Wasteland Wasteland 2 Thread - Director's Cut

[Anthony Davis]

Just go back to Citadel and buy some decent weapons. I understood that, when i saw badgers with 225 hp and was still doing 10ish dmg on everyone.
After spending the cash my team could kill any RSM with 2 assault rifle hits or 1 sniper + 1 pistol hits. And.. use a grenade occasionally.

I used my mangler on a group of 4 of them for 100 damage each, that worked well. I used up my pipe bombs and dynamite on the group of 5 right before the group of 6 - lol.

 

[Whisky]

Scotchmo is a bro.

And damn, selling shit for an M16 was the best deal I made. It is one killer weapon.

 

[Brother None]

I'm sorry if it sounded like I was complaining - I'm not. In the old days, this was how I played every RPG too.

It didn't, was just sharing my thoughts too

 

[Johannes]

The new title is false advertisement, unless you're a grog.

Lol, so now grog means basically anyone who disagrees with you? People liking this shit and people dissing Sawyers bland design hardly are the same crowd.


But yeah, title should be at the very least changed to "Yes, it's GUD".

 

[Roguey]

Lol, so now grog means basically anyone who disagrees with you? People liking this shit and people dissing Sawyers bland design hardly are the same crowd.

Please pay attention to what I say. Wasteland 2's attribute and skill design are grog as hell.

 

[grotsnik]

Corrain Cain would be my favourite companion so far (he's a radioactive monk! With a groovy name!) if he didn't have Coordination 3. Dude's a melee fighter and can barely get in a hit a turn. And at level 20, he isn't going to be improving on it any time soon...

I'm just not sure I can bring myself to get rid of him.

 

[Cyberarmy]

I dismissed that hobo as soon as I found his stash. Could have kept him for the lulz but I already got 1 shotgun hobo in my party...
Titan Canyon was really a good map. Large with lots of things to do. I wonder what would happen if I's choose to help DBM.

BTW about Angela.

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Is she coming back anyhow? Holding my survivalist and weapon maker back in case of her return

 

[Eyeball]

Hated Scotchmo. Stereotypical drunken fuck with a shotgun and poor skills in lockpicking and safecracking I already had. Rose is the most useful hireling for me so far since her surgery and computing skills are excellent and her 10 intelligence means she can max out all her skills very quickly. Angela Deth can solo most of the early game if you hand her an M16, but she's kind of a noobhelper character and thus doesn't really count.

 

[Lemming42]

On the topic of NPC companions, Ralphy is god. He hits for like 130 damage with Rebar knuckles.

I wonder what would happen if I's choose to help DBM.

I'd be surprised if most people join the DBM. I was intending to, but after the treatment you get at their base

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especially shooting your monk guide

I just shot everyone at the entrance and told the Monks about their HQ.

 

[Schizophrenic monolog]

Started over the game today to create all 4 rangers with 8 INT.
Best decision so far!
Every new level i get extra 4 points to skills!

Now I finally can play without second thoughts about my rangers.
I want to fuck this game and have little baby wastelands!
I'm in love!!!

 

[Diablo169]

I want to fuck this game and have little baby wastelands!
I'm in love!!!

That's a box worthy review quote if I ever saw one.

 

[cvv]

Ok, QA time. Dat damn turtle.

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I helped it out and out of curiosity start following it. But I got distracted and lost it. And now my bud is telling me she leads me to a secret spot. Was running around the whole Nomad map but can't find it. So where's it?

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It disappears (digs itself into the ground I think?) when it reaches the spot, so you kinda have to follow it, though I believe you can find the spot without him as well

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Yep, I know it's possible to find it without following it...the point is I can't find it :D

Btw Scotchmo is hilarious :D

 

[Elthosian]

...

Hey sea, does the asian guy you recruit at Levelupe have any kind of quest? Want to dismiss him to get Ralphy but whenever I talk to him again he gets buggeds and says I killed the miners :/

 

[Dustin542]

Ok, QA time. Dat damn turtle.

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I helped it out and out of curiosity start following it. But I got distracted and lost it. And now my bud is telling me she leads me to a secret spot. Was running around the whole Nomad map but can't find it. So where's it?

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It disappears (digs itself into the ground I think?) when it reaches the spot, so you kinda have to follow it, though I believe you can find the spot without him as well

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Yep, I know it's possible to find it without following it...the point is I can't find it :D

Btw Scotchmo is hilarious :D

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Furthest side of the near riverbank that's not infested with enemies. Closer to the entrance of the map.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

The combat is tough and ammo is scarce. I'm actually thinking "Not again" when combat starts, just like in Shadowrun Returns.

 

[kain30]

oh my god, i´m the worst negotiator ever LOL

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the topekans killed the atchisons in rail nomads camp. so... no more trains for arizona wasteland. my bad ^^U

 

[mutonizer]

Anyone else feeling a..hmm..disconnect, or change once you reach the "new area" that wasn't available in beta? Haven't gone too far into it yet but it felt odd somehow, foreign compared to the first part.

Also, does ammo really weight that much? Barely carrying anything but ammo and my weaklings are closing overweight status.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

I find junk is pretty heavy and I have to spread it around amongst my team if I've been in an area for a long time (like the Ag Center).

I didn't play beta so I can't speak for the new area.

Right now I'm looking for the influence of Chris Avellone. The writing is good but there isn't much of it. So far it feels like Shadowrun Returns with more lockpicking/traps/safes. Really want in depth conversations and a bit less combat.

 

[Volourn]

Youa ren't gonna get depth using a 'code word' system. The convo system is still solid though.

I also notice the game has the lame heal you to max when you level up method. At least it doesn't auto heal injuries like concussions which I actually love btw.

 

[mutonizer]

What's a "Chris Avellone" influence by the way?

 

[Zed]

I find junk is pretty heavy and I have to spread it around amongst my team if I've been in an area for a long time (like the Ag Center).

I didn't play beta so I can't speak for the new area.

Right now I'm looking for the influence of Chris Avellone. The writing is good but there isn't much of it. So far it feels like Shadowrun Returns with more lockpicking/traps/safes. Really want in depth conversations and a bit less combat.

wasn't the ag center avellone's work?
IMO the worst part of the game.

 

[Volourn]

It magically makes the writing better. Avellone +5 > Avellone +2

 

[Infinitron]

I suspect you're more likely to find Thomas Beekers and Eric Schwarz influence in Wasteland 2 than Chris Avellone. Although I suppose he may have had an input on the game's overall plot.

 

[toro]

Curious builds people have posted for their parties.

There were a few rules of thumb I had for my beta group.
- 8 intelligence for everyone. With the amount if levels you get, 4 skill points per level is pretty huge
- Cha, Luck (and usually either Per or Str) as dump stats. Since they aren't linked to skills, you only need one party member with one of them high
- other stats (especially coordination) raised to levels where they give an additional action point or two. No one in my group started with less than 9 AP
- pooled skills on everyone. That's barter and outdoorsman. After rank 4 they become a lot more expensive to raise, so I'd rather spread them out.
- weapons with different ammo types for everyone to make it last longer. You get an assault rifle npc right out of the gate and either a sniper or a shotgun user shortly after. I went with (sniper/shotgun), smg, heavy weapon+melee, energy.

That was a feature ... error ... a bug. Charisma and Luck are now character based. Already tested this.

 

[mutonizer]

I suspect you're more likely to find Thomas Beekers and Eric Schwarz influence in Wasteland 2 than Chris Avellone. Although I suppose he may have had an input on the game's overall plot.

Probably will be some kind of "surprise!" or something but so far you could simply copy paste verbatim Wasteland 1 synopsis, rest being side quests

edit: ok, not verbatim, you'd need to edit time and places, my bad.