I AM NEWB! (and here are my attribute/build questions)

2 posts · 2005-12-27 09:34:59 to 2005-12-28 04:13:07

#11600000647 12/27/2005 09:34:59 I AM NEWB! (and here are my attribute/build questions)

Hello there.

Looking at attributes, I noticed that you can't reset them (other than
the RSI hack coming "soon") now given that combat is going to be
revised, all of my questions may soon be irrelevent.

But here goes.

Is it worth going a balanced route? I always liked the idea of stealth
and assasin style playing (Ganking, however) but I noticed almost
everything assassinlike is from melee.

I dont particularily like melee if I can use a gun from range. Is it
theoretically possible to build some kind of sniper stealth build (and
actually be decent) or is it far better to end up just going for melee
based attributes if you are going to be an assassin from stealth.

Or is sniper the ranged "assassin"? Being so lowbie, it is hard to really see how it all pans out.

I have basically also thought of dumping the majority of my points into
belief, and then splitting the remaning points between perception and
focus for their respective goodies (RCT and MCT).

Is that a horrendous idea considering you cant reset them? Belief and
damage reduction (theoretically?) seems to be useful always, but if I
am going to mess around with both melee assassin or ranged skills, and
I cant reset attributes - is it a good idea to go mid way on both?

I guess being mid way would be able to explore other trees as well. But
it kind of bothers me that if I do go down one tree over another, I'm
not going to be as effective as I could be at any, which kind of sucks.

I'm not really interested in being a hacker or "caster" as it looks to
be - so I pretty much left out reason. I have read that vitality is
total trash and not needed as opposed to Belief. I also however read
that the benefits you get from these abilities kick in when you hit 12,
and then from multiples of 10 afterwards (12,22,32) etc. So it would be
worth getting at least 12. Right?

Wouldnt mind some assistance here. I've felt the pain of levelling up a
character with no means to fix my mistakes before, and it really sucks.

Thanks for reading this much, and a curse on whoever took my name from Anarchy Online. SMILEY

#11600000651 12/28/2005 04:13:07 Re: I AM NEWB! (and here are my attribute/build questions)

Your stats should represent what tree's you mainly use, If you just use several different trees then a balanced aproach would probably be the all round best. But if your like me, and specialise in one tree, then it's best to just pile all your points into the relevant

stat.

Assassins are very useful in a team, but on their own arent very good, unless te people they are fighting dont have evade combat. Pairing assassin with master knife thrower is also a common, and more effective way of killing. Focus adds ranged combat tactics and perception adds ranged damage, although not very much.

Martial Artists have really been hard done-by with the current system. They take too long to kill sometimes, and most people just roll out straight after being interlocked. However, their high resistence and health regen make them good "tanks" and when used correctly can be effective in pvp. I havent seen many martial arts and assassin loads, except for suplex and ki charged foot sweep. Focus is great for sneaking, but for MA (martial arts) its best to go with perception.

Sniper, when combined with expert rifleman is definately a long ranged assassin. It has moves that can hit people 30m away, it has high damage when using a sniper rifle, and can sneak around. It also has a lot of stun moves, which makes things a lot easier. Once again, focus is the way to go here.

A high belief goes a long way in any load. Belief gives damage resistence, although operative classes, as long as theyre leveled fully, have a high resistence. More importantly it gives dodge ranged, a redpills best friend, along wit Viral Deflection, wich is given by focus.

All reason is really good for is the IS regen, other than that its practically useless, and vitality gives you 10 health each level, so thats not very usefull either, seeming as health is rather easy to cap as an MA.

SO basically, its up to your own judgement, if i were you, i'd stay balanced for a while, until you know what tree you want to do, then when the reset hack comes out, put all your points into the stat that will help the most.