Help I keep Dying

[Thalandor]

Any tips for starting out and having a better chance to live. NPC's only seem to attack me not my partner. They hit me a lot more than I hit them. Should I go for max people in my group. What should I put points into at start to help me survive long enough to start to gain exp?

[Thalandor]

I have read some of the general tips and guides etc but they are very general in nature and so far not super helpful. I just want to get my foot in the door to have chance to get better without dying each time.

[Pink Eye]

Heya! Could you post your character build so we can see what kind of character you're using. Otherwise it will be hard to identify what issues you're having. If you're building a non combat character you should avoid combat. If you're building a combat character tell me what encounter you're stuck on. I'll try to help!

[Thalandor]

I am such an old fart. How to post my character build....and Is there a way to avoid combat entirely in this game?

[Pladio]

Hey Thalendor. I would suggest for your first build to either go straight talker - just focus on speech skills. OR go only for combat skills.

The way the game works is that it is very hard to play a hybrid character without understanding the intricacies of all the game's mechanics.

If you want to go for combat, you should decide on the type of weapon you want to build and build around that.

For example, if you're interested in SMGs, then make sure you start your build by increasing your SMG skill to 2 and tagging that skill. You can then also do something like this to try out (it's not optimal, but should allow you to get to grips with combat better.

STR 4
CON 6
DEX 8
PER 10
INT 6
CHA 6

Select Dodge This as your first feat and Tag Evasion as second skill and increase Evasion, Crit Strike and Armour as your other skills.

With this you should be able to easily kill the first fight in the Courthouse. Try it out.
But first speak to your neighbour to get some lockpicking training and use it to open the chest behind the apartment to get slightly better armour.

Once you get to Level 2 select Gunfighter as your second feat.

Let me know how it goes and I'll provider further tips tomorrow.

[Pladio]

Originally posted by Thalandor:

I am such an old fart. How to post my character build....and Is there a way to avoid combat entirely in this game?

Sorry, I was writing when I saw this. If you want to post your build you can press F12 to take a screenshot and then on Steam go to Screenshots in the View tab and select the link to copy/paste.


Regarding non-combat build, yes, the whole game can be done without fighting. Although you may not be able to complete some side quests.

If you want to do that then the following build can work easily:

STR 4
CON 4
DEX 4
PER 8
INT 10
CHA 10

Tag all Streetwise and Persuasion and Computer and Electronics Skills
Put 1 point in each of them. You should then be able to start the game off next to your apartment and convince the thugs to leave you alone.

[Thalandor]

Thanks I will give all of these a try out 8)

[skaudus]

Originally posted by Thalandor:

Thanks I will give all of these a try out 8)

Also, for the fully non-combat build, I'd recommend picking Mastermind as your starter feat, to help mitigate any backpedaling due to check failures. You will always have as much skill XP as you'll ever need.

[Thalandor]

Ok won couple of battles in courthouse..have Evan as well...but frogs keeps killing me. Is there a trick to killing them at an early level?

[skaudus]

Originally posted by Thalandor:

Ok won couple of battles in courthouse..have Evan as well...but frogs keeps killing me. Is there a trick to killing them at an early level?

You can use Evans to tank them, especially if you have good leg armour on him, or a shield. Simply put your tank person in front and the frogs will 95% attack them.

Gas masks are also important for spitters, since they prevent quite a lot of damage in the long run. Try focusing fire and killing one frog at a time as quickly as you can. Use faster attacks, since they have very low DR, but high evasion.

[Pladio]

Originally posted by Thalandor:

Ok won couple of battles in courthouse..have Evan as well...but frogs keeps killing me. Is there a trick to killing them at an early level?

Have you tried getting other companions yet ? One of them in particular - is good at tanking frogs. Have you tried doing other quests ? If you go to the outskirts, there's a relatively easy battle against two thugs harassing someone named Hank.

[Thalandor]

I have Evan but have not found any other companions yet. Hoping to. Did try to kill thugs by Hank but not successful. I snuck by frogs and now they are gone so cant try to kill them now., MIght have to start over

[Pladio]

Originally posted by Thalandor:

I have Evan but have not found any other companions yet. Hoping to. Did try to kill thugs by Hank but not successful. I snuck by frogs and now they are gone so cant try to kill them now., MIght have to start over

Try using grenades to help you out in fights. Make use of aggro stims.

You can find Jed by going to the end of camp town. Not far from container marked E7

[Thalandor]

Found Jed. Party of 3 now found Faythe and completed the mission with her. I wanted her in my group instead of Evans but did not know how find her again if I dump him. She said you know where to find me but I don't

[Vince]

Originally posted by Thalandor:

Found Jed. Party of 3 now found Faythe and completed the mission with her. I wanted her in my group instead of Evans but did not know how find her again if I dump him. She said you know where to find me but I don't

The bar where you met with Tanner.

[Thalandor]

Thanks. If you dismiss a character can you get them back again or switch them around?