I was already annoyed to a great degree by repair mechanics while using it.
I agree. It is time to give ARs a "long term resource" that requires a specific but rather common consumable to replenish, but cannot be replenished in the middle of a fight, in addition to the "short term resource" that is used on a regular basis in combat. It is also time to severly limit their ability to do everything from dealing damage through tanking to crowd control all at the same time with no other support skills/feats/equipment required to fill the other roles. They should also require at least slight investment in a stat other than their primary one to get the most out of them, lets say something around 7 at least, maybe 8.
You're right, I was wrong.
You mean ARs need a secondary skill to make up for their inabilty to do anything other than deal damage, which they are admittedly good at? That sounds a lot like old psi to me, for sure.
Wait a second, last I checked psychosis builds didn't actually need SI at all, because for a lot of them psychosis was merely an uncomfortable requirement for mania. Wait another, last time I checked 100% of builds aiming for max crit chance wanted 9 con for SI. Even, you guessed it, ARs!
Oh wait what is that, you do not need to max WIL for psi to deal ridiculous damage and easier time pumping other stats? Wait you cannot dump STR below 7 because of Full Auto? But yeah ARs "only need one stat but psi needs more DERP!"Oh wait what is that, you do not need max PER for AR to deal ridiculous damage and have an easy time to pump other stats? Wait you cannot dump Int below 6 because of Premed? But yeah PSI "only need one stat but AR needs more DERP!"
Having to replenish the long term resource to change psi loadouts is indeed one difference between it and ARs. I propose a compromise that also takes care of the other difference - psi now doesn't have to smoke weed to change loadouts, but it now has to buy/craft very expenisve and very rare "green boosters" and use them each time they want to do anything to armor and somewhat common and somewhat expensive "red boosters" if they wish to deal more damage to unarmored enemies. I am sure if this was an actual change to psi you wouldn't be crying like you do now.
Damn, it's no longer optimal for all psi builds to be pure psi builds with 4 schools? Psi now has to make choices between going from anywhere between 1 to 4 schools? Choosing support skills and actually has the concept of "opportunity cost" applied to it? That's terrible!
I can tell you have a lot of experience playing with the new psi system, since you managed to somehow obtain 1500 reserves to require full 10 seconds of smoking weed. This makes me trust your judgment on this new system even more.
You're right, I was wrong.
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You mean ARs need a secondary skill to make up for their inabilty to do anything other than deal damage, which they are admittedly good at? That sounds a lot like old psi to me, for sure.
Wait a second, last I checked psychosis builds didn't actually need SI at all, because for a lot of them psychosis was merely an uncomfortable requirement for mania. Wait another, last time I checked 100% of builds aiming for max crit chance wanted 9 con for SI. Even, you guessed it, ARs!
Oh wait what is that, you do not need to max WIL for psi to deal ridiculous damage and easier time pumping other stats? Wait you cannot dump STR below 7 because of Full Auto? But yeah ARs "only need one stat but psi needs more DERP!"Oh wait what is that, you do not need max PER for AR to deal ridiculous damage and have an easy time to pump other stats? Wait you cannot dump Int below 6 because of Premed? But yeah PSI "only need one stat but AR needs more DERP!"
Having to replenish the long term resource to change psi loadouts is indeed one difference between it and ARs. I propose a compromise that also takes care of the other difference - psi now doesn't have to smoke weed to change loadouts, but it now has to buy/craft very expenisve and very rare "green boosters" and use them each time they want to do anything to armor and somewhat common and somewhat expensive "red boosters" if they wish to deal more damage to unarmored enemies. I am sure if this was an actual change to psi you wouldn't be crying like you do now.
Damn, it's no longer optimal for all psi builds to be pure psi builds with 4 schools? Psi now has to make choices between going from anywhere between 1 to 4 schools? Choosing support skills and actually has the concept of "opportunity cost" applied to it? That's terrible!
I can tell you have a lot of experience playing with the new psi system, since you managed to somehow obtain 1500 reserves to require full 10 seconds of smoking weed. This makes me trust your judgment on this new system even more.
Sounds like a good deal if guns also get the infinite durability that psi gets. Needing to spam repair kits on burst guns is fucking terrible.
Actually I just hate durability and wanted to take this opportunity to bitch about it, thanks.
PSP is really useful against snipers, crossbowmen, laser guys and various spitters. I was storming native beaches on a junk jet solely because of PSP: put it on, get close, it tanks crossbows and turrets while I cull more and more natives. Overall, against natives PSP was a godsend. It was extremely useful in DC Labyrinth against worms where I just tanked their spits while having ~100 HP in total.
I like disruptive just because it saved me from jet eater auto critting me to death with ambush.
You seem to have an extremaly shallow view on tanking. What's next, metal armor sucks for tanking because it's only really good vs. mech? Stoicism sucks because it doesn't work at full HP? Have you ever actually played a tank?
Any that has points in dodge/evasion in TM? Do you think there's some catalog of approved builds we are all choosing from, rather than making them ourselves?
At Holloway's desk? The place you can get to as soon as you leave Depot A? With no combat at all if you really want to?
Yes, that's what you used to do. With old psi. That's the point. It's almost impressive how hard you can miss the point.
You really must have a catalog of builds. You genuinely seem to believe that "AR build" must mean "wearing metal armor all the time". I am in awe. There's not a single build that actually needs SI, by the way. There's no "need" for anything, as basically everything is viable.
A non-solution that still leaves 4 school psi as the only psi build worth playing. Thankfully you're not a dev.
Yes, you need all the advice. You don't know how the inhalers work. You don't know what the niche abilities you supposedly like so much even do. You don't know where the mentors are. You don't even seem to understand builds and game mechanics beyond reading about them online. You are missing the point half the time. Frankly, I'm not even sure if you are actually playing this game at all, I only ever see you cry about things that you don't understand. I bet you can't even name the feat that actually does make ARs OP and how it makes them OP.
It started out really cheap in EA. The price was only bumped a little bit on release. One reason might be that living costs in Serbia are relatively small compared to something like US. Another could be to hope it sells more copies that way and it turns more profit in overall. Or Stygian is just nice like that.
I appreciate your feedback, even though I already knew that. I also appreciate the irony of calling one of the best defensive spells in D&D and one of the reasons fighter/mages are better fighters than single class fighters in 2e (just like psi cans are better cans than pure cans in Underrail) not tanking. It is good to know your tendency to have no idea what you're talking about extends to other games as well.
