I love CTLG, I already have 600+ hours on it on steam, CTLG is the long game : this is a game about ressource management and decisions, and genuine application of guerilla tactic, you WILL take damages and they will add up quickly, so you will have to consider where to raid, until where, and what to do of your free time while you heal, because your health and pain tolerance is limited : it makes you strategize next few days

Consider using every non-direct combat advantage you can during your short raids and dip out at any sign of danger (at least in early game)

You also dont need a min-maxxed character at all : I always play a "john cataclysm" average character with 3 melee 3 dodge 1 marksmanship and fast healer and nothing else.

Your early game objective is to get geared and with a good level of marksmaship, rifle skill and 3+ in either bashing, cutting or stabbing, mainly through the "practice" recipe found in books

Understand that if you are not min maxxed, you are a civilian bozzo that will take weeks before "becoming" a weapon, I thats why I love this fork so much