Im having some problems making my charisma build work, ive propably lost like 120k or more during past few days and im out of funds to recover.
Basically even with 5 mercs that mostly have plasma rifles and sniper rifles i still had trouble (well more like seemed impossible) farming stuff that same lvl lonely powerbuild tank can solo.
BoS patrols and Remnants for example, merc shot reno patrol before i could stop him and aggroed BoS on me which killed my
CA'd lvl 18 arse in 2 bursts (161 hp or so) So i started thinking what i did wrong, basically i propably tried to branch out too much again.
I have enough ap to burst 4 times with p90 if i use jet, but i have 6 EN and no toughness.
So i was planning to reroll into powerbuild but i got bored fast, i love playing leader too much it seems. So ive been thinking
of something to change in it to make viable leader. 5 mercs also get in eachother's way a damn lot, found my mercs bouncing around instead
of shooting often so thinking of dropping the number of them to 3 to free some points.
So if i were to think of some bizarre defensive semi-leader...maybe this could work
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small frame , fast shot
EW, First Aid, outdoorsman
perks
3 - toughness
6 - toughness
9 - magnetic personality
12 - lifegiver
15 - lifegiver
18 - BROF
21 - Living anatomy
yes as you can see i have 3ST and no weapon handling, based this on the low range plasma pistol which does decent dmg to more or less anything.
Why i chose that instead of p90 build is because i often found the dumb AI sending mercs in the burst path which caused me to use
single shots anyway, and also dual toughness takes a lot juice out of p90 that isnt powered by BRD.
With 2x jet doses which are easy to pile up early on by farming robbers and other junkies, i can shoot plasma pistol 6 times a round which
with anatomy gives 30 extra dmg per round that cant be resisted. Sure plasma pistol isnt too great in RT town pvp with its hellish range,
guess it could be possible to swap 2nd lifegiver for weapon handling and use plasma rifle, you can still shoot it 4 times a round.
EDIT* with this setup unmodified i cap with 222 hp and toughnesses that make me lot more durable vs typical bursting builds.