Difference between revisions of "Feral Mode/Extra Notes"

Revision as of 17:57, 15 June 2012

Notable Feral Mode Changes:

1) Experience and Leveling up:

Feral Mode characters gain experience as a faster rate than Normal Mode. Additionally, Boss Vials are not required to level up to 31 and beyond in Feral Mode. Feral Mode characters often reach level 50 significantly faster than Normal Mode characters (the first character to reach level 50 in Feral Mode did so in around 72 hours).

2) Equipment:

You have 10 Loadout and "10" Upkeep. These are hard caps which you cannot increase by any means. Additionally, items you equip have their Upkeep multiplied by 5 (approximately). You could equip a Water Flask (10 Loadout, 2 Upkeep), but not an item with 3 Upkeep or more. You may still equip multiple items if you can somehow get them small enough. While it is nice to be able to equip a Water Flask, the available Loadout and Upkeep are mostly there to allow you to equip items such as Sunglasses and Long Coat.

3) Powers:

Whenever you master a power, you will be given 2 upgrades at random from those available to the power. These upgrades are free, however. Because of this, a great deal less experience is required to get a basic "power boost" to a skill that you want to keep by mastering it. You can change the upgrades to a power by unmastering and then remastering it. This will give you another roll of the dice to pick up two different upgrades. Note, you could roll exactly the same upgrades the second time around as well.

Because Feral Mode has you rely on powers exclusively, you will be able to master up to 13 powers by level 50 (instead of 11 as in Normal Mode). You can still Epic up to 5 powers just as you would in Normal Mode. This required a boss vial of the appropriate type as normal. Note: When you epic a power, you *do* get to choose the third upgrade you pick up. Epic upgrades are not random. You can still pick up Dedication powers as normal. As you progress in levels, Feral Mode grants 2 additional special powers: Feral Regeneration and Feral Recovery. These powers are received at Epic power level automatically. They can be used to recover Health and Energy, respectively.

4) Vials:

Feral Mode limits Loadout to a great degree. As such, you will find it difficult to carry a Nanite Collector to collect builder nanites and infection vials.

Additionally, Feral Mode characters do not collect Boss Vials from Prime fights. To gain Epic powers, Boss Vials will have to be acquired from other PCs through auction, trade, or other means.

5) Crafting and Salvage:

Feral Mode characters do not collect salvage, nor do they have craft skills. Feral Mode characters can never craft items.

6) Roles and Combat Skills:

Feral Mode characters do not train Roles as in Normal Mode. Instead, as you progress in level you will be given automatic combat skills that match your feral talents. By level 50, your Combat Skills will be as follows:

| Avoidance [ 3] Damage [ 3] Durability [ 3]| | Endurance [ 3] Health [ 3] Outnumbered [ 2]| | Rage [ 2] Technical [-2] |

Checking the details of these skills can help you plan out your power selection. Certain powers work better than others given these combat skills.

7) Combat Bonuses:

Feral Mode grants some unnamed bonuses to your combat prowess from level 1 onward. You may notice that you do a bit more damage and can take a bit more damage than the average agent of your level. This helps to compensate for the lack of equipment.

• Damage is increased by 1, then by 20%.

8) Aggro Penalty:

Feral Mode characters have a significant reduction to Aggro compared to non-Feral characters. In group combat, Normal Mode and All Natural Mode characters will be preferred targets over Feral Mode characters. Perhaps the Ferals you face in combat feel a bit of kinship towards you?