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"Grazy people"[message #97563]

Wed, 03 November 2004 21:26

The NumbNuts is currently offline

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

Have you guys found reuban, skitz and postie to be usefull. They don't really have good MRK, Wisdom nor LDR.. so they aren't really the best choise for trainig militia and they don't learn so fast.
For what purpose are you using them.. just fighting? Ou and a nother question. What is the max limit of merc. Is it 20 or 18.

PS. while I'm at it I might just ask(too tired to search). Could you but a list of all hireable NPC's.. I hope the max limit is 20or no limit, because I want to be able to hire the three mercs from that "secret place"

:type: fiuu.. :type:

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Corporal

Re: "Grazy people"[message #97564]

Wed, 03 November 2004 21:55

Messages:54
Registered:February 2003
Location: Uppsala/Sweden

Limit: 18

Use for Reuban: None
Use for Skitz: None
Use for Postie: None
Use for Cobra: Scout and fighter
Use for Kelly: Pretty much everything
Use for Spike: Pretty much everything

Do I still use Reuban, Skitz, and/or Postie? Always.

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Re: "Grazy people"[message #97565]

Wed, 03 November 2004 23:49

The NumbNuts is currently offline

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

But that means I have to dismis some of my team.. Sad

Sad

My team at the moment:

IMP (sniper)

AIM's:
Igor (Igor)
Ivan (support)
Hitman (from the beginnig)
Barry (ill guess this one will go)
Trevor (doorman, explosives)(when money replace with magic)
Reaper (sniper)
Lynx (sniper)
Shadow (support)

NPS's:
Postie
Skitz
Reauban
Rosebud
Rude Dog
Tex

M.E.R.C's:
Anaya (sniper,militia,medic)
Razor (sniper)

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Re: "Grazy people"[message #97566]

Thu, 04 November 2004 05:56

ghost157 is currently offline

Messages:69
Registered:January 2004
Location: USA

I hire Postie to get his postal truck and then give him the boot. I think that it costs the initial $500 which isn't to bad for a used vehicle, and a lot cheaped then the $10,000 to get the hummer.

I do like both Tex and Rosebud. They are good for basic infantry grunt work at the beginning of the game, and then become repair/supply specialists as I get more money to hire a better team.

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Re: "Grazy people"[message #97567]

Thu, 04 November 2004 05:59

ghost157 is currently offline

Messages:69
Registered:January 2004
Location: USA

Oh, I forgot, Rude Dog rocks, with an M4 to boot:) His napalm launchers help turn the battle with Claudia and her goonies south of Calisto.

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Re: "Grazy people"[message #97568]

Thu, 04 November 2004 06:12

Folkewulf is currently offline

Messages:56
Registered:August 2003

Don't forget Maddog, he's a keeper

"I love myself"

Very Happy

Very Happy

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Re: "Grazy people"[message #97569]

Thu, 04 November 2004 06:12

DaveS425 is currently offline

Messages:67
Registered:January 2002
Location: Bellevue, WA

Postie and Skitz are just fun to have, not really good but can still hit the target often enough to round out a squad of better mercs.

I also don't mind letting them get shot up if someone needs to open a door with a soldier behind it Smile

Smile

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Corporal

Re: "Grazy people"[message #97570]

Thu, 04 November 2004 09:31

Messages:176
Registered:May 2002
Location: Los Angeles ( Hollywood )...

I have to totally disagree with you ... Reuban and Skitz in every one of my games have been able to get to level 8 or 9 and have marksmanship in the high 90's. They hit often, and when starting out, just give them a good gun, like a CZ700M and watch them pop the enemy like zits. Dont train them in the trainer / student method just use then alot. Put them in a lower level group and let them patrol the countryside around your captured towns. They will rise very fast and before you know it you will find yourself wondering why you disliked them.

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Re: "Grazy people"[message #97571]

Wed, 17 May 2006 06:27

LegacyOfApathy is currently offline

Messages:101
Registered:September 2004

Rather than spending... Forever trying to train their agility and dex up. I kinda changed it in Proedit.. I realize that 92 dex and agility isn't normal for their stat range, but Maddog had those when I first recruited him!

After rescuing them, I'm trying to take over Atremo... But because I keep keeling over laughing, I'm having a hard time concentrating on the mission!

Its hard for me to pick an absolute favorite merc. But I really love Skitz. He's so psychotic that he makes Razor and Haywire seem. well.. sane!

"Wow...." He says after bursting lead at an enemy and seeing them spill blood all over.

"This one is gonna die... with suprise plastered across the face."

Actually... All of his lines are scary.

For a guy who wiped out his family with a battery powered hedge trimmer, Reuban seems.. Well. Really friendly!

"You like Reuban? Ahh, Reuban like you too!"

"Kill woman? It make heart warm!"

While perhaps one of the nicest guys I met, he has nothing nice to say about those who incur his wrath.

"Nobody miss you... Pig dog!"

With their AN-94 Abakan, They can burst fire pretty much constantly ^^

Well, they got my vote. Hope they get put into a new JA game eventually. Hopefully unchanged. If it were possible.

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Re: "Grazy people"[message #97572]

Thu, 18 May 2006 06:32

DNA from the Lowlands is currently offline

DNA from the Lowlands

Messages:337
Registered:July 2003

I just had to add the
"I like kill people... I like it very much."

I agree with (the) LegacyOfApathy that Skitz's lines are scary. (try on headphones)

To me Reuban&Skitz are similar to the old Razor&Haywire, low on mrk but psycho to compensate for this.

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Re: "Grazy people"[message #97573]

Fri, 19 May 2006 00:33

The NumbNuts is currently offline

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

Omg, this is a old topic. Very Happy

Very Happy

Put cos DNA brought it up I just might ad something here.
Yet after a year playing I really haven't found any good solutions to use thse guys EXCEPT Postie.
That guys sure can sneak around.
Once I cleared a whole urban sector by just using him and his handy dandy throwing knives Smile

Smile

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Re: "Grazy people"[message #97574]

Fri, 19 May 2006 01:24

FastZ is currently offline

Messages:122
Registered:January 2003
Location: Aalten, Netherlands

Let Reuban and Skitz shoot civies. Their stats will go up. And hitting cows will raise their strenght. Wink

Wink

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Re: "Grazy people"[message #97575]

Fri, 19 May 2006 11:26

LegacyOfApathy is currently offline

Messages:101
Registered:September 2004

They refuse to hurt civillians XD

As a rule, I don't hurt people unless they are trying to kill me. Or if I hate them personally.

Slightly off topic: The less morally inclined mercinaries won't loose morale if they kill civvies with their bare hands. O.o

Learned this with Dr.Q back in 'nam. Killing things with your hands is a huge morale booster.

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What I think I'll do, is have them travel each sector and shoot every enemy partrol that they encounter. Yeah, that'll work.

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Re: "Grazy people"[message #97576]

Fri, 19 May 2006 17:32

FastZ is currently offline

Messages:122
Registered:January 2003
Location: Aalten, Netherlands

You are right there, but you have to try everything Smile

Smile

the first time. Hitting and killing cows will raise AGI, DEX, strenght and level!

There is one problem: I ran out of cows Wink

Wink

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Re: "Grazy people"[message #97577]

Sat, 20 May 2006 05:59

DNA from the Lowlands is currently offline

DNA from the Lowlands

Messages:337
Registered:July 2003

You could: spare the cows when they're critical and come back another day.
But Reuban/Skitz and not-killing, just doesn't seem right.

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Master Sergeant

Re: "Grazy people"[message #97578]

Tue, 23 May 2006 00:30

FastZ is currently offline

Messages:122
Registered:January 2003
Location: Aalten, Netherlands

Smile

Or should i train them medical on those poor cows? Wink

Wink

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Sergeant

Re: "Grazy people"[message #97579]

Sat, 27 May 2006 06:25

Rude Dog is currently offline

Messages:467
Registered:March 2001
Location: Chasing Pussy

I have used everyone in just about any capacity that could be imagined from having them set off a freaking satchel charge on topof themselves by accident with enemies outside the door to being a mule and just hauling the loot to Tony to sell.

I am currently running a campaign where only Rudedog does the fighting. I wonder why he's my favorite merc?

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Re: "Grazy people"[message #97580]

Sat, 27 May 2006 23:02

Bob_Marley is currently offline

Messages:28
Registered:May 2006
Location: Essex, UK

I've never really used Reuban that much in UC, he just never really appealed to me. I gave Skits an Uzi and a ton of ammo and never needed to replace that weapon, it suits him down to the ground!

I always use Rosebud and Maddog as snipers in my UC games. Give 'em an AWM or CZ700M and they can, with pretty much standard stats, hit anyone in the torso, from any range and their marksmanship shoots up really fast too.

I didnt really use Cobra at all, he didnt seem to have anything that I couldnt get with Shadow (hmm.. and excuse to play though UC again!). Spike got the job of lugging the RPG around Danubia and was damn effective with it, along side his M16A2 (why can I never find one of those for my other mercs?) and Kelly Got an M249 and joined the rest of my machine gunners (IMP, Buzz, Ivan, Morgan, Ice, Grizzly [the image of him hammering away with an M249 overrides all other considerations], etc).

Rude Dog rocks and is fantastic in just about every role that one can come up with for him.

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