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MAL'S WASTELAND 2 DC: QUICK SETUP TEAM GUIDE - AG CENTER START - UPDATED JUNE 13th, 2016 - NOT SPOILER FREE!
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QUICK SETUP TEAM GUIDE
VIDEO GUIDE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHdTx_6PCLQWHAT TO DO IN THE 1ST 2 HOURS GUIDEVIDEO GUIDE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVv7bhEBuEM
HOW TO HANDLE COMBAT
VIDEO GUIDE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRp1rE3RexQ
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1. QUICK SETUP/AT-A-GLANCE SHEET WAS CREATED TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A DETAILED SET OF GUIDES ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL @ WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/RGNMAL [THANK YOU TO THE 'MAL' CONENTS FOR ALL THEIR HELP!!!]
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2. ASSUMES YOU ARE GOING WITH A THE AG CENTER START AND NOT SAVING HIGHPOOL. THIS IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO AQUIRE ROSE AS YOUR NPC 'DOCTOR'. SHIFT MEDICAL SKILLS TO A CORE PERSON [SKILL MONKEY] AND ADJUST ACCORDINGLY IF YOU GO TO HIGHPOOL.
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3. THIS IS NOT THE MOST COMBAT MIN/MAXED BUT IT IS OPTIMIZED AND CAN HANDLE CHALLENGES UP TO AND INCLUDING SUPREME JERK DIFFICULTY [WHICH IS WHAT I PLAY ON WITH NO RELOADS... SO TRUST ME ;) ]
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4. MY TEAM CONSISTS OF MY CORE FOUR 'MONKEYS' AND THE FOLLOWING NPCS - ROSE, RALPHY/TAKAYUKI & PIZEPI. I SWAP IN RAPLHY WHEN I WANT TO UNLOCK A TOASTER. NOTE THAT YOU WILL LOSE ANGELA DETH IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE GAME AT THE CANYON OF TITAN.
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5. FOR COMBAT REDUNDANCY MEDICAL SKILLS ON MULTIPLE CHARACTERS IS WISE. ADDITIONALLY ROSE WILL BETRAY THE GROUP IN THE END GAME; BEST TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 'HEALER'.
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6. HANDGUNS ARE THE BEST OPTIONS FOR DEBUFFING ENEMIES DUE TO THEIR RELATIVE LOW AP COST PER SHOT. DIRECTED FIRE AGAINST TARGETS IN WL2 DC OPENS UP MANY COMBAT OPTIONS; EG SHOTS TO THE LEGS, ARMS AND SO FORTH.
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7. HEAVY WEAPONS ARE OVERALL THE LEAST USEFUL AND THUS WHY YOU DO NOT FIND THIS CLASS OF WEAPON REPRESENTED HERE. ENERGY WEAPONS START OFF POORLY BUT BECOME VALUABLE IN THE BACK HALF OF THE GAME.
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8. THERE ARE SOME DUPLICATION OF SKILLS [E.G. PERCEPTION | SMART ASS]; YOU MAY *NEED* A CERTAIN SKILL BEFORE AQUIRING THE NPC CHARACTER THAT WOULD 'CARRY' SAID SKILL FOR YOUR TEAM.
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9. MAKE CERTAIN YOU GET THE GAMMA RAY BLASTER BEFORE LEAVING THE ARIZONA PORTION OF THE GAME
DETAILS HERE
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10. PLEASE NOTE THAT MY ON-GOING SUPREME JERK (NO RELOADS) LET'S PLAY FEATURES MY FIRST VERSION OF THIS TEAM; THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENCES BUT NOT TOO MANY! =)
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SWAP THESE TWO BASED ON SKILL NEED
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ROLELEADER MONKEYAP MONKEYSNIPER MONKEYSKILL MONKEYNPC 1 - ROSE [AG CNT]
NPC 2A - TAKAYUKI [MINE]
NPC 2B - RALPHY [RNC]NPC 3 - PIZEPI [DARWIN]
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PRIMARY/SECONDARYBUFFS/SOCIAL/COMBATRANGED COMBAT/ROGUELONG RANGE COMBATRANGE COMBAT/SUPPORTMEDIC/DEBUFFER
MELEE/DEMOLITIONS/MULE
TOASTER REPAIR/MULEEW MID RANGE COMBAT
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PRIMARY WEAPONASSAULT RIFLESASSAULT RIFLESSNIPER RIFLESENERGY WEAPONSCHARISMA REQ 0CHARISMA REQ 0CHARISMA REQ 0CHARISMA REQ 22+
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SECONDARY WEAPONNONENONEHANDGUNNONE
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** NOTE ROSE CAN** NOTE EASY TO RECRUIT** NOTE YOU MAY RECRUIT**NOTE LEADER NEEDS
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CLASSIC [STATS]FUNCTION FINE AS SIMPLY SAVE THE MINERSBOTH RALPHY & ANOTHER NPCTHE RADIANT PERSONALITY
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COORDINATION6864YOUR PRIMARY MEDICAT THE LVL'UP MINE; BECALLED SCOTCHMO FROMPERK
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LUCK1111YOU CAN GET BY USING
PREPARED, THE CREATURES
THE RAIL NOMAD CAMP
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AWARENESS4664LIMITED HEALING ON FROMIN THE MINE ARE VERY AT ANYTIME. DO NOT** PUT SCOTCHMO + OTHER
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STRENGTH3434THE SKILL MONKEY UNTILTOUGH. DEBUFF SHOTSTRY TO HEAL THE MAN ON THE
NPCS IN THE GROUP AS NEEDED
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SPEED4484YOU HAVE HER. YOU GETTO THE LEGS WILL HELP.ROAD AT THE RNC; WITH
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INTELLIGENCE44310HER IN THE GROUPDEMOLITIONS SKILL YOU CAN** NOTE MUST KEEP THE
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CHARISMA6111AS SOON AFTER ARRIVINGDISARM THE BOMB ON THE
MUTANTS AT DARWIN A SECRET
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INCREASE STAT +1 @ LVL10AT THE AG CENTERBIKE; TO THE RIGHT AT THE
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1ST FORK IN THE ROAD.** NOTE SOMETIMES YOU
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QUIRKS >NONE [AR] OR PSYCHOPATH [SMG]BRITTLE BONESNONE OR ASCETICDELAYED GRATIFICATION** NOTE SHIFT HEALING
HAVE TO ZONE OUT AND BACK
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[-50% MOVEMENT]NO TRINKET ITEMS[-1 SKILL TILL LVL 10]MORE TO YOUR SKILL MONKEYTO HAVE HER APPEAR
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[+2 ACTION POINTS]TAKE +1 INT, TAKE SNIPER[+1 SKILL POST LVL 10]
IF YOU RATHER GO TO HIGHPOOL
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SKILL TO 4 [START W/ A 3]
** USE DOG COLLAR TRINKETS
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** STRONGLY URGE YOU TO GO ARsTO ADD CHARISMA IF NEEDED
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FOCUS SKILLS >
ASSAULT RIFLES OR HANDGUN 8 [DEBUFFER]
ASSAULT RIFLES 10SNIPER RIFLES 10ENERGY WEAPONS 10HANDGUNS 10DEMOLITIONS 8TOASTER REPAIR 8ENERGY WEAPONS 10
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HARD ASS 9LOCK PICKING 10PERCEPTION 3ALARM DISARM 10SURGEON 8BLADED WEAPONS 6PERCEPTION 8
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KISS ASS 8SAFECRACKING 10WEAPONSMITH 8MECH REPAIR 9FIELD MEDIC 9BRUTE FORCE 8SMART ASS 8
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SMART ASS 5 [FOR RA PERK]COMPUTER SCIENCE 9
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LEADERSHIP 8
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SECONDARY SKILLS >SURGEON 1 [TRAMUA KITS]SURGEON 1 [TRAMUA KITS]SURGEON 1 [TRAMUA KITS]FIELD MEDIC 3+
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WEAPONSMITH 2WEAPONSMITH 2HANDGUNSURGEON 1+ [TRAMUA KITS]
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WEAPONSMITH 2
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USEFUL PERKS >TINKER [+1 AP]TINKER [+1 AP]TINKER [+1 AP]TINKER [+1 AP]
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RADIANT PERSONALITYMASTER THIEFTACTICAL POSITIONINGARMOR MAINTENANCE
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[X2 CHARISMA TOWARDSHOLLOW POINTWATCHMANROBOTICIST
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OF RECRUITING NPCS]GUNNERDEADEYEOVERCLOCKER
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HOLLOW POINTTURTLEDECONSTRUCTORSOLAR POWERED
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GUNNERWEATHEREDLIMBERTURTLE
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TURTLEGUNNERZEROEDHARDENED
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WEATHEREDHARDENEDHOARDERON THE MEND
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HARDENEDLIMBERPOWDER PACKER
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LIMBERTURTLE
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TURTLE**NOTE, OTHER EW BASED
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TAUNTPERKS ARE WORTHLESS;
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ENRAGEBASICALLY ANY THAT
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INFURIATEIMPROVE DAMAGE AGAINST
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NON-CONDUCTIVE ARMOR
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USEFUL TRINKETS >THREE HEADED SNAKEPAIR OF ENGAGEMENT RINGSTOOL KIT [+2 TO REPAIR, SHIP IN A BOTTLECLERICS CROSSARMY ISSSUE B. PACKTOOL KIT [+2 TO REPAIR, GOD'S MILITIA CENSER
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[+2 LEADERSHIP][+3 INITATIVE, -1 AP]
TOASTER REAPIR & W. SMITH]
[+1 MECH REPAIR][+2 SURGEON +1 FM]
TOASTER REAPIR & W. SMITH]
[+2 SMART ASS, -1 BF, -1 HA]
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CHOICE [+5 COMBAT INT, -15%
ANARCHY PATCH [+1 AP. -5% CtH]
UNUSUAL BOW [+3% CRIT]
PDA [+1 COMPUTERS, +1 REPAIR]
ARMY ISSSUE B. PACKARMY ISSSUE B. PACKARMY ISSSUE B. PACK
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TO EVADE]
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CAT BURGLAR MASK** PAIR OF ENGAGEMENT RINGS
CLERIC'S CROSS [+2 SURGEON, +1
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MATT'S R. STAR [+1 BARTER][+2 LP, +2 SAFE CRACK][+3 INITATIVE, -1 AP]FIELD MEDIC, -5% TO EVADE]
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** BETTER TO GET TO 10/10 LP
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POOKA NECKLACE [+ 1 CHR,& SC; TAKE THE MASTER THIEF
PAIR OF ENGAGEMENT RINGS
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-2% CRIT CHANCE]PERK[+3 INITATIVE, -1 AP]
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SHINEY R. STAR [+1 HARD ASS]CHOICE [+5 COMBAT INT, -15%
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TO EVADE]
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WASTELAND FAN CLUB PIN [+1
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KISS ASS]
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PAIR OF ENGAGEMENT RINGS
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