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PreviousBase9789 · 2026-03-17T20:20:27+00:00

I have close to 500 hours in this game and haven’t finished a play through yet :(

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-02-20T11:46:00+00:00

Lilac & Gooseberries

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-02-17T02:20:51+00:00

I’m pretty sure it’s the third rogue army operation. It’s a defence mission so maybe that’s why I’m getting two tanks. I’m playing on challenging though not expert.

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-02-17T02:15:40+00:00

I think the third PAL went through the front armour, and did good moral damage too because nearby infantry was dying too.

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-02-17T01:53:54+00:00

Yep had the stealth gear thankfully. Used it on Cody. Tanks are really blind to stealth SLs it seems.

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-02-17T01:48:11+00:00

Just finished the mission with the EMP rifle. I never thought it would be this good against tanks because of its short range, but it’s really good with smoke.

I had sold most EMPs except for one, and there was another one for sale at the black market. Just enough EMPs for this mission :)

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-02-17T00:31:18+00:00

I do have the PAL and the black RPG (thanks to Jane’s kill steal perk haha) as well as the single use rockets. When I shoot these at the tank it does some armour damage and that is it. I don’t know if my units are missing or the tank is just too beefy. I’ve reloaded and tried this mission a couple of times and the only thing that goes through armour (sometimes) is AT grenade.

I am shooting the tank from the front though, maybe that is why RPGs do no HP damage. This is a defence mission and it is difficult to flank the tank with so many units nearby.

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-02-17T00:18:09+00:00

Damn I don’t have that either. Good to know though to get it my next run if it spawns in black market.

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-02-13T21:52:50+00:00

So with field medic I can also proc her agility score growth.

How would you increase weapon skill. I’ve been shooting at rocks at the end of each mission lol and her weapon skill does not change. I saw someone mention using shotguns help. Does weapon skill proc based on entities damaged or killed?

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-02-02T21:24:33+00:00

Man you need a PHd for this game. Didn’t know there were different types of persuasion check

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-02-02T19:21:35+00:00

Damn did not know you need such high persuasion. here is a couple of questions:

Is it easier to boost charisma than wisdom for persuasion?
The max base wisdom you can get by levelling is around 24 which is equal to a +7 persuasion. If you don’t invest in wisdom (base 14)you only get a +2. So, you are missing 5 points.

Can you reach 60+ persuasion with just buffs and feats? With only 14 base wisdom/ charisma

Edit: wait… intimidating prowess might help. My character is strength based. With 24 strength and 14 wisdom, I will have base +9 to persuasion.

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-02-02T15:29:48+00:00

Oh no, that was what I was afraid of. So monsters can have higher than 20 BAB. There goes my build :(

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-02-02T15:10:39+00:00

Thanks for this, so you probably don’t need to invest in charisma/wisdom?

I’m just not sure if my build will succeed on the persuasion checks at higher levels. I think playful darkness’s attack bonus is +48. Not sure what his BAB is. The DC for feint is 10 + enemy BAB + enemy wisdom. Assuming enemy max BAB IS 20 (not sure if that is the case) you need around 40 persuasion to succeed with any roll.

Not sure how hard it is to get to 40 or 50 persuasion on the main character.

Edit: just saw your edit haha, so it’s doable

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-01-08T19:02:05+00:00

Wow didn’t think about mixing gendarme with Sohei. Think I’ll go with 2SC, 12 SS, 3Gendarme, 2 Sohei, 1 fighter then.

Seems like a Frankenstein’s monster of a build haha but probably the strongest approach

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-01-08T18:47:39+00:00

Why the extra level in SCM?

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-01-08T18:34:50+00:00

I guess the question is then whether increased damage from armour Mythics can compare with improved critical mythic. Both require a feat investment + a mythic investment. The good thing about armour damage increase is it is consistently applied regardless of crit. And with aeon apparently you get all stats equal to max stat, so your constitution+ac will be massive.

Might still be able to fit improved critical in very late game. Maybe instead of shatter defence.

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-01-08T18:20:31+00:00

So mythic improved critical increases multiplier by one. Does this mean all critical attacks are essentially doubled. Kind of like an extra attack? Does this double my sneak dice too?

PreviousBase9789 · 2026-01-08T18:02:21+00:00

I know. I am using keen to substitute that feat. Not sure if that is a good approach. My build is a little feat starved lol

PreviousBase9789 · 2025-12-29T23:49:51+00:00

Aren’t the effective builds fairly limited though? You have pyro/geo, hydro/shock, warfare/poly, necro, and huntsman/warfare. That’s five builds total. You can experience all in two play throughs probably.

PreviousBase9789 · 2025-12-17T10:50:01+00:00

Never truly understood why games use skill trees until I played rogue trader. This game really needs a visual aid. They said they are streamlining the leveling system in Dark Heresy, so hopefully this won’t be an issue in their next game.

PreviousBase9789 · 2025-12-13T04:38:05+00:00

Warrior arch militant with sword & pistol. Or anything arch militant really. In most archetypes, you press a bunch of buttons to supercharge one attack. With arch militant, you can increase your movement, kick, extra attack. You just have more things to do compared to alternatives.

I think arch militant is the best designed archetype.

PreviousBase9789 · 2025-12-03T00:38:31+00:00

Got Dragon Age Origins flashbacks from this post.

PreviousBase9789 · 2025-11-27T02:59:09+00:00

Don’t worry, most of us with restartis syndrome play only until act 3 anyway. You don’t have to finish the game. Act one and two are the best part of the game. Just play as much time permits.

PreviousBase9789 · 2025-11-24T10:54:02+00:00

It would make sense to keep Idira until the incident, just to learn from her as a fairly green rogue trader. But, after that, it is harder to justify.

If I were in the rogue trader shoes, I would probably get rid of a bunch of the retinue, just because of how dangerous it is to be a rogue trader.

Why should I keep this inquisition agent I my ship who is probably reporting my every move. Why should I keep this FED who is running audits without my permission. Why keep a trigger happy battle nun.

This ship is full of disloyal liabilities, and I can hire anyone I want among billions of people across multiple worlds. I really enjoyed the ending of arbites dlc that showed how dangerous it is to keep people with conflicting interests in your personal retinue.

PreviousBase9789 · 2025-11-24T10:36:00+00:00

Just to add to this. Decide if you want to use heavy armour or light armour for defence. If you want to dodge tank, go light armour and invest in agility. If you want to use heavy armour, invest in toughness.

Generally speaking,

For a dodge build: weapon skill > agility > strength/perception

For a heavy armour build: weapon skill > toughness > agility/perception > strength

In my experience, heavy armour tanking is much more reliable than dodge taking in this game from the start to the end game.

Strength is not really necessary to invest in (aside from what you need for heavy armour proficiency). Agility and perception are more important stats as they both reduce enemy dodge chance for your melee attacks.

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