[Guide] Backgrounds and Origin characters

[Schutzengel]

Hello all,

a small guide regarding useful and uselsess Backgrounds and the Origin characters.

1. Origin characters (** = very useful, * = useful, rest useless)

Yuri - male Warmonger: Ranged Damage +5% (**) + item with Ranged Damage +10% (**)
> Ranged Damage can be raised by 35% from Awareness but 5% / 10% on EVERY ranged damage type, meaning bullets, fire, energy damage etc. is priceless
> Best Origin character

Spence - female Duelist: Evasion +3% () + item with Hit Chance +5% (*)
> 3% Evasion is worthless, 5% Hit Chance is not much but for ALL weapon types
> one of the worthless Origin characters, females Origins are generally in W3

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Bronco - male Enforcer: Melee Damage +5% (*), Crit Chance +10% (*)
> 5% Melee Damage is less useful than Ranged Damage and 10% Crit Chance while being useful can be raised with Luck +20 and Intelligence +25% so compared to that not very useful
> one of the better Origin characters

Kickboy - male Locksmith: Initiative +5% () + item with Strike Rate +4% (*)
> 5% Initiative is a joke, 1st companion has 30% from Background
> 4% Strike Rate is unique since only other source is Charisma but there are likely better items during gameplay
> one of the worthless Origin characters

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Dusty - female Old Hand: Crit Resistance +5% () + item with Crit Damage +30% (*)
> only female leader
> 5% Crit Resistance is not much but the Crit Damage Bonus is meaningful
> one of the worthless Origin characters

Marie - female Ex-Merc: XP+5% () + item with Armor +3 ()
> joke bonuses
> one of the worthless Origin characters

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William - male Recluse: Combat Speed +0.2 () + item with Penetration +1 (*)
> 0.2 Combat Speed is a joke and can be raised from many other sources, Penetration +1 applies to ALL weapons but its just a 1
> one of the worthless Origin characters

Li-Tsing - female Avenger: Sneak Damage +10% () + item with Detetct time +0.2s ()
> there is a Perk that raises Sneak Damage by +200% and the Sneak Skill raises it further by +100%, 10% is a joke, same with 0.2s Detect time that a Perk raises by +3.0s and the Sneak skill by +1.0s
> most worthless Origin character

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Chris - male Connoisseur: Perception +1 () + item with Fire Resistance +25% (*)
> Perception can be raised by several means but that addedFire Resistance is very high
> one of the worthless Origin characters

Kris - granny Techie: Energy Damage +5% AND Energy Resistance +10% (**) + item with Energy Resistance +20% (*)
> 2nd best background and a useful item, however you dont start with Energy weapons or ammo or against energy using enemies
> she is a granny, if I want to play as a female character, grannys are NOT an option

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2. Custom Characters Backgounds (** = very useful, * = useful, rest useless)

nonsense backgrounds:

Bookworm: XP +5% (); joke bonus as Cha nets +30%
Desert Cat: Perception +1 (); joke bonus as Sneak nets +10
Goat Killer: Critical Chance +5% (); joke bonus as Luck / Int nets +20% / +25%
Grease Monkey: Damage vs Robots/Vehicles +10% (); joke bonus as Mechanics Skill / Perk nets +30% / +20%
Mannerite: Kiss ♥♥♥ +1 (); joke 'bonus' as basically = 1 added skill Point
Moneybags: Barter +1 (); joke 'bonus' as basically = 1 added skill Point
Mopey Poet: Evasion +5% (); almost twice what Spence (Origin char) gets and still a joke as Speed nets +33%
Sex Machine: Combat Speed +0.2; same as what William (Origin char) gets and is a joke bonus as there are many, many ways to improve that stat
The Boss: Hard ♥♥♥ +1 (); joke 'bonus' as basically = 1 added skill Point

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good backgrounds:

Disciple of the Metal: Fire Damage +15% (*); only 1 damage type and Weird Science Skill / Toaster Repair Perk nets +30% / +25%
Explodomaniac: Explosive Damage +15% (*); only 1 damage type and Explosives Skill nets +50%
Paladin: Crit Resistance +10% (*); twice what Dusty (Origin char) gets so actually makes it useful
Raider Hater: Damage vs Humans +10% (*); small bonus and only 1 enemy type but no Skill / Perk nets bonus damage vs humans
Stoner: Status Resistance +10% (*); small bonus but can only be raised by Coordination which nets +25% and compared to that it has its uses

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best bonuses:
Lethal Weapon: Melee Damage +10% (**); twice as good as what Bronco (Origin char) gets, best bonus when going melee
Vicious Avenger (**): twice as that item that William (Origin char) gets but not locked to a slot; applies to EVERYTHING, even melee and against ALL enemy types so best possible bonus

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3. Quirks

nonsense Quirks:

ALL but Poindexter

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best bonuses:

Poindexter: +1 Skill / 2 Levels

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Sincerely.