mrhelpfulman, if those videos are yours they prove one thing that you dont have any control on your setup and by a luck u discover rouges potential...
my hero and team tailored their skills and tactics and if i continue till day 1000 my heros weapon will be much better than yours...
TDWaster, pick bowgun or laser pistol or autoshotgun, be either hunter or rouge or noble, dont invest any gold on chicken, sisters or museum (lvl 1 museum is enough) concentrate on finding a 6 socket weapon and use ur action points for having a dinner (expbonus) and searching and for robbing museum once. Make sure u and your mercs got following party skills : Engineer, active,cook,quickeyed,leadership, negotiator, accountant, defence and threat. (and maybe taunt for later)
mrhelpfulman, i must say i dont like ranger but at start of hardcore game having 2 x gravity gun hireling (ranger + noble) makes it so easy that u dont have to invest on anything. after certain time i will change my hirelings if i want to be extra safe i will get a sherif and give him an auto shotgun with 1x impact mod and with its cripple skill and fast reload (1x reload mod at begining) i use duelist for engineer skill (that way u can max it pretty soon) and good killing speed with laser pistol and possibly another small gun expert noble (atm i use him for gravity gun controller) so i suggest ppl to have a ranger with duelist asap when playing hardcore
mrhelpfulman, i can continue till end of time and my heros lvl will be getting closer to 10x of day count (eg 500th day lvl 4.5k - 5k ) i can easly beat the game with my char skill and tower set up even on hardcore without of fear of losing (only the first 60 days is important then i can continue like softcore) and also anti armor bonus is fixed your damage wont me more than your weapons max damage i tested it..
so i am the king..
[Best Possible Team] for hardcore easly reaching day 80 , u as rogue with bow gun , duelist with laser pistol (engineer), ranger with gravitiy gun (leader,active,da bomb), noble gravity gun (cook)
ALSO I NEVER USE CHICKENS, ROBBING MUSEUM, TAUNT, SISTERS(LOVE)
ONLY USE HAVE DINNER and PARTY (VILLA) IF YOU WANT TO BE SURE of reaching day 80
ALSO INCREASE HP OF CASTLE and MAX SANDBOXES AND MAX BLACKSMITH
NEVER USE REPAIRMAN OR LOOTER..
i am gonna write the pattern u should take if you want to beat the game easly..
Small Guns = Noble machine gun > revolver / revolver sniper > laser pistol
Shotguns = Sheriff shotgun > Auto Shotgun (When u got decent cripple strike skill)
Big Guns = Ranger machine gun > Grenade Launcher > Gravity gun (when u reach big gun skill lvl 11]
Rifles = Militias / sniper hunter rifle > Bow Gun ( As soon as you max Engineer skill and got some usefull mods in your inventory)
mrhelpfulman, ok then i agree with you and best combination for modding weapon is 2x damage 1x anti armor 1x leech ( for first 4 slots) remaining slots varies according to weapon u use. if u have enough fire rate use damage and/or anti armor , if you want fire rate then use fire rate and auto fire, etc.
24man24, i personally use gravity gun crew for hardcore, shotgun crew for softcore where i can risk more (basically i just lvl them for important party skills then i forget using them) i also chose ranger but in high lvls cripple strike helps alot, cripple shot with shotgun (sherrif) or bow gun (hunter) does miracles but i didnt use with gravity gun (militia) buy any way since i dont like hunter hirelings i need a noble for cook skill so i stick with ranger and noble.
24man24, anti armor mod increases damage against armored mobs beyond weapon normal damage then 1x anti armor is a must, laser pistols attack rate is pretty decent, i think its better use to 2x damage 1x anti armor 1x leech on it (and on every weapon.) Also what u think about militia big gun (gravity gun) cripple strike. is it working efficently or ranger gravity gun is better?
mrhelpfulman, according to you the additional armor penetration bonus (like %137 ) also increases total damage but i think its not , are u sure about it? 6th socket is for upgrading issues
Also, dont buy chickens upgrade looters repairmans villa or sisters , get a class with quickeye max it with active skill and a class with cook skill, just use have dinner (3 Ap) and use all ur AP's left for weapon upgrades (mainly for ur char unless u have a hireling with reloading moded gravity gun with 6 soc) and go searchingg!!
mrhelpfulman, laser pistol already got %80 armor damage capacity passing %100 percent doesnt affect, beside class skills also helps you full damage armored mobs, 4x Damage + 1x leech is for very high lvls , but at start u should make 2x damage + 1x leech + 1x reload + 1 antiarmor
laser pistol is the best weapon try to find a 6 socket one and put damage damage damage damage leech and upgrade it paralel to your small arms skill also max aimed shot cause it gives %70 damage burst and %70 speed decrees is no problem since its firing rate is high
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