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Thor/Fidel[message #45057] Thu, 06 January 2005 18:10 Go to next message
Dagon is currently offline Dagon

 
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What's everyone's general opinion of these two mercs? I nearly always hire one or both of them at the start of a game; Thor's a good doctor and becomes an extremely good fighter after just drassen and the drassen SAM because of his huge WIS, while fidel makes an excellent and cheap sniper (just don't give him an automatic).

Both of their qoutes seem cool, too; Thor being a optimist hippy and Fidel a crazy lugnut who, as I recently found out, cut Hurl into peices and fed him to his dog after JA:DG.

I especially seem to find myself hiring Thor almost constantly. His excellent physical stats, cheap midrangish cost and fast-gaining skills remind me a lot of the ivan of JA1 and JA:DG; a cheap and allround excellent merc.

The only problem, however, is that I now often find myself restarting to try out groups that -aren't- comprised of either of these two. :/

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Re: Thor/Fidel[message #45058] Fri, 07 January 2005 01:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
DNA from the Lowlands is currently offline DNA from the Lowlands

 
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They're some of my most-underused Mercs...

Azazel had found that Psychos (as Fidel is) get a 15%-to-hit-bonus, aside from the automatic-flips.

Last week a tread on Mercs/Aim-likings/relationships has been started.
It might contain some cheap buddies for Thor&Fidel.

I'll try Fidel myself. :rifle:

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Re: Thor/Fidel[message #45059] Fri, 07 January 2005 01:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
AZAZEL is currently offline AZAZEL

 
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You have contrasting choices. :angel:
Well,Fidel is one of my all time most-underused too.But price and stats recommand him as a great hire.He just didn't ever convinced me to like him :whoknows:
By the way,Azazel has found lots of things in and about this game,but that permanent psycho bonus is not one of them.I think we all have to blame HQ for bringing that into the general attention,if my memory is correct on this,and his "secret revealed" topic. Smile
As for Thor,he makes a good pair with Trevor,if you are one of those brainiac lovers, Very Happy ,and one of the greatest "potentials".Somehow though,I think you can hardly find him in a general top ten of the hireable AIM mercs-but that's just an opinion...And it's not the potential that is to blame,but the personality(especially the irritating voice) and the stealth-h2h skill combo(mediocre,in most people's opinion).Nevertheless,you will find some Thor addicts around,including those who made him the best possible doctor in UC.

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Re: Thor/Fidel[message #45060] Fri, 07 January 2005 05:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Sigma is currently offline Sigma

 
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I tend to use Thor also, there

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Re: Thor/Fidel[message #45061] Fri, 07 January 2005 07:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dagon is currently offline Dagon

 
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I don't find the voice too irritating myself, just a little overly idealistic. Of course, fidel's "I DREAMT OF KILLING!" kind of evens any of that out.

It's just too bad that AIM's alumni doesn't update to show half of the AIM mercs having been fed to fidel's dog.

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Re: Thor/Fidel[message #45062] Sat, 08 January 2005 04:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Where does Fidel say how he killed Hurl? I loved his remaks about Hurl in JA1. Very Happy
I havent used Fidel since JA1. In JA2 i find him a bit to expensive and I dont really care if my explosive experts can shoot or not so my choice usaully falls on Red.

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Re: Thor/Fidel[message #45063] Sat, 08 January 2005 15:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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if you use the "talk" command on him enough times, he'll sometimes say something like:

"I bet you haven't seen that wimp, Hurl Cutter, around, eh? I cut him up and feed him to my dog."

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Re: Thor/Fidel[message #45064] Sat, 08 January 2005 23:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Awesome, new things to try out. I really should instaal JA2 again on my comp. ^_^

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Re: Thor/Fidel[message #45065] Sun, 09 January 2005 01:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Re: Thor/Fidel[message #45066] Tue, 11 January 2005 19:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Danirijeka is currently offline Danirijeka

 
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I take Fidel not only for his skills and his psycho trait, but because he fed Hurl and god-knows-how-many-others to his dog too... Smile He didn't fed Pops to the dog for sure,too hard to chew Very Happy

Ice:"If ya bite it, Ice, who's gonna feed the dog?"
Fidel:"Not know who feed your dog, but I know how to feed mine" :devilaugh:

//edit: But Thor is a good choice, still.

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Re: Thor/Fidel[message #45067] Wed, 12 January 2005 01:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
TNT is currently offline TNT

 
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So far ive been very dissapointed by Fidel. He was pretty good in JA1, but so far he has a kill record overshadowed by the amount of failed bomb dismantel attempts. And Ive only taken 2 sams, Chitzena and Drassen.

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Re: Thor/Fidel[message #45068] Wed, 12 January 2005 22:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
avoideverything is currently offline avoideverything

 
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I've never liked Fidel - he always goes psycho at the worst possible time & has been responsible on more than one occasion for getting one of my MUCH BETTER Merc's blown away. ... And them my IMP bloke has to go and sort him out. Remember: You're only as strong as your weakest link.

Thor, on the other hand, is one of my favorites. I always make sure to have him, Stephen & Trevor on my team. Yeah, they're boring but they're fast learners and a real powerhouse all 'round team.

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Re: Thor/Fidel[message #45069] Thu, 13 January 2005 00:06 Go to previous message
Danirijeka is currently offline Danirijeka

 
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That's why Fidel is better! Because he is unpredictable! Much funnier gameplay with Fidel and the other funny mercs, no fun in hiring killing machines and taking over Arulco (or Danubia, for that matter) Very Happy

//edited a spelling error

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