You can add points directly to Intelligence in Attributes tab to unlock Brainy.
Yeah Z Mark is just a nice to have. For me the mandatory ones are Brainy, Deadly Strike, Manhunter, and Tough. My latest build I only took 2 skill classes to leave more points for boosting stats. For a Rise from the Ashes start I would just take 2 levels of soldier and no other skill classes so I had pts left for traits. I can get those mandatory traits with a Rise start but my stats are pretty ugly.
Not available in public build yet. Will be soon. Grim said mid May at the earliest iirc. If you saw the job in the wiki, it is often updated with alpha content, content that are only accessible via patreon and subscribestar subscribers. They get to test new patches 2-3 weeks earlier than non subscribers depending on their tier, iron out some kinks, catch some stray bugs, etc.
Which choice exactly? Resetting Winton, resetting the quest, and resetting the trigger for the quest all belong to different variables (winton_sex, quest_winton, and aca_hemme or was it aca_wolf). The fastest way would be to reload an earlier save before you made the choice.
I consider Debt and Unlucky to be mandatory. 40 creation points for a daily fee of $25 + a few dollars from unlucky events, is super cheap.
Yeah I think Debt and Unlucky are the 2 least obnoxious disadvantages (especially Debt). The other disadvantages I would consider are the one that caps dexterity at 70 since dex is not really very useful anyway, and probably BO since I usually take a bath with the girls before getting it on anyway. I could see an argument for Gluttonous since you're probably going to do a ton of stamina training anyway but I don't like perpetually declining stats so I would probably avoid that one. Limp is another option I guess but it's extremely annoying until you get your stables maxed out.
I also used to consider Manhunter to be mandatory, but starting with current Rise from Ashes start, I figured that I don't really need the 15% extra sale price and 85% vs 100% capture rate is not really significant.
I think with a whip you're at 100% without Manhunter. The real appeal to Manhunter for me is the improved capture chance with weapons other than a whip (like a greatsword), plus the extra sale price. So I'm significantly more likely to capture that Hulk armor wearing, plasma wielding guy in a tier 7 bounty with my great sword with Manhunter meaning I don't have to switch to a whip and potentially eat an extra plasma blast to the face.
Without modifiers like manhunter, the base chance to capture someone using the whip is 90% (5% base + 85% Whipping Cane)
Actually, maybe I should try some game starts without Manhunter. It's still an S tier trait but me calling it the best trait might need some more thought. Its really really loaded for a 15 cost trait though and it makes starting on Grimdark A Dying World easier. That's what I call a capture rich environment.
Ok if that's the case then that would definitely make Manhunter mandatory to me. No way am I going to accidentally kill a unique I want to capture. I always take it anyway since slave capture/sale is such a huge part of the early game for me.
I am fairly certain I have seen manhunter fail to capture even with a whipping cane. But I acknowledge that it could have been somebody scripted to be uncapturable. It was definitely not the first of a random bounty at least.
I've never failed a capture with manhunter with a whip except on targets that are impossible to capture. There are a few targets around town that you wouldn't think would be uncaptureable but are aside from the primary bounty target. Also some quest targets.
Most of the games, where I have done a turtle start on Grimdark + dying world, prosperity and control are typically trending downward via random events. So, you will still have a very capture rich environment even if you delay a few months before harvesting them.
Does anyone know if the manhunter trait affects the capture chance for the allied npcs or only mc?
I actually have the opposite luck with control. In my current game I started on Grimdark with Dying World active and I'm already up to 30 control on day 5. So most of the extra bandits that spawn around town with low control are gone now. That event that boosts control by 12 happened on day 2 for me and there was at least 1 other that boosts control that also happened in the first few days. So your mileage may vary. Prosperity I usually have more issues with, typically I get pestilence and vermin dropping my prosperity into negative territory right off the bat.Most of the games, where I have done a turtle start on Grimdark + dying world, prosperity and control are typically trending downward via random events. So, you will still have a very capture rich environment even if you delay a few months before harvesting them.
I think the most questionable choice, I usually do during creation, is to max out intelligence. As far as I know, it doesn't really affect much, and it is mostly done because I don't want to be annoyed later, that I am forever stuck with a halfwit mc.
I also like to think, that if mc can have 90 IQ in the game, maybe one day I could also have that in the real world
Unlucky is almost free with an average daily loss of $0.34, 0.05 hp and 0.06 influence. At least that was the case when I looked into it two months ago.
