see, thanks for the replies. I hopefully have an older save where I can still offer something to the master gimp in exchange for a key to Ulfar's cell.

[Wazzock]

Also, when you get him, don't forget to pick up his equipment. It's in a box right next to him but I somehow missed it :)

[Commander & Chief B.O.G]

Yeah I went back to get him.

So far he's quite underwhelming, his special ability go for the throat also doesn't work.
The storm bolter(1 handed weapon) he has can't be used in close range without the close combat perk which is odd.

[Khaof]

Originally posted by Commander & Chief B.O.G:

Yeah I went back to get him.

So far he's quite underwhelming, his special ability go for the throat also doesn't work.
The storm bolter(1 handed weapon) he has can't be used in close range without the close combat perk which is odd.

Because you equip the Bolter in the right hand and the knife in the left when you can equip him a weapon in the right hand you can shoot melee :)

[watcherzero]

Main difference with Ulaf is his bolter burst attack is 2 cell wide vs non-astartes bolters being 1 cell wide and he gets a talent that gives him 20% of his HP as strength, overall game seems to be setting him up to be more of a melee than a shooter but his charge doesnt work most of the time, even running up to the target and doing no damage or he paths a totally different route around the map then is highlighted in his move preview and runs out of movement points.

In the Beta he had this really cool unique enrage that everytime he killed an enemy it reset his action points and movement so he could run around the map just killing everything but he seems to have lost that at release.