Second playthrough stats

[robert.steven.marshall]

I was going to play the first time with a warped heavily one-sided statwise character but went for 3-3-3-3 because I really had no idea what to put my points in. I'd like to play again but this time with maximum points in something and 1 in others. What would ppl recommend in terms of playing out different/fun and why? Cheers

[Du-Vu]

What were the main skills you used most in your first playthrough? Because I'd say choose the setup that gets you the furthest away from that.

[robert.steven.marshall]

Well I know I ended with high conceptualization, empathy, volition, decent endurance and inland empire and I started with interfacing (but I felt it did almost nothing for me). But in general I often chose thoughts or improved my lowest stat or whatever would reopen a white check I wanted to redo (empathy and conceptualization was for this reason, endurance and volition was because I was worried I might die after I died once).

[Du-Vu]

Interfacing only really gets useful if it's quite high, 8+ or so. Most of the skills are sort of the same.

2 or 3 Health/Morale should be enough for most games. Not sure if there's many passive Volition/Endurance checks you wouldn't fail anyway if they were that low. I think they kind of expected that most people would drop at least a couple points into their HP.

What do you want to play? It seems like Psyche was what you used the most, based on your skills, so you could dump that, maybe (just be aware you'll need to be pretty careful about any kind of negative interactions at first, having that conversation in another thread). Maybe focus on Physique or Motorics? I'd say not both, it's still more interesting to have one mental stat and one physical one so they fight more, but totally up to you. Having high Electrochemistry can be fun. Did you talk to your necktie during your first game? Did you get the long conversation with the phasmid? Was your Shivers high enough to hear the wind speaking to you?

Did you succeed at many Rhetoric or Visual Calculus checks? You could go for more of a logical, perceptive character instead of the more sensitive, insightful character it sounds like you had the first time.

And of course there's something to be said for just punching and shooting and shouting everyone down with Physical Instrument, Hand/Eye Coordination, and Authority.

[robert.steven.marshall]

I've just remembered I had high perception as well, physique might have been what I used least possibly. I did do the plasmid bit. My favorite bit did involving punching as well. Thanks for the ideas.