All my questions compressed into one

1) I am playing as a human thrower, with charisma for 3 followers, some persuasion, lvl 2 electrical and lvl4-5 explosive sciences in the future. In my previous game i was a dwarf electrician 3k EXP short of the tesla rod. Magnus and Virgil were just terrible.. all they did was die and pickup trash i throw away. The only useful teammate i met was the dog. So would please somebody give me a hint concerning some other followers, cause i don't feel like getting Magnus just to let him make spike traps :roll:
2) I heard a lot of people talk about Azram's star and the "decapipicator"(!?). I would like to ask if those weapons are in some super secret area or they can be simply found in ancient ruins or such
3) Thirdly, the dog just kicks ass.. too bad i dont have 3 dogs
(will post mroe questions as they arise)
Cheers.

 

i am already lvl 8, in tarant, with molotovs ripping through my enemies like a knife through hot butter (zombies and rats) . Going as a goody two-shoes again probably..
Aerial Decapitator: i don't want to cheat going there, so i tried not to look at the coordinates.. I think that even though azrams star is magical, i am not going to be a super techie (2 lvl electrical 5 lvl explosives) and at least its better than a plain serrated chakram

 

also. who can tell me what skills do i need to make a pyrotechnic bow? Chackrams suck, a good throwing weapon is an easter egg, so i think i will go as a grenade throwing bow toting maniac
PS: where approximately is Dernholm on the map? (in the area between tarant and SH, the elven forest, etc)
PPS: is virgil need to progress in the game? *looks forward to "no"*
*prepares his stun grenades and a sharp poking stick*

 

Grenades.... probably the most irritating things in the entire bloody game.

Sure, they have some cool effects, and do even cooler amounts of damage.

More's the pity that you get NO EXPERIENCE POINTS AT ALL for using the bloody things. You're not going anywhere fast if you're running around chucking grenades, my lad.

Now electricity... ahh. Sweet electricity. Feel it crackle about your fingers, speeding your dexterity, feel it's magnetism reflect away enemy attacks, feel it within your very veins as it sooths your ills and heals you, see it on your sensors as it tells you where the traps are, be empowered by it as you strike your enemies down with the most powerful weapon in the game.. Ahh, electricity.. *spreads fingers and allows you to see the blue sparks arc between them* is there any other discipline worthwhile?

oh, and you get xp for shooting people with a tesla rod/gun, or poking them with your shocking staff.

Regarding followers such as Virgil? Well, you don't need him, but he can sure help you at low levels. Having a fighting mage as a healer is a GOOD thing. Just make sure he has worthwhile armour and weapons and he'll be a VERY good freind to you.

Magnus? When is it a bad idea to have a strong-backed dwarf in your party? You can load him up with tons of stuff, and he can be your 'mule'. Armour and weapons again would be useful.

All followers are kleptomanics when it comes to junk lying around. If you don't want them to pick it up, put it in the rubbish bins, or in a chest somewhere. They won't pick it up then. Otherwise, if they do, Junk dealers are in most major cities, and pay you money for that sort of crud.

 

Don't bad mouth Magnus. You haven't seen him fully trained yet. He is a very useful companion for any tech oriented party. Magnus eventually reaches ST21 I think, which makes him an excellent melee fighter. He learns 4 schematics on Smithy and Mechanical trees, which gives you some VERY useful stuff: balanced swords (a fine melee weapon in itself, can be used for making a charged sword), feather weight axes (also a good melee weapon, can be used for making a Pyro axe, which deals more damage in a blow than any other blade in the game) and eye gear (+2 PE, 800 coins when sold to the junk dealer, can be used to make Helmet of Vision).
Other good followers: any half-ogres, any dwarves, Jayna the tech medic (she is a MUST HAVE, her drugs can give you temporary bonuses- +2 ST, +2DX, +2PE), Sebastian (a gunslinger who can also throw grenades), Waromon the lizard (give him the fastest bow you have and watch the bodies fall), Dante and Raven (good for magic oriented teams). I don't have much respect for Virgil because of his low ST, but when I play a mage, I usually keep him around for his storyline. Give him a Filament sword, I think it is the best blade he can wield.
As for grenades- I prefer Stun ones, exept when fighting those nasty creatures who damage my weapons when I hit them.

He does. Pity he can't carry stuff. Some armor for him also wouldn't hurt.

Pyro bow rules, but to make it you need a Compound bow and a Fire Obstruction. You can steal a Compound bow from the Bow Guard Captain in Dernholm, buy it in Tarant on your first day there, or build it once you buy the schematics. There is also a ready Pyro bow in the game- in the least likely place for a tech weapon to be found.

Try asking around in Shrouded Hills after talking to the guy who owns the mine and the ghost of Bessie Toon, or do the first quest for the alchemist, and he will give you a quest to Dernholm. The city itself is south-east from Shrouded Hills and south from Black Root.

 

I am back to playing a dwarf electrician again.. and i cant find the dredge (3k EXP away from the tesla rod ) :cry:
there is the room with the son of the king, an area before the royal chambers, an area with an inn, blacksmith, herbalist, etc. and the mines infested by filthy spiders.. HELP?
PS: i did not persuade the dwarfie to open the secret passage for me (charisma barely enough for 2 followers and no persuasion skill)

 

you cannot persuade the dwarfie to open the hidden passage... you get that opened from a quest... and if your at the hidden passage then your VERY close to the king, though I will not say exactly were, as that would make it too easy... :lol:

 

you cannot persuade the dwarfie to open the hidden passage... you get that opened from a quest... and if your at the hidden passage then your VERY close to the king, though I will not say exactly were, as that would make it too easy... :lol:

 

so where is the damned dredge? my shiny new tesla coil wants something to burn..
Also.. i have the chematics i found on the isle of despair (mythryl and ancient gun chassis). Is it worth to start upping gunsmithy now for tesla rfle and that boogie?

 

come out of the king's chamber, first turn to the right side of your screen. you see a dwarf in full plate guarding a passage down. Go talk to him.

 

No. Simply buy Gansmithy manuals at the Tarant University. 750 gold each, but you save your precious CPs.
Bronwyck's gun (the one you found on the Isle of Despair) is pretty good, but not better than a Tesla Rod IMHO. It is a good weapon to give your gun toting followers, as it has low MSR.
Did you notice that the Tesla Rod is a GUN? It requires Firearm skill to improve your performance with it.
Tesla gun does the highest damage of all guns in the game, but its slow and consumes 4 charges per shot. I play a "high tech" party right now, and I gave Tesla rods to Sebastian and Vollinger. But I'm not sure if I'll be making myself a Tesla gun- I only have about 3000 charges, and me using a Tesla gun will soon leave my followers low on ammo.

 

fate points.. should i save them for the "end of the game boss"?

 

While I adore the Tesla Gun, for simple and utter killpower, I do feel that for efficiency the Tesla Rod is a better weapon overall.

I mean, with both you have to use two hands, but one uses only 1 charge, and the other uses 6. That's a BIG difference for less than 6 times the power.

Still, next time I run through with an Electrician (which shouldn't be too long!) I might just run it with only my Tesla Rod, Healing Jacket, Flow Disruptor, Charged Rings, and Charged Sword (or get the charged axe off Sebastian). Basically, see if I can get through with just ready-made (found) or self-made electrical items, and not build anything from learned schematics.

I'm sure it's possible. Name me another discipline where that is remotely possible.

 

herbology

 

Agreed. Another 'Must have', at least a couple of levels in it.

Of course, the Healing Jacket takes care of a lot of problems, but herbology gives you a nice 'instant fix'.

My point was that Electrical discipline provides you with all requirements, more or less.

Body augmentation: Charged Rings
Armour: Healing Jacket, Chapeau of magnetic inversion
Melee weapons: Cattle prod
Ranged weapons: Tesla rod
Healing damage: Healing jacket

in other words, a full wardrobe of weapons, armour, and healing.

 

No. No, no no no no. Use the fate points to steal the best equipment you can find on people you meet for you and for your followers.

By using fate points you can steal:
Machined armor suits (one medium, one small)
A Small elite plate
2 large Plate armor (which you won't find anywhere else)
A Looking Glass Rifle
A Long Range Pistol
Full Arcane set of weapons and armor (swords, daggers, a bow, a shield,a helmet, medium and small robes)
A Pyrotechnic bow
The best tech shield (Tempered shield, armor class 30, DR+10, better than the Flow Disruptor and its useless MR bonus, because you almost never get attacked with magic)
The best magic shield (Screaming shield, armor class 40, DR+10)
The Sword of Baltar- one of the best magic swords around.

And there's more if you look around carefully. It is better to come to the final battle fully geared up than use your fate points to make a few critical hits.

I'm not so sure. First, Tesla gun used 4 charges per shot I think. Second, a Tesla rod does twice less damage (10-40 vs. 10-80 I believe), while having less then twice the speed (6AP per shot for the Tesla gun, 5 AP for the Tesla Rod). So, in terms of combat effectiveness, Tesla Gun is still better. However, the Tesla rod has two major advantages- it saves the ammo, and it has low MSR- a perfect weapon for gunslinger followers, except for Franklyn Payne.

Healing Jacket sucks. It consumes charges all the time as far as I could see, regardless to whether or not you are wounded. Too expensive to maintain, too weak an armor for combat.

 

i bought a smithy manual in tarant uni.. my int is 18.. The manual is a book, but when i drag it onto the "hand" button, i cannot use it.. How do i use the manual?