deathknight1728
Feb 11, 2013
I thought I'd make a character thread basically on my current char-Joshua Nelson, who uses these skills-2 to pistols, 1 to armor, and 1 to lockpick. I find that this char might lack defense from not putting points into evasion but as my character is a soldier, he gets good health anyway. While putting 1 point into your weapon class is useful, extra points really rack up the extra damage as you dont have to worry about hitting as you stay in aimed mode most of the time. Also, high damage boosts make for deadly critical hits when you do get them.
Im gonna try a scout build after this characater class is done. So far its a lot of fun. Has anyone else had any cool builds that were overpowered. I'd like to hear them as Im still a newbie
jack1974
Feb 11, 2013
If this can help, here's the items database (I used a spreadsheet for that game):
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the legend is on top of the columns, I think should be clear enough
deathknight1728
Feb 13, 2013
I just cant seem to get into which skills to use. I wanted to use 2 points into light weapons for my soldier with 1 point into armor and 1 into lockpicking. I found that 2 points into pistols (light) is a waste as you only get a bonus to damage from every 30-50 points.
Is there any bonus to the main character for noncombat skills where you are forced to fight alone later in the game. I want to make joshua nelson a soldier that is powerful by himself. Would there be a point in placing 1 point in light weapons, 1 in armor and then 1 point in lockpick and 1 in repair which would make him like a mechanical/technical rogue type character.
ValHallen
Feb 13, 2013
in chapter 5 you will receive mission from yours squadmate, in those missions you can only use 2 char (the squadmate who gived the mission and joshua)
im playing now in the hard dificult with a guardian, im thinking in using omicron (80 in armor), a heavy or ernergy weapon with 75 or more accuracy and ROF of 2 or more, the rest of the points i will spend in evasion
so far so good, but i want to see how it performs against the alien bosses
deathknight1728
Feb 13, 2013
in chapter 5 you will receive mission from yours squadmate, in those missions you can only use 2 char (the squadmate who gived the mission and joshua)
im playing now in the hard dificult with a guardian, im thinking in using omicron (80 in armor), a heavy or ernergy weapon with 75 or more accuracy and ROF of 2 or more, the rest of the points i will spend in evasion
so far so good, but i want to see how it performs against the alien bosses
But the question is do any of the non combat skills have any usefulness outside combat. So far there are no ways Ive found of skipping combat and lockpicking skill has almost no use whatsoever. The only skills I could see pumping points into that is a noncombat skill is survival (health regrouping) and medicine (higher health healed with first aid).
Do those missions you get in chapter 5 just pure combat or is there multiple ways of using skills. So far the skill dont seem to have a real point in specializing in as you dont get any extra exp. At least not any that I know.
jack1974
Feb 13, 2013
Well the game is mainly combat-focused, so most non-combat skill will be useful on certain situation, but you should definitely spend more points in combat ones. Also it has a big scale, so 2 points doesn't make much of a difference. Later in the game you can use the training center to greatly raise the skills though
I'm trying to make the non-combat skills more useful in the sequel (if you read a few thread in Planet Stronghold 2 you can notice it).
ValHallen
Feb 13, 2013
Well the game is mainly combat-focused, so most non-combat skill will be useful on certain situation, but you should definitely spend more points in combat ones. Also it has a big scale, so 2 points doesn't make much of a difference. Later in the game you can use the training center to greatly raise the skills though
I'm trying to make the non-combat skills more useful in the sequel (if you read a few thread in Planet Stronghold 2 you can notice it).
why not make 2 different types of points? one for skill and other for combat, this way you can have a character that is good in combat and out of it
jack1974
Feb 14, 2013
Check the forums of the sequel, every skill will have an impact in combat, even those that in first game were called "non-combat" skills.
ValHallen
Feb 16, 2013
finished my hard run with a guardian, i had 85 in heavy weapons (for the Purple Rain, nice Prince refference ), 80 in heavy armor (for the Omicron, until then i used the Kronos or Nucleus, depending of the enemie), and 97 in evasion
very solid build, the only problem i had was in against the first 2 bosses (dredan healer and vasus soulsucker), but after i got a few lvls all the other bosses were very easy
deathknight1728
Feb 24, 2013
Im not sure if this is supposed to be this way, but Im noticing that when I use phillip as a scout he is much better off with burst mode as he gets 2 high damage shots instead of the chance of 1 really powerful shot. If he doesn't get a powerful 1 shot ko, its almost pointless to use aim rather than burst. Burst is so much better for characters that have high to hit chance and accuracy. However I will admit, if you are a soldier like my main character, before you get that really good gun with a high accuracy, its useful to use aim mode to make sure you even hit at all.
I just thought it was funny that the characters that have the least survivability are the best damage dealers. As soon as enemies start going after phillip, I switch him into survival/defend and heal him and get back to tanking with my soldier.
And speaking of soldiers. They are tanks like no other. I haven't played a guardian but Im having a blast being nigh untouchable with Joshua or as I call him Josh the sap. I named him the sap because he only uses explosive weapons and explosive skill. Haha
ValHallen
Feb 24, 2013
whats the level and hp of your soldier? i still think the guardian is the best tank
and scout are better in the burst mode, especially when you get the best sniper rifle, the pulsar. Rebecca did a insane amount of dmg wit this rifle
Lonestar51
Feb 25, 2013
in PS1 the Guardian is the main damage dealer. At least in my setup. Soldier was a close second. And both were useful in the tank role.
I mostly used the soldier firing a burst to aggro. 4 or 5 shoots did not make much difference esp. with loss of critical hits. Also the weapons a soldier can use do not have enough power to really shine against the armored enemies common in the late game. But the fragile party members were targeted less often, and that was why it worked out well.
However, to really deal damage, I noticed it was better to get a fat gun which overcomes the enemy target reduction, and the guardian was the one who could wield the best of them. I even contemplated using two guardians, but I could not stand Tom, the only guardian except the PC.
The sniper was useful for reliable finishing enemies at below 10HP. Or for using healing kits, when necessary. Or to restore psi points to Rumi.
The main healer was my Psi-Corps-Member. I used Psi also for the attack, to paralyze/soften up/finish enemies, but Rumi really did shine in the healer role. As damage dealer she needed to spend psi points, which were needed for different purposes all too often. However, when Rumi struck, she did really deal a lot of damage, more than anyone else; even more than the guardian could.
deathknight1728
Feb 25, 2013
whats the level and hp of your soldier? i still think the guardian is the best tank
and scout are better in the burst mode, especially when you get the best sniper rifle, the pulsar. Rebecca did a insane amount of dmg wit this rifle
My soldier has 145 health and is only lvl 9. Even when the same lvl, he still has more health than Michelle who is also a soldier. What I find is that although I haven't played Guardians, Soldiers are cool to role-play with. I made josh the sap by using only guns with explosive damage, the explosive skill and burst attack everything usually. The next time I finish this game Im going to use a scout just for a change.
deathknight1728
Mar 06, 2013
finished my hard run with a guardian, i had 85 in heavy weapons (for the Purple Rain, nice Prince refference ), 80 in heavy armor (for the Omicron, until then i used the Kronos or Nucleus, depending of the enemie), and 97 in evasion
very solid build, the only problem i had was in against the first 2 bosses (dredan healer and vasus soulsucker), but after i got a few lvls all the other bosses were very easy
Just wow. My previous soldier got around 30-35 damage per round, Im now playing a scout (2nd playthrough) and the damage is much higher and with pistols no less!
I currently have for my pc the pistol "Sparrow". Best damn pistol in the game and only when used by a scout. Normally the pistol has 4 shots in normal mode. However since I am a scout, I have 3 shots in aimed mode. But get this, Im only lvl 5 and my critical rate is much higher than for my soldier. What this means is that with 2 shots I can break 28-30 damage along with another normal shot at about 6-7. Add on top that I am increasing light weapons by a lot each level. I am hoping to get to 160 light weapons by end game and maybe higher.
At that point I will likely be doing 43-50 damage per round and thats only with 2 criticals. When I get 3 criticals, watch out. Best pistol in the game, you bet!
