Opportunity attacks and machine spirit

[Proselytizer]

Was wondering if anyone knew how exactly how the opportunity attacks interact with the machine spirit mechanic?

I know that they dont use it up, but do they:
- charge it up?
- benefit from the damage boost/effect? (not sure if i misremembered, but saw a servitor hit a physical armoured warrior for damage)

[Daedalus Cain]

Opportunity attacks don't interact with Machine Spirit at all. They used to, but that was patched out. They seem to inconsistently benefit from damage boosts from machine spirit, but stuff like armour stripping on a power axe don't work, don't charge it up, and don't expend it.

[Tomohiko(A欄既卒.JP)]

Btw, Acid by Xenarite Axe WORKS on Opportunity attacks.
That is why i love Xenarite Axe.

[Daedalus Cain]

That's because the acid effect from the Xenarite stuff isn't a Machine Spirit effect, it's on all hits.

The mechanics are inconsistent in a lot of areas - the Power Axes and Xenarite Axes each cost 1 CP to attack with them, but the Omnissian Axes don't... but none of them cost CP to make opportunity attacks. Also, the acid effect from Xenarite stuff doesn't stack, so even if you hit a target with an acid weapon, then an acid mechadendrite, and xen axe, then get an opportunity attack with a xen axe... the target only suffers 1 acid damage/turn even though it should have 4 stacks on it. Once you're maybe a third of the way through the game, the acid damage from Xenarite stuff is basically a non-factor because targets die too fast for the 1 point hits to matter. Most of the Xenarite weapons are actually overpriced in CP for this reason - 1 acid damage/turn isn't worth 1 CP except in the earliest missions.

[Tomohiko(A欄既卒.JP)]

Very true.
and it Kill the tempo in combat.
You need to watch the "acid dmg effect" for 1 dmg...
is there any tweak or config file to quicken the effect/cut scene ?

[Daedalus Cain]

Sadly no. No functional mods for the game at all.
Closest we have is hacking the save files, but that only changes resources, nothing else.
So at least there's a sorta-newgame+ option
https://steamcommunity.com/app/673880/discussions/0/3272435584423459493/