What are your preferred skills to put your points into early on that have the biggest impact?

Feel free to break it down by play style: stealth, fighting, exploring, etc.

  • A_Toasty_Strudel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The jetpack it a whole new world. Being able to pick locks is kina a must too. Persuasion is definitely one you’ll want to invest in if you want to just talk people into doing whatever you want shy of shooting themselves in the face.

    • MajesticSloth@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Persuasion can be great. I’ve talked my way out of fights I didn’t know I would be able to. Or talked my way into bypassing sections of quests that might have been time consuming.

  • Cyncit@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I think the persuasion skill is really useful through out the gameplay, espacially at the beginning. you can gain time and save ammo. Security and wealth were useful to have. A point in boost pack is fun too. I did not invest in exploring or crafting since I didn’t engage much in them. Later, investing in pure DPS was profitable too (ballisitc/energy, pistol/rifle, etc). If ship building is your thing, piloting and ship design later on is also nice.

    • LilDumpy@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Persuasion will always come in useful. I still have no idea what I’m supposed to choose. I fail the majority of my persuasion choices.

      • Cyncit@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Consumables can be handy if you know a big persuasion is coming. I just check how many “points” it takes too convince the npc and don’t take any unnecessary risks. I’ve done a quest line pretty early on that unlock me the manipulation skill early. It gives you an additionnal choice sometimes with safe-ish big points. There’s also a skill to unlock the choice to bribe I think. didn’t invest in it (i want money!) but it is still a possibility.

        • LilDumpy@lemmy.worldOP
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          1 year ago

          Persuasion is very useful especially when your trying to avoid a side quest within the main quest. I still stuck at making the choices though.

    • LilDumpy@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Pure DPS sounds like a fun time. What else could you need than shoot and loot early on?

  • c0c0c0@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Whichever perks you like, try to go broad, rather than deep, into any skill group. Not only is each perk level gated by its own skill test, but many skill benefits (like ship building) are level gated. And the best perks in each skill group require multiple levels of perk investment in previous skill group tiers. If you choose a selection of lower level perks from each group, you are always making progress on something, and never waiting for a single perk to be available.

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve leaned heavily into the ship piloting and building part of the tree. Who doesn’t want to build and pilot a big ass battlecruiser? Also, JETPACKS!

    • LilDumpy@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      When I kept losing dog fights early on I couldn’t figure out why. THEN I invested a couple of points in the tech/ship area and it was a game changer.

      Also, I want to make a big ass battle cruiser too, but I don’t have enough skill points to build it yet.

      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Yeah you it takes a while to get to the point where you can pilot class C and advance the shipbuilding tree.

        • LilDumpy@lemmy.worldOP
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          1 year ago

          Ya. Doesn’t help I’m pretty a casual player.

          Ran into some stumbling blocks first time I tried building. “What do you mean some parts don’t match the class of the grav drive??”

  • Shang_Dragon@ttrpg.network
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    1 year ago

    Started a new character recently, boostpack 4 by level 4. It’s such a game changer, and you get to RP as a boost assault soldier (which btw is wildly effective, just grab a shotgun and go wild).