
And don't ever eat them, they are far too valuable for that. Invest in the 'taking trophies' skill, it is your basic form of income (aside from quests). In the beginning you are weak, you have to work your way up. Fighting everything just because it is there is stupid. Run around them or straight past them as fast as you can. Avoid all creeps that creep you out, because they can and will kill you. You need to invest in a hunting shirt and pants and maybe a hood, for basic protection. Good old Gothic strategy: Take all the XP (and accompanying stories) you can get before joining. and getting lost.) and after THEIR quests I will join the Berserkers. I am only now getting to the clerics (I like exploring. I have played almost 25 hours and am level 13 and haven't taken a faction yet. That way you waste a ton of XP, from all the qualifying quests from the other faction. How cool is that? =)ĭrakrochma: Level 5 is nothing, just like 3 or 4 hours of gaming. Maybe I'll later exchange my bow for a plasma rifle. Next level up I will (finally) have enough strength to use the Regent's Sword +1 that I found. My favorite companion right now is Crony (you can finish his quest if you use your brain and climb the side of the mountain around the converter, avoid the patrols, and then just RUN).

I wanted to play Berserker since I read the first preview. I look forward to trying the Outlaws next, to see how well their ranged weapons and ammo-crafting measures up against the sheer power of the Plasma Rifle (seriously, I regret not having dabbled with the Plasma Rifle as a Berserker).
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Plasma Rifles are ridiculously powerful- they can fire AoE shots at no additional cost which knock enemies all over the place (somewhat less effective on humans & similar-sized humanoids, oddly) and fire EMP shots which totally incapacitate Mutants & Machines for 10 full seconds!

Once I got my hands on the unique Plasma Rifle, the Redeemer, I realized I'd been wasting my time even bothering with a Laser Rifle. I HATED the Laser Rifle, I missed so much with it and on Ultra it just did NOT kill enemies quickly enough. I also changed my difficulty from Normal to Ultra. Now I'm playing a Cleric, because I decided to focus on a Dex/Int character, with the Cleric weapons being the only ones that require those two. I barely used melee once my Magic skill got powerful enough (though I'm sure I'd need to dabble in melee on Ultra difficulty). Magic was indeed the way to go, the Blood Transfer-Healing combo lets you restore your health and mana endlessly (though they do have hefty cooldowns). A while later I became a Paladin, then I spent the large rest of the game as a Paladin (and disappointed in the lack of armor past that). I spent more time than I should have before I joined so I became a Warrior almost immediately after becoming a Cultivator. My first playthrough I joined the Berserkers, because I was interested in magic.
