Incline Age of Decadence - Tips, Tricks and Spoilers

[Technomancer]

6 10 6 4 7 7 - is it good spread for Merc?

Depends on what you want to do. Its good if you want to meta and grab free CHA training. But that early game 4 PER will hurt if you won't compensate it somehow.

 

[Ol' Willy]

Are there - I know, hororr - walkthrough? I sadly hase no time to dive in deeply.

Don't use walktroughs, it's boring. Use wiki to consult necessary checks and rewards instead

Walktroughs make sense only if you want to try completionist run for max content or to see what you have missed on your own

 

[Fenix]

I studied today that sitewith checks and such half a day...

 

[Parabalus]

6 10 6 4 7 7 - is it good spread for Merc?

For Axe I'd go with 7 8 6 8 7 4, low PER is 20 ACC difference. 12 AP will force you to use subpar armors unless/until you max crafting as well.

 

[Fenix]

Is it rather impossible to comb through first part of the game without those 20 ACC?
My plan was to get additional traning allowed for 7 Cha - it should compensate isn't it?

 

[Fenix]

Or is it also Per being rather useful for quests such as Darius Tomb etc?

 

[Fenix]

Also - does sex matter much? Only for talker, right?

 

[Parabalus]

Is it rather impossible to comb through first part of the game without those 20 ACC?
My plan was to get additional traning allowed for 7 Cha - it should compensate isn't it?

There is no training you get with CHA that compensates for it. Think the only CHA-gated combat training is from Dellar, which is +5 sword/dodge/cs.

Or is it also Per being rather useful for quests such as Darius Tomb etc?

Yes, 8 PER covers all exploration rather well.

Also - does sex matter much? Only for talker, right?

Think it influences a few impersonate checks, but that's it.

 

[Fenix]

Yeah, sadly only Dellar training.
Iwas sure there was more of it. Others are SP.

 

[Ol' Willy]

4 DEX build, unsurprisingly, properly clicks once you get power armor. +3 DEX and 9 AP make an ocean of difference. Weapon upgrade to blue steel mineb and that small axe for unspent 3AP and crits jump to around 40hp per hit

I could max damage further, with sky metal mineb, berserk potion and +3STR from Apis mode I think it will reach around 60hp on good crits, but this is at cost of much detriment to mobility and accuracy

Whirlwind is particularly enjoyable, with such high crit it could deal cumulative 100-120 per use on 4 enemies and knockdown them most of the time

al-Sahir dies on the first try in three turns. On turn 3 he was left with 1HP which is unfortunate
Widowmaker died on the first try in two turns without dealing a single HP of damage
Both robots drop down without any problems on the first try

But not all that smooth. While 5 block is still good enough, high THC enemies in swarms could still kill you quick. Good example is thieves ambush in Slums. One of them has net which means two turn skip for me. And two turns is enough to whittle down even 60hp. Solves with neurostim and killing him first

 

[Fenix]

So.
If you kill thief and gueardsman in encounter in Teron, and later if you somehow - is it possible at all - refused to pay and killed all guards sent after you - do you get into troubles with IG? that guards is from IG or Antidas? What is you workfor IG already?
Or just going to join?

Also about Cassius vs Feng - is it possible to get training from both? I mean it is, but you need 10 rep with ding-ding-dong Daratan - is it really possibru?
Also, could you try to sneak in palace, but not to the end, then just do Dellar's quest and not being crucified?
I remmeber you need for that bodycount? or some such.

 

[Technomancer]

later if you somehow - is it possible at all - refused to pay and killed all guards sent after you

Not only possible, but easy if you use bottlenecks since "battlemap" in that encounter is all of Teron. You can stand in the doors of Cado tavern for example and fight them one by one, use poison etc.

These guards are Antidas'. If you kill them off you get automatically self-expelled from Teron canceling all current Teron Main Quests. The only exception is Merchant Guild because it is the only faction that doesn't automatically transport you to Maadoran after you finish their last quest. So you can clear all Teron content and then trigger the fight without cutting off anything.

Fighter merchant seems silly but there is some support for it. Like you can trigger Cado goons and purge Teron's thieves (pretty sure Merchant path is the only way where its possible lol), in second city kill master assassin sent after you on your own etc.

 

[Technomancer]

Also, could you try to sneak in palace, but not to the end, then just do Dellar's quest and not being crucified?

Can only sneak in palace before you complete one of two Dellars quests because after that you will have full access to the lord and to your char sneaking in will no longer make sense.

You need bodycount or Persuasion 4 only if you sneaked in and killed anyone on the way. If you don't have these, you will get executed. If you didn't kill anyone you will get roughed up and tortured but spared.

 

[Fenix]

These guards are Antidas'. If you kill them off you get automatically self-expelled from Teron canceling all current Teron Main Quests. The only exception is Merchant Guild because it is the only faction that doesn't automatically transport you to Maadoran. So you can clear all Teron content and then trigger the fight.

What I forgot to ask was - whould I be allowed to return to Teron?

 

[Fenix]

What is more important - attack or defence raiting? Thinking about trainings.

 

[Parabalus]

What is more important - attack or defence raiting? Thinking about trainings.

Killing everyone with 0 defense skills is quite doable, with attack not so much.

 

[Ol' Willy]

0 def builds are definitely possible, Widowmaker for example, although ranged enemies would be a major pain

 

[Ol' Willy]

Agatoth drops on the first try with me having 10hp to spare. Used only one neurostim and was fucking around, trying to do a headshot with 26% THC. Still got through

Which is pure RNG of course, as I went restarting the fight for a good measure, doing exactly the same, he terrorized me with a 1-7 score

Reluctantly, I went back to old and proven arms hacking tactic which netted a better score of 5-3

High crit build simply doesn't work well on him since THC is very low even with maxxed skill, and he has some crazy vsCS; all the while he can deal a lot of damage very quick even without crits. Disabling his damage output is imperative

Another fight that rustled my jimmies is yet another thieves ambush in tunnels near Ganezzar. I know you can negotiate with them, but at this point, killing thieves is a habit. They win the initiative of course, throw bola to the head which is followed by two turns of non-stop assrape. The only way is to reload until bola misses

Overall, not the worst build and fun once it starts working (which happens early in Maadoran and fully online with PA). But it misses the majority of side content

 

[Fenix]

Do you get training from Cassius if you try to shoo him away? Cha 4 @
Like page sayd 10 repo and -3 after you proposed him to leave, but after I dealt with bandints I got 1 or 2 and just -1 initially/
Is data outdated?

 

[Fenix]

Logically speaking, it lloks like you can only if you join Daratan? Cause if you start like that, you only have one way to eliminate Cassius, not to intimidate him.

 

[Fenix]

Now read a bit about Cassi training on steam - as loremaster you could get them both, Feng+Cassi, so what's the point even in Mercenary background, well, aside from being rich from the first quest already? Loremaster can join IG too I guess?


PS Practical question - I'm not sure I did raiders myself even as assasin, what I need to deal with them? Probaby good chank of alchemic weapon.

 

[Technomancer]

Logically speaking, it lloks like you can only if you join Daratan? Cause if you start like that, you only have one way to eliminate Cassius, not to intimidate him.

Don't need to join, just say that you will serve the house. More rep with Etiquette check. Basically lip service.

You can get both Feng training and Cassius. Still possible with CHA4, just need to also do mine and reactive machine for extra rep.

 

[Technomancer]

what's the point even in Mercenary background

Roleplay, duh. Not everyone enjoy to meta the shit out of this game like we do.

Merc also gets early acess to Kemneby quest and training if you spot the thief and have some streetwise to exaggerate your usefulness. You also get up to 4 body count from starting quest.

 

[Fenix]

WTF is requirements for Galbo's Ring quest? Once I got alchemy check, once streewise, but already half an hour reloads I can't even replicate it. I remember it is some combined check, ffs why so overcomplicated.

 

[Technomancer]

WTF is requirements for Galbo's Ring quest? Once I got alchemy check, once streewise, but already half an hour reloads I can't even replicate it. I remember it is some combined check, ffs why so overcomplicated.

You need to be either a Loremaster or pick streetwise dialogue option when first talking with Feng and asking about the map, to kick down the price. That way he will understand you are not a dumbfuck who can be easily duped and will offer you the ring grift. Alternatively, if you were deceived and the got sold the "amulet", you need to accuse him of selling you a fake by having even higher streetwise.