Some questions of a notn-very-spoilery nature

First off, I must say that I'm somewhat confused by the decision to keep old threads from before the release of the full game around on the forum. It's possible that the questions I want to ask have already been answered here, but it's too annoying to wade through all the promising topics that end on a "You dishonest scum - you wouldn't be asking this question if you hadn't pirated the game hurrblurr etc!" note. So forgive me if I'm rehashing old topics here.

Anyway - the questions.

First of all, firearms mastery - how do I get it? I've met the firearms master but he doesn't give me anything like a quest to perform... if this quest will come along in due time, just tell me to wait, but if there's something I've missed I'd like to know now.

Secondly, technological mastery - is there a point? I've pushed my intelligence to 19 and learned all the "natural" firearms schematics there are, but most of them just seem useless. Am I misunderstanding something here, or is the looking-glass rifle really a hell of a lot better than the elephant gun, because that's the way it's been working out for me. Which brings me to the next topic - what equipment should a technologist, firerams-style guy use? I'm level 34 now, dreading the retarded level-cap, and getting my ass handed to me on a platter by the Seething Masses in the black mt. clan cave or whatever that place is called. Two hits and my armor's broken, two more and I'm dead. Meanwhile I can squeeze off three shots a round, with 75% accuracy, doing 10 damage per hit. Not enough to save my ass. Virgil's useless, and I don't want other followers. Solution?

 

hmm im lev 32 now and have a lot of questions to..
ok i try to give some anwers
at first you must be an expert in fire arms (talk to the veteran in black root and listen to his storys he will train you then )
then go back to ashbury talk to him
you have task him twice to train you
than a gnomke or halfling something like that will come and give you a letter tell the firearms master about the letter and force him to train you if you rescue the wife of the small man
then go to the "scheune"
(i dont know what the english translation is)
kill the 8 guys before they kill the women
(theyre hard to beat all tech and good in fire arms)

go back to the master he will trai you then

i m an helf elf female and master with firearms
i put some points in gunsmithy but i go only till repeater riffle (i think start now going futher on this)
and the best thing i ever found was my selfmadefine revolver he makes 2-12 dam and has a speed of 17 and gives
+5 to something i dont know (damed acronymes)
i ve perception on 19 and dex on 11,12,13 something like that
so i ve a chance to hit 120%
and im now at t'seng ang
(the home of the drows) my followers are torian kel virigil and sebastian

i wear a thief amor

i think you waste too mutch points in thinks.. i dont know
when i arrived at the black mountain clan
i was arround lev 25 and if i had enought bullets i would have cleared alone without the help of my followers so what ever you have done you have something wrong im only
lev 32 but i ve no problems killing things on lev 40 or higher...


hope thats helps you a bit

 

well first off as a gunaman you need loads of bullets, taht cost alot get the schematic bullets. Then the gun that is really worth anything is the accelered rifle really you need to look at the shops for some schematics. you need to kill the golems and other slow baddies in realtime gain some range and blast, when they get too close escape to safe range and blst again. As I said loads of bullets. And they your companions to wait somehere so they don't get in your way