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Category:Recipe Modifier

2012-04-10T11:42:23Z

Crissa:

[[Category:Recipe]][[Category:Crafting]]

Category:Recipe

2012-04-10T11:42:01Z

Crissa:

Category of recipe and recipe modifiers that are craftable by players
[[Category:Items]][[Category:Crafting]]

Gear

2012-04-10T11:40:46Z

Crissa: /* Making Gear */

As Flexible Survival has progressed, the number of choices available for people keeps increasing, and many people are worried about making the right choices when it comes to gear - what to use, how to get it, how to use it, and so on. Since these questions come up frequently, here are some collected answers!

 

== Equipping Gear ==

When you first start the game, you can talk to the Requisition Clerk in Triage to receive a gear starter kit. Depending on which kit you choose, you are given a chainsword or a laser pistol, a combat helmet, and either a medkit or an armored vest.

To see your inventory, you type 'i', 'inv', or 'inventory'. This gives you a numbered list of all the items you are carrying. For example, it may say:
*1 Chain sword
*2 Combat Helmet
*3 Armored Vest

And so on. You can view an item's stats while it is in inventory by typing '+gear 1' or '+gear 2' and so on, using the inventory number of the item. In order to equip an item, you type '+equip 1' or '+equip 2', etc. To see your currently equipped items, type '+equip' without any numbers. Here is an example of the +equip screen:

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Item
!Loadout
!Upkeep
!Item Level
!Item XP
!Distill Points
|----
|1 Charlotte
|Load: 21
|Upkp: 5
|Lvl: 0
|Exp:100%
|Distill: 441/441
|----
|2 Armored Vest
|Load: 30
|Upkp: 1
|Lvl: 5
|Exp:100%
|Distill: 1680/1680
|----
|3 Combat Helmet
|Load: 15
|Upkp: 1
|Lvl: 5
|Exp:100%
|Distill: 1680/1680
|----
|4 Laser pistol
|Load: 15
|Upkp: 3
|Lvl: 9
|Exp: 85%
|Distill: 2645/3110
|----
|}
Remaining Loadout: 18.8 - Total Upkeep: 10

Here, the number is the equipment slot each item is in. Load is how much loadout each equipped item uses, Upkp is the Upkeep cost of each item (in Resources). Lvl is the Craft Level, and EXP and Distill are used in crafting distillations, and so they are '''UTTERLY IRRELEVANT''' at the moment. For now, the three important things are Load, Upkeep, and Level. If you want to see the statistics of an item that is currently equipped, the command is 'load #' - note that this one does not use a plus sign.

Every character starts the game with a maximum of 100 Loadout. This can be increased through merits (Always Be Prepared, All Natural) and Roles (the Readiness role). Every character also starts with 10 Resources, and Resources can be increased to a maximum of (Player Level x2) by spending XP. If you want to equip a piece of gear, you need to have enough available loadout and resources; if you are out of loadout you just can't equip it, and if you are over budget on resources ''all'' of your gear stops working.

 

== Level Scaling ==

When a player levels up, they gain more hit points and their mutant powers hit harder or heal more damage. Gear functions in a similar manner - as it gets leveled up, any effects that cause damage (like on weapons), provide healing (like the medkit), or increase damage resistance (like armor) becomes more powerful. However, gear is also capped by the level of the character it is equipped on; a level 1 character can equip level 50 armor, but the armor will only give the character the same bonus it would if it were level 1. On the other hand, since the armor is already level 50, its effectiveness will automatically increase as the character gains levels and it won't have to be upgraded.

Damage, Healing, Regen, Heal Gain, HP Buffer, Penetration, and Damage Resist are all scaled up by level. If your gear does any of these, you will want to have it upgraded to your level at least. Summoned minions, such as Mutant Companions and Drones, are also summoned at a level equal to their item level.

Gear that gives a buff, such as Accuracy, Haste, Recharge, or DamageBuff, does -not- scale with level; you can safely leave gear with these bonuses at a low level, and still receive the full effect. Further, Children and Kangaroo Pets automatically summon at a level equal to the player's, and so they do not need to be upgraded either.

The process of actually upgrading an item is covered in the Crafting Guide (put link here)
 

== Stacking Bonuses ==

Bluntly, there are a lot of options available for gear. Some, like the items in the starter pack are [[:Category:Items|unmodifiable]]. All the [[:Category:Recipe|craftable items]] and [[:Category: Recipe Modifier|modifiers]] are on the wiki. Essentially, a piece of gear is like a new power for your character, while the gear modifiers provide various bonuses, either directly to the item in question or to whoever it is used on. For example, the 'Physical Armor' item is 'Target: Self' and 'Auto: Self', which means the bonuses it gives (+1 Physical Damage Resist and +3 Max HP) are passive bonuses just for having it equipped. Any modifiers that are added to this item will apply their Ally benefit as a passive bonus. The Liquid Bandage is an active item; when used, it targets an ally and heals them, as well as applying a Regen and Healgain buff. Any modifiers added to this item apply their Ally benefit as an active bonus. Weapons deal damage and sometimes apply negative status effects to enemies; some modifiers have enemy effects, and will apply those to targets hit by a weapon.

Although it is possible to stack bonuses from several pieces of gear, bonuses will only apply once per named source. It is possible to own and equip four different Generic Armors, but you will ''only'' receive the bonus from whichever one is the strongest. Gear modifiers act the same way; it is possible to have a Fast Physical Armor, a Fast Module, and a Fast Shield, but you can only get the passive bonus from Fast ''once''. However, the passive bonus and the active bonus of a mod will stack - someone with Fast armor can still get the full effect of a Fast Banner, for example. If you want to stack Haste, you will need to use different items that provide a Haste bonus (such as the Overclocker and the Cybernetic Reflex Enhancer) and utilize different modifiers (like one item with Fast and one item with Cool).

 

== Cost Effectiveness ==

One thing that can often surprise people is that the top of the line gear is ''expensive''. Many modifiers apply a percentage based increase to the cost of an item, which means it adds up quickly when you start adding three or four modifiers to what you are building. A Nanite Buffer without any modifiers costs 80,000 credits, five common mechanical salvage, and one uncommon electric salvage. A Heavy, Improved, Miniaturized Nanite Buffer costs 924,000 credits, and requires 62 common salvage and 5 uncommon (and one uncommon salvage costs 100 common salvage). When it comes to actual performance, even though the three-mod buffer is over ten times as expensive as the unmodded one, it only provides 36 HP Buffer (before level scaling), while the unmodified buffer provides an HP Buffer of 25 (before level scaling). Unmodified Phyiscal Armor provides 1.0 Physical Damage Resist and 3.0 Max HP for 200 creds and 10 common salvage, while a maxed out Heavy, Overwhelming, Improved, Miniaturized Physical Armor costs close to 6,000 credits and 400 salvage, for 2.0 Physical Damage Resist and 6.0 Max HP.

Essentially, the cost of improving an item increases far, far faster than the increase in a gear's bonuses. There are many people who have complained that, if they can't get the best gear, they may as well use nothing until they can afford the top gear. This is silly. Most basic gear is relatively cheap, and it can be exchanged later when you can afford it. Even items with only two modifiers are around half as expensive as a three-mod item, and can still be very useful.

So, what are some key modifiers to know when you start putting together gear?

*Generic Status Modifiers: Heavy and Overwhelming are frequently used on almost ''everything'', sometimes just one or the other, sometimes both. Heavy increases all status effects from an item by 30%, while Overwhelming is more expensive but increases all status effects by 40%. Improved will also increase all stats by 10%, and is fairly cheap. I typically recommend at least one on an item if it has any effect on stats.
*Loadout Modifiers: Miniaturized, Ruggedized, Ergonomic, and Modular all reduce the loadout and/or upkeep of an item. While this has no direct impact on the item's stats, it does mean you can get more total gear.
*New Status Bonuses: These are modifiers that add fully new stats to an item. For some items (modules, banners, amplifiers) you ''need'' at least one of these, as the base item has no effect without one. For other items, it lets you customize what benefits the item gives or what penalties it inflicts.

 
== Distillations==

Once your gear is built and ready, it can have distillations added to it afterwards. Every gear item has five available points; a level 1 distillation takes 1 points, a level 2 distillation takes 2 points, a level 3 distillation takes 4 points, and a level 4 distillation takes all 5. So, your gear can have:
*A single level 4 distillation, OR
*One level 3 distillation and one level 1, OR
*Two level 2 distillations and one level 1, OR
*One level 2 distillation and three level 1, OR
*Five level 1 distillations

Any character can put a level 1 distillation on an item. In order to put larger distillations on, a character must have the Installation skill. However, that is only to put the distills on the item; no skill is required to use one that has already been added to an item.

In addition, all distillations have a loadout requirement for them to be able to fit on an item.

Most low level distillations can be purchased from the Web shop; a character that has high Underworld and Academics skills, and the Distillery Expert perk, can buy almost all distillations from the web shop, so if there is something you need you can ask around for it.

The largest distills must be made by players; this is where your gear's distillation points come in. As you fight in combat and gain XP, all of your equipped items will gain EXP and Distillation Points. You can also add Distillation Points to items by using builder nanites and boss vials on them, but the number of points per vial you get goes down as the item's EXP goes up. Once an item has enough distillation points in it, you can go to a nanite workshop (like the one that is one up, one north from the Zephyr lobby) and turn it into a distillation; the command is craft <distill>=<item to use>.

[[Distillation]], [[Table_of_Distillations]]
 

== Making Gear ==

Each item requires four things to make:
*XP - Found by RPing and defeating monsters! Yes, every item requires some XP to make.
*Credits - Again, earned through RP, fighting, missions, and etc.
*Builder Nanites - If you have a nanite collector, you start collecting these. Most crafters will have plenty on hand.
*Salvage - Usually the sticking point for most items; you can see what salvage you have by typing 'salvage' in game. 100 Common salvage can be converted into 1 Uncommon salvage, and 25 Uncommon salvage can be made into 1 Rare. You collect salvage from fighting, and from doing some missions.

If you know what item you want to make, you can see what it'll cost by typing 'test item=mod1,mod2,mod3' (or just use one or two mods, or none). To make an item, you type in 'make item=mod1,mod2,mod3'. Note that you can only test items and modifiers if you know the schematics for them. Not every schematic is for sale in the shops, but most crafters have gone through the trouble of collecting them and should be able to give you a quote.

[[Crafting]], [[:Category:Recipe]], [[:Category:Recipe_Modifier]]

[[Category:Guides]][[Category:Crafting]]

Crafting Tutorial

2012-04-10T11:40:24Z

Crissa:

Crafting items is a reasonably complex system with many moving parts, so here's a guide to going about it!

 

== Nanite Collector ==

Obtain a [[Basic Nanite Collector]] or a [[Nanite Collector]].

The basic model can be bought anywhere for Resources, and occupies most of your loadout.  The nonbasic is bought for mako.  It uses less loadout and provides infection vials along with the builder nanite vials you need for crafting.

In order to obtain builder nanite vials of a higher level than dull, you'll need to upgrade the level of your nanite collector. See Crafting below for more information.
 

== Fight Monsters ==

Equip your nanite collector and fight some monsters!   Every time you defeat a monster, a check is made to see if you successfully collect nanites or not. If that check succeeds, you will see the message "<Nanite collector> Your nanite collector chimes as it produces a dull white vial!".  

 

== Crafting ==

The complicated section.

*Go to a crafting station.  These are currently available in the northern room on the second floor of Zephyr and RSX, at the Skunkworks, and in the Promethean village.
*Type 'craft'.  It will list all the options for upgrading your items, and is reproduced below.
<pre>Crafting Options
Upgrade - One Builder Vial, Freecreds.
(Distillation)=(item to melt down for points) - Make new distillations.
Clean (number) - Clean an item of all distills, distills are lost.
Extract (number) - Recover all distills on an item. Item is lost.
To craft, type craft (option), like craft upgrade.
</pre>
*Type 'craft upgrade' to upgrade the level of an item. See [[Level Scaling]].
*Level upgrades cost Freecreds along with a vial of builder nanites.
*The level of the nanite vials is important. Dull, dim, flickering, glowing, bright, and then radiant will be required to bring your item from level 0 to level 50. Dull goes to 5, dim to 15, flickering to 25, glowing to 35, bright to 45, and radiant all the way to 50.

*Distillations have replaced the old upgrade system. See [[Distillation]], or enter 'help distillation' ingame, for more information.
*For 'Clean' and 'Extract', '(number)' is the number of the item in your inventory.

== Skills ==

Certain noncombat skills add a chance of getting more than one level's worth out of one vial.  It's entirely possible to craft with no skills, but you will save vials, XP and freecreds otherwise. 

*[[Computer]] increases the chance of getting crafting nanites during fights. 
*[[Design]] increases the number of levels gained each time you upgrade an item. 

 

== Making Items ==
Equipment items are created at level 0, while consumable items can be created at any level from 1 to the player's crafting skill level. To get your first recipes ([[Light Melee]] and [[Basic Spread]]) you need to talk to the Workshop Technician in the Zephyr complex (up 1 and north 1 from lobby). Typing "make" with no arguments gets you a list of the recipes you know. Once you are ready to make something type "make (recipe)=(modifier),(modifier),...". Note there is NO SPACE between modifiers, just a comma. Adding modifiers is optional, and their effects are multiplicative, not additive. Replacing 'make' with 'test' in the preceding command will tell you how much the item will cost and what skill level is required without producing the item.

The following prompts will appear: 
*It will cost ### xp and ### freecred. Continue? ***This is just telling you what it's going to cost. Type Y to continue*** 
*It requires salvage of at least level # and at most level #. What level do you want to use? ***If you use salvage of a higher level than the minimum required, you'll get a 10% bonus to the stats of the item.*** 
*What would you like to call your creation? ***This is the Item Name. It should be short and sweet, like Boomstick or Frying Pan*** 
*What do it look like? ***This is the long description of your item so feel free to get creative. EX: This frying pan looks like it hasn't been used for frying for a very long time. It has numerous dents and scrapes and the handle is wrapped in duct tape.*** 

After the final description is entered your item should be created and put in your inventory. Equip and enjoy!

== Recipes and Recipe Modifiers ==

See [[:Category:Recipe|Recipes]] and [[:Category:Recipe_Modifier|Recipe Modifiers]]. Note that not all recipes and recipe modifiers listed are actually available in the game yet.

[[Category:Guides]][[Category:Crafting]]

Gear

2012-04-10T11:38:49Z

Crissa: /* Making Gear */

As Flexible Survival has progressed, the number of choices available for people keeps increasing, and many people are worried about making the right choices when it comes to gear - what to use, how to get it, how to use it, and so on. Since these questions come up frequently, here are some collected answers!

 

== Equipping Gear ==

When you first start the game, you can talk to the Requisition Clerk in Triage to receive a gear starter kit. Depending on which kit you choose, you are given a chainsword or a laser pistol, a combat helmet, and either a medkit or an armored vest.

To see your inventory, you type 'i', 'inv', or 'inventory'. This gives you a numbered list of all the items you are carrying. For example, it may say:
*1 Chain sword
*2 Combat Helmet
*3 Armored Vest

And so on. You can view an item's stats while it is in inventory by typing '+gear 1' or '+gear 2' and so on, using the inventory number of the item. In order to equip an item, you type '+equip 1' or '+equip 2', etc. To see your currently equipped items, type '+equip' without any numbers. Here is an example of the +equip screen:

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Item
!Loadout
!Upkeep
!Item Level
!Item XP
!Distill Points
|----
|1 Charlotte
|Load: 21
|Upkp: 5
|Lvl: 0
|Exp:100%
|Distill: 441/441
|----
|2 Armored Vest
|Load: 30
|Upkp: 1
|Lvl: 5
|Exp:100%
|Distill: 1680/1680
|----
|3 Combat Helmet
|Load: 15
|Upkp: 1
|Lvl: 5
|Exp:100%
|Distill: 1680/1680
|----
|4 Laser pistol
|Load: 15
|Upkp: 3
|Lvl: 9
|Exp: 85%
|Distill: 2645/3110
|----
|}
Remaining Loadout: 18.8 - Total Upkeep: 10

Here, the number is the equipment slot each item is in. Load is how much loadout each equipped item uses, Upkp is the Upkeep cost of each item (in Resources). Lvl is the Craft Level, and EXP and Distill are used in crafting distillations, and so they are '''UTTERLY IRRELEVANT''' at the moment. For now, the three important things are Load, Upkeep, and Level. If you want to see the statistics of an item that is currently equipped, the command is 'load #' - note that this one does not use a plus sign.

Every character starts the game with a maximum of 100 Loadout. This can be increased through merits (Always Be Prepared, All Natural) and Roles (the Readiness role). Every character also starts with 10 Resources, and Resources can be increased to a maximum of (Player Level x2) by spending XP. If you want to equip a piece of gear, you need to have enough available loadout and resources; if you are out of loadout you just can't equip it, and if you are over budget on resources ''all'' of your gear stops working.

 

== Level Scaling ==

When a player levels up, they gain more hit points and their mutant powers hit harder or heal more damage. Gear functions in a similar manner - as it gets leveled up, any effects that cause damage (like on weapons), provide healing (like the medkit), or increase damage resistance (like armor) becomes more powerful. However, gear is also capped by the level of the character it is equipped on; a level 1 character can equip level 50 armor, but the armor will only give the character the same bonus it would if it were level 1. On the other hand, since the armor is already level 50, its effectiveness will automatically increase as the character gains levels and it won't have to be upgraded.

Damage, Healing, Regen, Heal Gain, HP Buffer, Penetration, and Damage Resist are all scaled up by level. If your gear does any of these, you will want to have it upgraded to your level at least. Summoned minions, such as Mutant Companions and Drones, are also summoned at a level equal to their item level.

Gear that gives a buff, such as Accuracy, Haste, Recharge, or DamageBuff, does -not- scale with level; you can safely leave gear with these bonuses at a low level, and still receive the full effect. Further, Children and Kangaroo Pets automatically summon at a level equal to the player's, and so they do not need to be upgraded either.

The process of actually upgrading an item is covered in the Crafting Guide (put link here)
 

== Stacking Bonuses ==

Bluntly, there are a lot of options available for gear. Some, like the items in the starter pack are [[:Category:Items|unmodifiable]]. All the [[:Category:Recipe|craftable items]] and [[:Category: Recipe Modifier|modifiers]] are on the wiki. Essentially, a piece of gear is like a new power for your character, while the gear modifiers provide various bonuses, either directly to the item in question or to whoever it is used on. For example, the 'Physical Armor' item is 'Target: Self' and 'Auto: Self', which means the bonuses it gives (+1 Physical Damage Resist and +3 Max HP) are passive bonuses just for having it equipped. Any modifiers that are added to this item will apply their Ally benefit as a passive bonus. The Liquid Bandage is an active item; when used, it targets an ally and heals them, as well as applying a Regen and Healgain buff. Any modifiers added to this item apply their Ally benefit as an active bonus. Weapons deal damage and sometimes apply negative status effects to enemies; some modifiers have enemy effects, and will apply those to targets hit by a weapon.

Although it is possible to stack bonuses from several pieces of gear, bonuses will only apply once per named source. It is possible to own and equip four different Generic Armors, but you will ''only'' receive the bonus from whichever one is the strongest. Gear modifiers act the same way; it is possible to have a Fast Physical Armor, a Fast Module, and a Fast Shield, but you can only get the passive bonus from Fast ''once''. However, the passive bonus and the active bonus of a mod will stack - someone with Fast armor can still get the full effect of a Fast Banner, for example. If you want to stack Haste, you will need to use different items that provide a Haste bonus (such as the Overclocker and the Cybernetic Reflex Enhancer) and utilize different modifiers (like one item with Fast and one item with Cool).

 

== Cost Effectiveness ==

One thing that can often surprise people is that the top of the line gear is ''expensive''. Many modifiers apply a percentage based increase to the cost of an item, which means it adds up quickly when you start adding three or four modifiers to what you are building. A Nanite Buffer without any modifiers costs 80,000 credits, five common mechanical salvage, and one uncommon electric salvage. A Heavy, Improved, Miniaturized Nanite Buffer costs 924,000 credits, and requires 62 common salvage and 5 uncommon (and one uncommon salvage costs 100 common salvage). When it comes to actual performance, even though the three-mod buffer is over ten times as expensive as the unmodded one, it only provides 36 HP Buffer (before level scaling), while the unmodified buffer provides an HP Buffer of 25 (before level scaling). Unmodified Phyiscal Armor provides 1.0 Physical Damage Resist and 3.0 Max HP for 200 creds and 10 common salvage, while a maxed out Heavy, Overwhelming, Improved, Miniaturized Physical Armor costs close to 6,000 credits and 400 salvage, for 2.0 Physical Damage Resist and 6.0 Max HP.

Essentially, the cost of improving an item increases far, far faster than the increase in a gear's bonuses. There are many people who have complained that, if they can't get the best gear, they may as well use nothing until they can afford the top gear. This is silly. Most basic gear is relatively cheap, and it can be exchanged later when you can afford it. Even items with only two modifiers are around half as expensive as a three-mod item, and can still be very useful.

So, what are some key modifiers to know when you start putting together gear?

*Generic Status Modifiers: Heavy and Overwhelming are frequently used on almost ''everything'', sometimes just one or the other, sometimes both. Heavy increases all status effects from an item by 30%, while Overwhelming is more expensive but increases all status effects by 40%. Improved will also increase all stats by 10%, and is fairly cheap. I typically recommend at least one on an item if it has any effect on stats.
*Loadout Modifiers: Miniaturized, Ruggedized, Ergonomic, and Modular all reduce the loadout and/or upkeep of an item. While this has no direct impact on the item's stats, it does mean you can get more total gear.
*New Status Bonuses: These are modifiers that add fully new stats to an item. For some items (modules, banners, amplifiers) you ''need'' at least one of these, as the base item has no effect without one. For other items, it lets you customize what benefits the item gives or what penalties it inflicts.

 
== Distillations==

Once your gear is built and ready, it can have distillations added to it afterwards. Every gear item has five available points; a level 1 distillation takes 1 points, a level 2 distillation takes 2 points, a level 3 distillation takes 4 points, and a level 4 distillation takes all 5. So, your gear can have:
*A single level 4 distillation, OR
*One level 3 distillation and one level 1, OR
*Two level 2 distillations and one level 1, OR
*One level 2 distillation and three level 1, OR
*Five level 1 distillations

Any character can put a level 1 distillation on an item. In order to put larger distillations on, a character must have the Installation skill. However, that is only to put the distills on the item; no skill is required to use one that has already been added to an item.

In addition, all distillations have a loadout requirement for them to be able to fit on an item.

Most low level distillations can be purchased from the Web shop; a character that has high Underworld and Academics skills, and the Distillery Expert perk, can buy almost all distillations from the web shop, so if there is something you need you can ask around for it.

The largest distills must be made by players; this is where your gear's distillation points come in. As you fight in combat and gain XP, all of your equipped items will gain EXP and Distillation Points. You can also add Distillation Points to items by using builder nanites and boss vials on them, but the number of points per vial you get goes down as the item's EXP goes up. Once an item has enough distillation points in it, you can go to a nanite workshop (like the one that is one up, one north from the Zephyr lobby) and turn it into a distillation; the command is craft <distill>=<item to use>.

[[Distillation]], [[Table_of_Distillations]]
 

== Making Gear ==

Each item requires four things to make:
*XP - Found by RPing and defeating monsters! Yes, every item requires some XP to make.
*Credits - Again, earned through RP, fighting, missions, and etc.
*Builder Nanites - If you have a nanite collector, you start collecting these. Most crafters will have plenty on hand.
*Salvage - Usually the sticking point for most items; you can see what salvage you have by typing 'salvage' in game. 100 Common salvage can be converted into 1 Uncommon salvage, and 25 Uncommon salvage can be made into 1 Rare. You collect salvage from fighting, and from doing some missions.

If you know what item you want to make, you can see what it'll cost by typing 'test item=mod1,mod2,mod3' (or just use one or two mods, or none). To make an item, you type in 'make item=mod1,mod2,mod3'. Note that you can only test items and modifiers if you know the schematics for them. Not every schematic is for sale in the shops, but most crafters have gone through the trouble of collecting them and should be able to give you a quote.

[[:Category:Recipe]], [[:Category:Recipe_Modifier]]

[[Category:Guides]][[Category:Crafting]]

Gear

2012-04-10T11:36:33Z

Crissa: /* Distillations */

Gear

2012-04-10T11:36:09Z

Crissa: /* Distillations */

As Flexible Survival has progressed, the number of choices available for people keeps increasing, and many people are worried about making the right choices when it comes to gear - what to use, how to get it, how to use it, and so on. Since these questions come up frequently, here are some collected answers!

 

== Equipping Gear ==

When you first start the game, you can talk to the Requisition Clerk in Triage to receive a gear starter kit. Depending on which kit you choose, you are given a chainsword or a laser pistol, a combat helmet, and either a medkit or an armored vest.

To see your inventory, you type 'i', 'inv', or 'inventory'. This gives you a numbered list of all the items you are carrying. For example, it may say:
*1 Chain sword
*2 Combat Helmet
*3 Armored Vest

And so on. You can view an item's stats while it is in inventory by typing '+gear 1' or '+gear 2' and so on, using the inventory number of the item. In order to equip an item, you type '+equip 1' or '+equip 2', etc. To see your currently equipped items, type '+equip' without any numbers. Here is an example of the +equip screen:

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Item
!Loadout
!Upkeep
!Item Level
!Item XP
!Distill Points
|----
|1 Charlotte
|Load: 21
|Upkp: 5
|Lvl: 0
|Exp:100%
|Distill: 441/441
|----
|2 Armored Vest
|Load: 30
|Upkp: 1
|Lvl: 5
|Exp:100%
|Distill: 1680/1680
|----
|3 Combat Helmet
|Load: 15
|Upkp: 1
|Lvl: 5
|Exp:100%
|Distill: 1680/1680
|----
|4 Laser pistol
|Load: 15
|Upkp: 3
|Lvl: 9
|Exp: 85%
|Distill: 2645/3110
|----
|}
Remaining Loadout: 18.8 - Total Upkeep: 10

Here, the number is the equipment slot each item is in. Load is how much loadout each equipped item uses, Upkp is the Upkeep cost of each item (in Resources). Lvl is the Craft Level, and EXP and Distill are used in crafting distillations, and so they are '''UTTERLY IRRELEVANT''' at the moment. For now, the three important things are Load, Upkeep, and Level. If you want to see the statistics of an item that is currently equipped, the command is 'load #' - note that this one does not use a plus sign.

Every character starts the game with a maximum of 100 Loadout. This can be increased through merits (Always Be Prepared, All Natural) and Roles (the Readiness role). Every character also starts with 10 Resources, and Resources can be increased to a maximum of (Player Level x2) by spending XP. If you want to equip a piece of gear, you need to have enough available loadout and resources; if you are out of loadout you just can't equip it, and if you are over budget on resources ''all'' of your gear stops working.

 

== Level Scaling ==

When a player levels up, they gain more hit points and their mutant powers hit harder or heal more damage. Gear functions in a similar manner - as it gets leveled up, any effects that cause damage (like on weapons), provide healing (like the medkit), or increase damage resistance (like armor) becomes more powerful. However, gear is also capped by the level of the character it is equipped on; a level 1 character can equip level 50 armor, but the armor will only give the character the same bonus it would if it were level 1. On the other hand, since the armor is already level 50, its effectiveness will automatically increase as the character gains levels and it won't have to be upgraded.

Damage, Healing, Regen, Heal Gain, HP Buffer, Penetration, and Damage Resist are all scaled up by level. If your gear does any of these, you will want to have it upgraded to your level at least. Summoned minions, such as Mutant Companions and Drones, are also summoned at a level equal to their item level.

Gear that gives a buff, such as Accuracy, Haste, Recharge, or DamageBuff, does -not- scale with level; you can safely leave gear with these bonuses at a low level, and still receive the full effect. Further, Children and Kangaroo Pets automatically summon at a level equal to the player's, and so they do not need to be upgraded either.

The process of actually upgrading an item is covered in the Crafting Guide (put link here)
 

== Stacking Bonuses ==

Bluntly, there are a lot of options available for gear. Some, like the items in the starter pack are [[:Category:Items|unmodifiable]]. All the [[:Category:Recipe|craftable items]] and [[:Category: Recipe Modifier|modifiers]] are on the wiki. Essentially, a piece of gear is like a new power for your character, while the gear modifiers provide various bonuses, either directly to the item in question or to whoever it is used on. For example, the 'Physical Armor' item is 'Target: Self' and 'Auto: Self', which means the bonuses it gives (+1 Physical Damage Resist and +3 Max HP) are passive bonuses just for having it equipped. Any modifiers that are added to this item will apply their Ally benefit as a passive bonus. The Liquid Bandage is an active item; when used, it targets an ally and heals them, as well as applying a Regen and Healgain buff. Any modifiers added to this item apply their Ally benefit as an active bonus. Weapons deal damage and sometimes apply negative status effects to enemies; some modifiers have enemy effects, and will apply those to targets hit by a weapon.

Although it is possible to stack bonuses from several pieces of gear, bonuses will only apply once per named source. It is possible to own and equip four different Generic Armors, but you will ''only'' receive the bonus from whichever one is the strongest. Gear modifiers act the same way; it is possible to have a Fast Physical Armor, a Fast Module, and a Fast Shield, but you can only get the passive bonus from Fast ''once''. However, the passive bonus and the active bonus of a mod will stack - someone with Fast armor can still get the full effect of a Fast Banner, for example. If you want to stack Haste, you will need to use different items that provide a Haste bonus (such as the Overclocker and the Cybernetic Reflex Enhancer) and utilize different modifiers (like one item with Fast and one item with Cool).

 

== Cost Effectiveness ==

One thing that can often surprise people is that the top of the line gear is ''expensive''. Many modifiers apply a percentage based increase to the cost of an item, which means it adds up quickly when you start adding three or four modifiers to what you are building. A Nanite Buffer without any modifiers costs 80,000 credits, five common mechanical salvage, and one uncommon electric salvage. A Heavy, Improved, Miniaturized Nanite Buffer costs 924,000 credits, and requires 62 common salvage and 5 uncommon (and one uncommon salvage costs 100 common salvage). When it comes to actual performance, even though the three-mod buffer is over ten times as expensive as the unmodded one, it only provides 36 HP Buffer (before level scaling), while the unmodified buffer provides an HP Buffer of 25 (before level scaling). Unmodified Phyiscal Armor provides 1.0 Physical Damage Resist and 3.0 Max HP for 200 creds and 10 common salvage, while a maxed out Heavy, Overwhelming, Improved, Miniaturized Physical Armor costs close to 6,000 credits and 400 salvage, for 2.0 Physical Damage Resist and 6.0 Max HP.

Essentially, the cost of improving an item increases far, far faster than the increase in a gear's bonuses. There are many people who have complained that, if they can't get the best gear, they may as well use nothing until they can afford the top gear. This is silly. Most basic gear is relatively cheap, and it can be exchanged later when you can afford it. Even items with only two modifiers are around half as expensive as a three-mod item, and can still be very useful.

So, what are some key modifiers to know when you start putting together gear?

*Generic Status Modifiers: Heavy and Overwhelming are frequently used on almost ''everything'', sometimes just one or the other, sometimes both. Heavy increases all status effects from an item by 30%, while Overwhelming is more expensive but increases all status effects by 40%. Improved will also increase all stats by 10%, and is fairly cheap. I typically recommend at least one on an item if it has any effect on stats.
*Loadout Modifiers: Miniaturized, Ruggedized, Ergonomic, and Modular all reduce the loadout and/or upkeep of an item. While this has no direct impact on the item's stats, it does mean you can get more total gear.
*New Status Bonuses: These are modifiers that add fully new stats to an item. For some items (modules, banners, amplifiers) you ''need'' at least one of these, as the base item has no effect without one. For other items, it lets you customize what benefits the item gives or what penalties it inflicts.

 
== Distillations==

Once your gear is built and ready, it can have distillations added to it afterwards. Every gear item has five available points; a level 1 distillation takes 1 points, a level 2 distillation takes 2 points, a level 3 distillation takes 4 points, and a level 4 distillation takes all 5. So, your gear can have:
*A single level 4 distillation, OR
*One level 3 distillation and one level 1, OR
*Two level 2 distillations and one level 1, OR
*One level 2 distillation and three level 1, OR
*Five level 1 distillations

Any character can put a level 1 distillation on an item. In order to put larger distillations on, a character must have the Installation skill. However, that is only to put the distills on the item; no skill is required to use one that has already been added to an item.

In addition, all distillations have a loadout requirement for them to be able to fit on an item.

Most low level distillations can be purchased from the Web shop; a character that has high Underworld and Academics skills, and the Distillery Expert perk, can buy almost all distillations from the web shop, so if there is something you need you can ask around for it.

The largest distills must be made by players; this is where your gear's distillation points come in. As you fight in combat and gain XP, all of your equipped items will gain EXP and Distillation Points. You can also add Distillation Points to items by using builder nanites and boss vials on them, but the number of points per vial you get goes down as the item's EXP goes up. Once an item has enough distillation points in it, you can go to a nanite workshop (like the one that is one up, one north from the Zephyr lobby) and turn it into a distillation; the command is craft <distill>=<item to use>.

[[Distillation]] [[Table_of_Distillations]]
 

== Making Gear ==

Each item requires four things to make:
*XP - Found by RPing and defeating monsters! Yes, every item requires some XP to make.
*Credits - Again, earned through RP, fighting, missions, and etc.
*Builder Nanites - If you have a nanite collector, you start collecting these. Most crafters will have plenty on hand.
*Salvage - Usually the sticking point for most items; you can see what salvage you have by typing 'salvage' in game. 100 Common salvage can be converted into 1 Uncommon salvage, and 25 Uncommon salvage can be made into 1 Rare. You collect salvage from fighting, and from doing some missions.

If you know what item you want to make, you can see what it'll cost by typing 'test item=mod1,mod2,mod3' (or just use one or two mods, or none). To make an item, you type in 'make item=mod1,mod2,mod3'. Note that you can only test items and modifiers if you know the schematics for them. Not every schematic is for sale in the shops, but most crafters have gone through the trouble of collecting them and should be able to give you a quote.

[[Category:Guides]]

Accuracy

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| Item [Accuracy ] Type [ Combat Skill]|
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|______________________[ Description ]______________________|
| Your ability to land a blow effectively. Accuracy dramatically |
| increases your accuracy, making every shot count. +5/10/15% to hit |
| with all powers. |
|________________________________________________________________________|
|______________________[ Available In ]______________________|
| Fusillade Commander [Mastermind,Flurry,Accuracy ]|
| Grenadier [Controlled Burst,Accuracy,Readiness ]|
| Gun Slinger [Damage,Accuracy,Fast Loading ]|
| Insurgent [Speed,Tactician,Accuracy ]|
| Judo Fighter [Reactive,Accuracy,Avoidance ]|
| Marauder [Enduring Malice,Controlled Burst,Accuracy ]|
| Marksman [Back Row,Accuracy,Damage ]|
| Militia [Accuracy,Warded,Readiness ]|
| Monk [Accuracy,Penetration,Reactive ]|
| Rogue [Penetration,Accuracy,Fast Loading ]|
| Samurai [Accuracy,Front Row,Outnumbered ]|
| Sniper [Accuracy,Tactician,Back Row ]|
| Spotter [Accuracy,Support,Readiness ]|
| Spy [Accuracy,Avoidance,Back Row ]|
| Windup Operator [Roll With It,Fast Loading,Accuracy ]|
| Zealot [Bewitched,Controlled Burst,Accuracy ]|
|________________________________________________________________________|
</pre>

Hugely Hung Happy Hyper Herm Horse

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|head=[[Headbutt]]
|torso=[[Solid Frame]]
|arms=
|legs=[[Foot Stomp]]
|tail=
|skin=[[Furry Hide]]
|groin=[[Cock Slap]]
|location1=Private Garden
|level1=11-20
}}
They have so much cock, and want to share it with you!

Also the most annoying mutant name in the game.

But you already knew that.

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Ferals

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== Basic Information ==

The term 'Feral' is used to describe any victim of the [[Promethean Nanites]] who has either been utterly subsumed by his or her animalistic nature, or who has embraced a pattern of behavior considered dangerous or unstable. Many ferals are in this last category- they are capable of speech, but seem utterly dominated by their new behavioral patterns. Whether or not either type of feral is recoverable is continually under debate, with [[Zephyr]] personnel being more likely than not to believe in the possible salvation of these unfortunates, and [[RSX]] agents being more likely to view them as lost and dangerous. The [[Prometheans]] seem to prefer to 'live and let live' save in positions of crisis. See [[:Category:Monsters]] for a list of encountered creatures.

[[Category:Theme]]

Ferals

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