laplacian on 27/8/2001 at 23:47

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Hello all. I am new to this forum. I just finished DX and I think this game ROCKS! What a great story--it's almost like playing through a good movie!

Anyway, I was just wondering which weapons everyone kept in their inventory. I had a very hard time deciding because so many took up a lot of room, but they all had their advantages. For example, I kept the (silenced) sniper rifle, assault rifle, and GEP gun in my inventory for most of the game. I really didn't have any room for anything else, with all of my multitools, lockpicks, medkits, etc. I even got rid of my binoculars, crossbow, regular shotgun, and armor.

I really would have liked to have kept the assault shotgun, flamethrower, and maybe the plasma gun, but there was no room.

I am now playing through for a second time and have definately decided to keep my crossbow. I think the flamethrower might be good because it is easy to take people out and doesn't really use ammo. But it's hard to resist the GEP gun...and the assault shotgun...

Trying to reach that balance between weapons that do different things (take people out silently, or from a distance, or take several people out, or blow up robots) is pretty hard.

What does everyone else think?

Bionicman on 28/8/2001 at 01:20

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my solution to this is simple: pick one weapon to specialize in. the first game i had the assault rifle, auto shotgun, dragon's tooth (and i've thought about too, gage) and an assortment of scramblers, lams, and emps (i hadn't realised the true power of the gas grenade). i found that by the end of the game, you didn't really need medpacks or rebreathers or anything else you can aug. my second game: mr. pistol man, i called it. upgrade to advanced in the creation screen, and pick one other skill to upgrade (in my case, computers. gotta hack those atms). then, do the essentials while you get the skill points. third time: sniper man. it's a great gun for long range, and head shots can still take down in close quaters. 4th: shotgun. i never thought i could do it, but by the end of the game i could take out simons in three sabot rounds to the head with the sawed off. and i've always wanted to do "jedi" mode, using crowbars and things until i can get the dragon's tooth..then...he he he. come into combat, whip out the ol' lizard incisor, flip on combat strength, speed, and ballistic protection, not to mention a mastery in the meele skill...betcha i could take out a room of mibs...

thats just my two (or three, or four) cents. this is an interesting thread. keep em comin.

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Lake on 28/8/2001 at 13:16

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I usually carry the smaller weapons. With a scoped Stealth pistol and master skill, I can take out soldiers at a distance.

Denise on 29/8/2001 at 01:36

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Uhhhm, everything works a lot better if you upgrade its skill to advanced or master. :)

As for dealing with bots without the GEP, heck, it's a lot more interesting that way. In many places you can reprogram them, in others you simply avoid them (they hear nothing and their paths are often predictable), and other times the environment within the game gives you an opportunity to destroy them.

<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Spoiler:</font><DIV STYLE="background-color:#000080"><FONT color="#000080">For instance, the two medium bots that are released after Jock fires a missile at the door to the MJ12 building where you're briefly waylaid. You can actually use the helicopter landing platforms to smash them or raise them onto the roof where a hacked turret will (eventually) take care of them.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>

If you absolutely, positively, HAVE to kill a bot (very rare), 20MM HE ammo for the assault rifle. Kaboom. I think there are maybe six or eight bots in the whole game that receive that treatment from me, and at least four of those are in the very last level. The best part about that is that you hardly even have to carry the thing around; assault rifles are so common that you can just pick one up anywhere you might conceivably need it.
And yes, in a pinch, LAMs will do it, as will EMPs. Scramblers can be fun, too. The point is that there are just so many options for dealing with bots (and opening doors) that I really can't justify having the monstrous GEP gun taking up so much inventory space. :)

BlackCapedManX on 29/8/2001 at 10:30

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I have found that one of the best things to take out a bot, level four spy drone aug. The enimies never lock on with missles, and tend to have bad enough accuracy that you don't need Agressive defense aug.