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Suicidal handicap: Ambidex ?[message #97140]

Tue, 25 May 2004 05:06

reno666

Messages:12
Registered:November 2001

Howdy all, just completed game in Experienced with NO expert. Thinking of starting an Expert game with NO/Ambidex IMP. He's going to try solo/duo (maybe Ayana or Shadow), too.

Is this unrealistic or are there pistols/SMGs that can help him/them make it through the end game? Only ones I can think of off the top of my head are Varjags or Uzis...

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Re: Suicidal handicap: Ambidex ?[message #97141]

Tue, 25 May 2004 06:48

Kurt

Messages:420
Registered:March 2004

It won't be easy. There are SMGs (those of Tex, forgot the name) which are quite good, but they have got a very short range, like pistols. That means that very fast, enemies will shoot you at ranges where you can't riposte.

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Re: Suicidal handicap: Ambidex ?[message #97142]

Tue, 25 May 2004 21:33

The NumbNuts

Messages:75
Registered:May 2004
Location: Keuruu, Finland

@Kurt
Agrams

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Corporal

Re: Suicidal handicap: Ambidex ?[message #97143]

Tue, 25 May 2004 22:42

xenophon

Messages:74
Registered:March 2003
Location: Glos UK

There are also the Aek's and the Scorpios that several of my mercs use as a silenced secondary weapon.
Ambidextorous is only useful in the 1st half of the game when you encounter few enemies with long range weapons. After that it of no real benefit.

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Re: Suicidal handicap: Ambidex ?[message #97144]

Thu, 27 May 2004 05:41

happybjorn

Messages:24
Registered:October 2003
Location: California

It really depends on your play style, your max effective range is something like 14 when using two Agrams. Even though the game emphasizes CQB is seems that most people prefer the relative safety of sniping. However . . . .

I think that ambidextrous is one of the most powerful traits in the game, far better than AW, and that CQB is more effective than sniping (and more fun). Fully upgraded Varjags (recommend these over Agrams; you can fire Varjags one or two more times per round) are very light and so fast that you should be able to fire off a dozen or more rounds per turn when paired. If you are planning on doing mostly night missions or CQB then the range shouldn't be much of a drawback (aimed shots at range 20 still hit about half the time as well). You can stop/kill enemies with a 4 AP interrupt. HP ammo knocks people out fast.

In my all girls game Vicki and Meltdown are both unholy terrors (I'm nearing the end of the game and they still have Varjags). There have been so many times where one of those two has walked into a room with 3 BGs and killed them all in one turn Smile