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Arcanum, unfortunately it's kind of wasted on the terrible-no-good combat. But I actually prefer Arcanum's technology vs. magic approach, because you can't max both. Whereas psi is op in Underrail precisely because you don't have to compromise on tech. You can be a cave wizard and a genius inventor who crafts only the best equipment. Especially since both psi and crafting benefit from high intelligence.
Yeah, but the magic in Arcanum is straightforward fantasy-based magic. There are no scientific explanations or theories like there are in Underrail. And I love Underrail's approach where even psychic powers can be further augmented with technology, as much as fantasy-based magic that can't go hand-in-hand with steampunk-based technology of Arcanum.
It's not as straighforward as other fantasy games with wizards in it. Because most of the time, magic is only about how many spells you can cram into your wizard's spellbook. The only example I can think of atm is Geneforge 2. There, you got canisters that increased your powers (and there was a sci-fi explanation for that too), but also changed you in other ways. Take too many and your character would get a drastic personality makeover.
In Underrail, the only long lasting effect from taking the pill is a cut to your hp, whether you have only a few psi points in a support skill, or are a full blown cave wizard. What I'd like to see is more consequences; if the explanation for psi is that it's genetics/biochemistry/physiology/whatever, then show it. As you progress in psi powers, maybe some meds stop working on your body, or you get unforseen side effects, or you are more susceptible to poisons etc.
You can get a combination of them, but not ALL PSI + decent investment in crafting, lockpicking, hacking, and/or stealth. My previous stealthy-PSI invested zero in Metathermics, while only invested in Psychokinesis half as much as Thought Control (which is maxed), + full crafting to get best infused cave hopper leather armor (which I only used sparingly because I love Rathound Regalia so much), best psionic headband, + best black tabi boots to maximize stealth and movement points.
In this one, not only I'm looking to maximize Metathermics, I also got Temporal Manipulation to worry about. I'm level 25 now, with finalized points invested into lockpicking and hacking, will increase them further with the help of
Lemurian Engineer Suit
and Huxkey, the rest of my points will be dumped into Electronics + Biology because I only want to craft a good psionic headband.
The thing about Tranquility is you really need to get those alpha strike chances as much as possible, and to do this you either do it from stealth or win initiative rolls. If you didn't achieve any of this, you'll at least need some form of defense like a good shield that completely absorb damages until it's your turn, or you have dodge/evasion which, as discussed, not entirely worth the investment in the long run with the exception evasion that lets you reduces AoE damage, but still won't prevent your Tranquility from being rendered obsolete because of losing a mere 1% HP.
IDK, maybe I'm still not getting used to playing with the maxed speed-up out-of-combat while in stealth. But after the nth time of losing initiative rolls/made some wrong move while in stealth and losing a mere 1% HP from whatever it is damaging me and had to compensate by consuming a health hypo to make Tranquility relevant, it became rather boring personally.
It's not as straighforward as other fantasy games with wizards in it. Because most of the time, magic is only about how many spells you can cram into your wizard's spellbook. The only example I can think of atm is Geneforge 2. There, you got canisters that increased your powers (and there was a sci-fi explanation for that too), but also changed you in other ways. Take too many and your character would get a drastic personality makeover.
In Underrail, the only long lasting effect from taking the pill is a cut to your hp, whether you have only a few psi points in a support skill, or are a full blown cave wizard. What I'd like to see is more consequences; if the explanation for psi is that it's genetics/biochemistry/physiology/whatever, then show it. As you progress in psi powers, maybe some meds stop working on your body, or you get unforseen side effects, or you are more susceptible to poisons etc.
But Arcanum DOES has wizards. A lot of them, with their own city in fact. Heck, the final boss IS a damn wizard. Haven't played Geneforge so I guess I'll see it myself.
Still, I think permanent HP penalty is a good compromise in terms of the relationship between gameplay and verisimilitude. You can even take a veteran feat that reduce your psi abilities cost with yet another further permanent HP penalty. I'd like to see more psi-related consequences, too, but if Styg wants to do that he would need to expand it further to other physiological and biological topic. For instances, using some drugs will give you an instant, albeit temporary, side effects. Adrenaline shots leave your character Fatigued, having decreased action points for a short time, while Morphine causes you to take 50% of your missing health as damage when its intended effect ends. Would you like to see something like Fallout's Addiction to Drugs mechanics applied to Underrail? I'd like to see it too, and in turn also some significant consequence to investing in psionic powers. But we can see that the game isn't just about psionic powers. There's regular combat skills, there's subterfuge, and then there's diplomacy, with as much focus on exploration. For now, I'd love to see more use for psionics in non-combat gameplay, like more use of Thought Control in conversation or to gain information from people who otherwise won't just give it away to you, ACTUAL use of Psychokinesis spells in environment like Bisson demonstrated when he helped clearing up the rock blockade from the earthquake, although we now can use spells like Electrokinesis on some volatile fuse box and obviously spells like cryokinesis/pyrokinesis on explosive barrels since ever.... but still.
it hints at the natives being the subislanders that left the underwater station during the disunion
but I still have
some of natives territory unexplored. I did committed genocide in parts of the village, though, which completely deterred anymore attacks as I explored the BSRF, Security Headquarters, Fetid Marsh, Viridescent Quarry (or what's left of it, anyway) and the underwater station all in one go. Also, it seems like there's a quest related to the natives, some thing about finding the torch or something. The graveyard is also some real spooky shit. So spooky, it scares the game's saving mechanism away
Where is that graveyard you are talking about? Also did you do the monolith part? It seemed pretty meh for all the trouble went trough sneaking past the pirates. It just gave me some vision and that was all.
LoL the graveyears is pretty meh,i was expecting to find that monolith like statue that the ferryman threw at the savage.But there was nothing in the whole graveyard,only the annoying ghosts.
What's the verdict on the katana compared to crafted machetes? I don't have any q160 stuff to check.
Katana seems to have higher average dmg of 35 and super high crit bonus (300% vs 180%), but low crit (2% vs 10% with Weaponsmith). Seems much better than gun uniques.
it hints at the natives being the subislanders that left the underwater station during the disunion
but I still have
some of natives territory unexplored. I did committed genocide in parts of the village, though, which completely deterred anymore attacks as I explored the BSRF, Security Headquarters, Fetid Marsh, Viridescent Quarry (or what's left of it, anyway) and the underwater station all in one go. Also, it seems like there's a quest related to the natives, some thing about finding the torch or something. The graveyard is also some real spooky shit. So spooky, it scares the game's saving mechanism away
Where is that graveyard you are talking about? Also did you do the monolith part? It seemed pretty meh for all the trouble went trough sneaking past the pirates. It just gave me some vision and that was all.
LoL the graveyears is pretty meh,i was expecting to find that monolith like statue that the ferryman threw at the savage.But there was nothing in the whole graveyard,only the annoying ghosts.
it hints at the natives being the subislanders that left the underwater station during the disunion
but I still have
some of natives territory unexplored. I did committed genocide in parts of the village, though, which completely deterred anymore attacks as I explored the BSRF, Security Headquarters, Fetid Marsh, Viridescent Quarry (or what's left of it, anyway) and the underwater station all in one go. Also, it seems like there's a quest related to the natives, some thing about finding the torch or something. The graveyard is also some real spooky shit. So spooky, it scares the game's saving mechanism away
Where is that graveyard you are talking about? Also did you do the monolith part? It seemed pretty meh for all the trouble went trough sneaking past the pirates. It just gave me some vision and that was all.
LoL the graveyears is pretty meh,i was expecting to find that monolith like statue that the ferryman threw at the savage.But there was nothing in the whole graveyard,only the annoying ghosts.
it hints at the natives being the subislanders that left the underwater station during the disunion
but I still have
some of natives territory unexplored. I did committed genocide in parts of the village, though, which completely deterred anymore attacks as I explored the BSRF, Security Headquarters, Fetid Marsh, Viridescent Quarry (or what's left of it, anyway) and the underwater station all in one go. Also, it seems like there's a quest related to the natives, some thing about finding the torch or something. The graveyard is also some real spooky shit. So spooky, it scares the game's saving mechanism away
Where is that graveyard you are talking about? Also did you do the monolith part? It seemed pretty meh for all the trouble went trough sneaking past the pirates. It just gave me some vision and that was all.
LoL the graveyears is pretty meh,i was expecting to find that monolith like statue that the ferryman threw at the savage.But there was nothing in the whole graveyard,only the annoying ghosts.
Yngwar or Ferryman+look at the symbol on the hammer at the big native camp. Then you need to find the (also randomized) bone crank in the graveyard and pull up the right body (the above mentioned symbol) + search the right body part (ferryman or Yngwar). With it you can kill the shadowliths in the native temple and Abyssal station, but you get nothing but 2 oddities + bragging rights.
You can get a combination of them, but not ALL PSI + decent investment in crafting, lockpicking, hacking, and/or stealth. My previous stealthy-PSI invested zero in Metathermics, while only invested in Psychokinesis half as much as Thought Control (which is maxed), + full crafting to get best infused cave hopper leather armor (which I only used sparingly because I love Rathound Regalia so much), best psionic headband, + best black tabi boots to maximize stealth and movement points.
In this one, not only I'm looking to maximize Metathermics, I also got Temporal Manipulation to worry about. I'm level 25 now, with finalized points invested into lockpicking and hacking, will increase them further with the help of
Lemurian Engineer Suit
and Huxkey, the rest of my points will be dumped into Electronics + Biology because I only want to craft a good psionic headband.
The thing about Tranquility is you really need to get those alpha strike chances as much as possible, and to do this you either do it from stealth or win initiative rolls. If you didn't achieve any of this, you'll at least need some form of defense like a good shield that completely absorb damages until it's your turn, or you have dodge/evasion which, as discussed, not entirely worth the investment in the long run with the exception evasion that lets you reduces AoE damage, but still won't prevent your Tranquility from being rendered obsolete because of losing a mere 1% HP.
IDK, maybe I'm still not getting used to playing with the maxed speed-up out-of-combat while in stealth. But after the nth time of losing initiative rolls/made some wrong move while in stealth and losing a mere 1% HP from whatever it is damaging me and had to compensate by consuming a health hypo to make Tranquility relevant, it became rather boring personally.
It's not as straighforward as other fantasy games with wizards in it. Because most of the time, magic is only about how many spells you can cram into your wizard's spellbook. The only example I can think of atm is Geneforge 2. There, you got canisters that increased your powers (and there was a sci-fi explanation for that too), but also changed you in other ways. Take too many and your character would get a drastic personality makeover.
In Underrail, the only long lasting effect from taking the pill is a cut to your hp, whether you have only a few psi points in a support skill, or are a full blown cave wizard. What I'd like to see is more consequences; if the explanation for psi is that it's genetics/biochemistry/physiology/whatever, then show it. As you progress in psi powers, maybe some meds stop working on your body, or you get unforseen side effects, or you are more susceptible to poisons etc.
But Arcanum DOES has wizards. A lot of them, with their own city in fact. Heck, the final boss IS a damn wizard. Haven't played Geneforge so I guess I'll see it myself.
Still, I think permanent HP penalty is a good compromise in terms of the relationship between gameplay and verisimilitude. You can even take a veteran feat that reduce your psi abilities cost with yet another further permanent HP penalty. I'd like to see more psi-related consequences, too, but if Styg wants to do that he would need to expand it further to other physiological and biological topic. For instances, using some drugs will give you an instant, albeit temporary, side effects. Adrenaline shots leave your character Fatigued, having decreased action points for a short time, while Morphine causes you to take 50% of your missing health as damage when its intended effect ends. Would you like to see something like Fallout's Addiction to Drugs mechanics applied to Underrail? I'd like to see it too, and in turn also some significant consequence to investing in psionic powers. But we can see that the game isn't just about psionic powers. There's regular combat skills, there's subterfuge, and then there's diplomacy, with as much focus on exploration. For now, I'd love to see more use for psionics in non-combat gameplay, like more use of Thought Control in conversation or to gain information from people who otherwise won't just give it away to you, ACTUAL use of Psychokinesis spells in environment like Bisson demonstrated when he helped clearing up the rock blockade from the earthquake, although we now can use spells like Electrokinesis on some volatile fuse box and obviously spells like cryokinesis/pyrokinesis on explosive barrels since ever.... but still.
You can get everything as PSI. With high INT + benches + Hypercerebrix you can craft q160 stuff with 80-90 skill points, the social skills you can leave at 40ish thanks to 19 WILL and still hit every check.
As Tranq, use a regen vest to top yourself off at the start of the turn. As PSI you also have mirror images, which with max TC blocks 10+ attacks.
Meant the "endboss", aka the shadowlith at the Abyssal station. I inspected the shard twice, second time it turned into the torch. It's the same thing as if you just showed it to Azif.
Adding even more power to PSI through the use of non-combat stuff is bonkers when he repeatetedly nerfs non-PSI stuff.
it hints at the natives being the subislanders that left the underwater station during the disunion
but I still have
some of natives territory unexplored. I did committed genocide in parts of the village, though, which completely deterred anymore attacks as I explored the BSRF, Security Headquarters, Fetid Marsh, Viridescent Quarry (or what's left of it, anyway) and the underwater station all in one go. Also, it seems like there's a quest related to the natives, some thing about finding the torch or something. The graveyard is also some real spooky shit. So spooky, it scares the game's saving mechanism away
Where is that graveyard you are talking about? Also did you do the monolith part? It seemed pretty meh for all the trouble went trough sneaking past the pirates. It just gave me some vision and that was all.
LoL the graveyears is pretty meh,i was expecting to find that monolith like statue that the ferryman threw at the savage.But there was nothing in the whole graveyard,only the annoying ghosts.
Yngwar or Ferryman+look at the symbol on the hammer at the big native camp. Then you need to find the (also randomized) bone crank in the graveyard and pull up the right body (the above mentioned symbol) + search the right body part (ferryman or Yngwar). With it you can kill the shadowliths in the native temple and Abyssal station, but you get nothing but 2 oddities + bragging rights.
That is retarded because you can't interact with the machine and the corpses during combat,but that thing constantly respawns. Fuck that is bullshit,can't even exam the corpse before it comes!
it hints at the natives being the subislanders that left the underwater station during the disunion
but I still have
some of natives territory unexplored. I did committed genocide in parts of the village, though, which completely deterred anymore attacks as I explored the BSRF, Security Headquarters, Fetid Marsh, Viridescent Quarry (or what's left of it, anyway) and the underwater station all in one go. Also, it seems like there's a quest related to the natives, some thing about finding the torch or something. The graveyard is also some real spooky shit. So spooky, it scares the game's saving mechanism away
Where is that graveyard you are talking about? Also did you do the monolith part? It seemed pretty meh for all the trouble went trough sneaking past the pirates. It just gave me some vision and that was all.
LoL the graveyears is pretty meh,i was expecting to find that monolith like statue that the ferryman threw at the savage.But there was nothing in the whole graveyard,only the annoying ghosts.
Yngwar or Ferryman+look at the symbol on the hammer at the big native camp. Then you need to find the (also randomized) bone crank in the graveyard and pull up the right body (the above mentioned symbol) + search the right body part (ferryman or Yngwar). With it you can kill the shadowliths in the native temple and Abyssal station, but you get nothing but 2 oddities + bragging rights.
That is retarded because you can't interact with the machine and the corpses during combat,but that thing constantly respawns. Fuck that is bullshit,can't even exam the corpse before it comes!
Yeah, tbh I don't know how that's supposed to work. I did an exploration run, got an idea of what I was supposed to do, then reloaded the hard save the game makes, and rushed through it.
I concur.
Especially after getting "mid leveled spells" nothing can touch a full psi user. Burn this, freeze that, electrocute robots, here have some force wall or doppelganger if you feel lonely.
Specialzed gear makes it even more absurd.
Yeah, tbh I don't know how that's supposed to work. I did an exploration run, got an idea of what I was supposed to do, then reloaded the hard save the game makes, and rushed through it.
the way you do (the hard way that isn't leaving the area then enabling combat then SPRINTING to the bone machine then disabling combat) is to drag the ghost to the other side of the place, then run the fuck past him as far as you can and then stealth, then probably turn the game to slomo so you can interact with the machine before he finds you
honestly finding the crank is the biggest troll in the known universe it's both painful and the fact it even exists isn't referenced ingame anywhere so you can't figure it out without meta knowledge or mass spamming of the cranks
Booted up game to try Expedition, started new char and decided on melee, buy sword and spear at start to test both, sword reduces first rat hound to 2 attack on 3 hits, spear blocks 30 damage from next 3 and kills them in 2 shots.
it hints at the natives being the subislanders that left the underwater station during the disunion
but I still have
some of natives territory unexplored. I did committed genocide in parts of the village, though, which completely deterred anymore attacks as I explored the BSRF, Security Headquarters, Fetid Marsh, Viridescent Quarry (or what's left of it, anyway) and the underwater station all in one go. Also, it seems like there's a quest related to the natives, some thing about finding the torch or something. The graveyard is also some real spooky shit. So spooky, it scares the game's saving mechanism away
Where is that graveyard you are talking about? Also did you do the monolith part? It seemed pretty meh for all the trouble went trough sneaking past the pirates. It just gave me some vision and that was all.
LoL the graveyears is pretty meh,i was expecting to find that monolith like statue that the ferryman threw at the savage.But there was nothing in the whole graveyard,only the annoying ghosts.
Yngwar or Ferryman+look at the symbol on the hammer at the big native camp. Then you need to find the (also randomized) bone crank in the graveyard and pull up the right body (the above mentioned symbol) + search the right body part (ferryman or Yngwar). With it you can kill the shadowliths in the native temple and Abyssal station, but you get nothing but 2 oddities + bragging rights.
That is retarded because you can't interact with the machine and the corpses during combat,but that thing constantly respawns. Fuck that is bullshit,can't even exam the corpse before it comes!
Yeah, tbh I don't know how that's supposed to work. I did an exploration run, got an idea of what I was supposed to do, then reloaded the hard save the game makes, and rushed through it.
Ahhh i decided to not even bother with stupidity,you have to waste an hour do that shit,forget it,i experienced most of the dlc and it is time for greener pastures.
Yeah, tbh I don't know how that's supposed to work. I did an exploration run, got an idea of what I was supposed to do, then reloaded the hard save the game makes, and rushed through it.
the way you do (the hard way that isn't leaving the area then enabling combat then SPRINTING to the bone machine then disabling combat) is to drag the ghost to the other side of the place, then run the fuck past him as far as you can and then stealth, then probably turn the game to slomo so you can interact with the machine before he finds you
honestly finding the crank is the biggest troll in the known universe it's both painful and the fact it even exists isn't referenced ingame anywhere so you can't figure it out without meta knowledge or mass spamming of the cranks
If you're PSI you can force field then exit/reenter the area, but my method above is by far the most painless.
Do you mean finding the right body or the bone crank itself? The location on the body is referenced very explicitly by Yngwar, but it's also hinted by the rune on the hammer.
The crank is pretty infuriating, since it can appear both by itself and already attached to a hoist.
I concur.
Especially after getting "mid leveled spells" nothing can touch a full psi user. Burn this, freeze that, electrocute robots, here have some force wall or doppelganger if you feel lonely.
Specialzed gear makes it even more absurd.
it hints at the natives being the subislanders that left the underwater station during the disunion
but I still have
some of natives territory unexplored. I did committed genocide in parts of the village, though, which completely deterred anymore attacks as I explored the BSRF, Security Headquarters, Fetid Marsh, Viridescent Quarry (or what's left of it, anyway) and the underwater station all in one go. Also, it seems like there's a quest related to the natives, some thing about finding the torch or something. The graveyard is also some real spooky shit. So spooky, it scares the game's saving mechanism away
Where is that graveyard you are talking about? Also did you do the monolith part? It seemed pretty meh for all the trouble went trough sneaking past the pirates. It just gave me some vision and that was all.
LoL the graveyears is pretty meh,i was expecting to find that monolith like statue that the ferryman threw at the savage.But there was nothing in the whole graveyard,only the annoying ghosts.
Yngwar or Ferryman+look at the symbol on the hammer at the big native camp. Then you need to find the (also randomized) bone crank in the graveyard and pull up the right body (the above mentioned symbol) + search the right body part (ferryman or Yngwar). With it you can kill the shadowliths in the native temple and Abyssal station, but you get nothing but 2 oddities + bragging rights.
That is retarded because you can't interact with the machine and the corpses during combat,but that thing constantly respawns. Fuck that is bullshit,can't even exam the corpse before it comes!
Yeah, tbh I don't know how that's supposed to work. I did an exploration run, got an idea of what I was supposed to do, then reloaded the hard save the game makes, and rushed through it.
Ahhh i decided to not even bother with stupidity,you have to waste an hour do that shit,forget it,i experienced most of the dlc and it is time for greener pastures.
You can do it 3 minutes, just don't waste time looting the pots and go straight for the grave. The torch is one of the coolest parts of the DLC, don't miss out.
Booted up game to try Expedition, started new char and decided on melee, buy sword and spear at start to test both, sword reduces first rat hound to 2 attack on 3 hits, spear blocks 30 damage from next 3 and kills them in 2 shots.
You mistake full PSI with assault rifle build. PSI is for sure one of the strongest builds, but especially 3 con Tranquility needs to execute well and does not allow for a lot of mistakes. Psychosis needs to balance HP well early on until you get all the necessary defensive feats and meds plus it struggles with the additional PSI cost until you find good mufflers for your band and get enough crafting for a decent PSI beetle vest. Both need to manage quite a few CDs as well as well as PSI which drains fast. Usually you are out of PSI after the first or second round even with PSI booster and your capabilities without PSI stink.
Meanwhile tin can assault rifle can yolo through the game by spamming burst.
You mistake full PSI with assault rifle build. PSI is for sure one of the strongest builds, but especially 3 con Tranquility needs to execute well and does not allow for a lot of mistakes. Psychosis needs to balance HP well early on until you get all the necessary defensive feats and meds plus it struggles with the additional PSI cost until you find good mufflers for your band and get enough crafting for a decent PSI beetle vest. Both need to manage quite a few CDs as well as well as PSI which drains fast. Usually you are out of PSI after the first or second round even with PSI booster and your capabilities without PSI stink.
Meanwhile tin can assault rifle can yolo through the game by spamming burst.
You can get everything as PSI. With high INT + benches + Hypercerebrix you can craft q160 stuff with 80-90 skill points, the social skills you can leave at 40ish thanks to 19 WILL and still hit every check.
As Tranq, use a regen vest to top yourself off at the start of the turn. As PSI you also have mirror images, which with max TC blocks 10+ attacks.
Meant the "endboss", aka the shadowlith at the Abyssal station. I inspected the shard twice, second time it turned into the torch. It's the same thing as if you just showed it to Azif.
Adding even more power to PSI through the use of non-combat stuff is bonkers when he repeatetedly nerfs non-PSI stuff.
^What Sykar said. Sure, you get to curbstomp easily by the time all the skills investments are in place, all the feats are taken and all the gears are crafted, but it takes time to get there. Meanwhile.... you can already just shoot and burst at every thing that moves even by Depot A using AR builds.
Anyway,
there's ANOTHER piece of Grey Rock, right? Is that from Abyssal Station Zero or is there another opportunity to get it? Because if it's the former, well I'm fucked unless I can return there via submarine.
Ahhh i decided to not even bother with stupidity,you have to waste an hour do that shit,forget it,i experienced most of the dlc and it is time for greener pastures.
Parabalus haven't told you yet, but you need to pay attention to the lighting in the whole grave chambers. The spirits will only come out once the lights are out, i.e if you lollygag too much in there they'll start to appear. No need to sneak while in there, because as mentioned the spirits only appears once the lights are out.
I don't really mind the graves being randomized, but yeah, the crank being either just lying around or being already in one of the hoist is just too much.
But Arcanum DOES has wizards. A lot of them, with their own city in fact. Heck, the final boss IS a damn wizard. Haven't played Geneforge so I guess I'll see it myself.
I'm not talking about whether a game has wizards and calls them "wizards" (Geneforge calls them shapers), but whether magic is just about adding new spells to your spellbook, or there is something more to it. At the end of the day, the psi abilities in Underrail are very similar to standard fantasy spells: there is ice bolt, fireball, chain lightning, fear, confusion, and now also the quivalent of slow & haste thanks to temporal.
You can get everything as PSI. With high INT + benches + Hypercerebrix you can craft q160 stuff with 80-90 skill points, the social skills you can leave at 40ish thanks to 19 WILL and still hit every check.
As Tranq, use a regen vest to top yourself off at the start of the turn. As PSI you also have mirror images, which with max TC blocks 10+ attacks.
Meant the "endboss", aka the shadowlith at the Abyssal station. I inspected the shard twice, second time it turned into the torch. It's the same thing as if you just showed it to Azif.
Adding even more power to PSI through the use of non-combat stuff is bonkers when he repeatetedly nerfs non-PSI stuff.
^What Sykar said. Sure, you get to curbstomp easily by the time all the skills investments are in place, all the feats are taken and all the gears are crafted, but it takes time to get there. Meanwhile.... you can already just shoot and burst at every thing that moves even by Depot A using AR builds.
Anyway,
there's ANOTHER piece of Grey Rock, right? Is that from Abyssal Station Zero or is there another opportunity to get it? Because if it's the former, well I'm fucked unless I can return there via submarine.
Ahhh i decided to not even bother with stupidity,you have to waste an hour do that shit,forget it,i experienced most of the dlc and it is time for greener pastures.
Parabalus haven't told you yet, but you need to pay attention to the lighting in the whole grave chambers. The spirits will only come out once the lights are out, i.e if you lollygag too much in there they'll start to appear. No need to sneak while in there, because as mentioned the spirits only appears once the lights are out.
I don't really mind the graves being randomized, but yeah, the crank being either just lying around or being already in one of the hoist is just too much.
You mistake full PSI with assault rifle build. PSI is for sure one of the strongest builds, but especially 3 con Tranquility needs to execute well and does not allow for a lot of mistakes. Psychosis needs to balance HP well early on until you get all the necessary defensive feats and meds plus it struggles with the additional PSI cost until you find good mufflers for your band and get enough crafting for a decent PSI beetle vest. Both need to manage quite a few CDs as well as well as PSI which drains fast. Usually you are out of PSI after the first or second round even with PSI booster and your capabilities without PSI stink.
Meanwhile tin can assault rifle can yolo through the game by spamming burst.
Endgame maybe, not early and mid game in tough fights against a lot of high HP enemies who can one shot you easily. Hemo is not really accessible until level 16 unless you like ditching it for LoC which I would advise against.
But Arcanum DOES has wizards. A lot of them, with their own city in fact. Heck, the final boss IS a damn wizard. Haven't played Geneforge so I guess I'll see it myself.
I'm not talking about whether a game has wizards and calls them "wizards" (Geneforge calls them shapers), but whether magic is just about adding new spells to your spellbook, or there is something more to it. At the end of the day, the psi abilities in Underrail are very similar to standard fantasy spells: there is ice bolt, fireball, chain lightning, fear, confusion, and now also the quivalent of slow & haste thanks to temporal.
That is how most Sci Fi games handle PSI though. Stuff like Force Field, Bilocation, Destabilization, Emission or Proxy are rather uncommon in fantasy settings though. What is more, how the resource is handled is also somewhat differently, a small pool with fairly decent regeneration, while most fantasy games offer a high pool with relatively low regeneration.
