4 points in a skill, useful?

[Ozone]

I had 3 points in computer before becoming a Glasswalker, and I was curious if the game would allow me to go to 4 points, and it did allow it.

Now I have 4 points in computers. Is it useful, or did I waste a point?

[jmvbento]

It's as useful as any other point, i.e., it gives you +1 to Computers. I'm told the highest difficulty for a check is 5, but do take into account that you can have penalties, such as for high Rage. Only you can know if that extra point is useful to you, which depends on things like how the rest of your build is and your playstyle.

If it helps put your mind at ease, even if you DID waste a point, you get enough points throughout the game that it's very unlikely to make you go "man, this point here is making my life harder".

[Ozone]

Thanks for your answer.

The hardest difficulty is 5 ? Really ? That's a very easy check.

How does it work precisely? Is it +1 diff starting from rage 3?
Does it also accounts for how hurt you are?
Do you get the +2 diff if you have zero in a skill as well?

I'm curious because I play in storytelling mode, so I don't see the dice rolls, but I see their impact on the story. My character is obviously very good with computers, and the story keeps going back to using computers everytime my character can, which is nice.

[jmvbento]

Originally posted by Ozone:

The hardest difficulty is 5 ? Really ? That's a very easy check.

I did not look into the code, but that's the difficulty I've been told. I agree it's very easy further into the game, and I, too, find that being the top difficulty to be on the low side.

Originally posted by Ozone:

How does it work precisely? Is it +1 diff starting from rage 3?
Does it also accounts for how hurt you are?
Do you get the +2 diff if you have zero in a skill as well?

Rage penalites have changed since launch. It know it used to be Rage-1 (becuase that's what it said in the Journal). I'm TOLD that now it's half of Rage-1, round up. First Gift I took was Mirror specifically so I wouldn't have to scramble to find ways to burn Rage at the start of a mission or take a hit to my Persuasion and Intelligence and etc. checks, so I stopped caring about it really early. Sorry. XD

I don't think health damage affects skill checks, though taking damage DOES increase your Rage, which might up your Rage penalty.

I have no idea, but I presume the penalty gets rolled into the check total, so, e.g., if you had Int 3 + Comp 0, you'd end up with a total of 2 if you had a -1 penalty.

[GrandMajora]

Originally posted by Ozone:

I had 3 points in computer before becoming a Glasswalker, and I was curious if the game would allow me to go to 4 points, and it did allow it.

Now I have 4 points in computers. Is it useful, or did I waste a point?

Within the context of the setting, 5 dots in a skill / attribute means you are one of the best people in the world in that category.

Like, if you've got 5 points in Strength, Dexterity or Stamina, you should be competing in the international Oympics.

So having 4 dots in Computers would make you some kind of computer wizard.

[Ghostfriendly]

The climax of these games often isn't as hard as the beginning; miserably failing the last test and having to play the whole story again does not make for a good climax.