If things got tough, I carried 3 level 5 and 6 fetishes to summon nasty elementals. I had 2 conjuring spells to summon a lightning AoE field that did damage and reduced enemy AP and a fire AoE field that did straight damage. I sported a +2 AP and a +3 AP spell that allowed me to do a lot on a turn. I chose Bear totem and had the heal spell too so it was easy to recover if my team took any damage. The rifle allowed me to easily take out threats at distance and the shotgun in burst mode on overwatch annihilated any coming through doors or attacking up close on their turn. Those combined with an AP of 4 or 5, headshot, full auto, aimed shot, burst fire, and other weapon skills allowed me to pretty much wipe the floor with my enemies. I was sporting a 20 damage Enfield AS-7 shotgun with burst fire, and 16 damage Ares Alpha assault rifle. It's best to specialize in the areas you want to focus on or that your class specializes in rather than spreading points everywhere. It's important to put some points in body so that you can take some hits. Did not realize that.Īnyway, yeah, there's one dwarf mage that I'd always hire, I forget his name but he's pretty distinct. You use your equipment by clicking the little backpack icon in the bottom right. The exception is if you pick something up off the ground in mission, then you can assign it to an equipment slot. Anything you leave in your stash stays there. You get six "equipment" slots that you assign at the start of the mission. However, if you hire a mage with "haste" for your runs, that'll scratch the action point itch a little bit. You don't get more action points via stats - however, you will go up to 3 in a scripted event about halfway through the game. Maybe throw some Dodge/Body in there to avoid getting killed all the time. Now that you've picked SMGs, don't screw around with other weapon types, just focus on Quickness -> Firearms -> SMGs.
I've never used SMGs myself, but any weapon can be good as long as you focus on it.
How do I hotlink medkits to use in combat? What do I increase in my stats to get more action points?
I randomly chose to concentrate on SMG due to burst fire. I didn't think Id care but it seems I got used to spoken stuff and miss it in this game. I wish th characters had voiced text though in this day and age. A lot like the 2 old Genesis and SNES versions with combat like Fallout. Im just leaving The Chop Shop but so far its just what I was hoping it would be. I gave up on modding it.really wanted some portraits but they locked up the game.