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=Hello=
This aims to be a companion to the [[Simple character building guide]] for those of you without the balls or patience to figure stuff out for yourself.
Stuff like: What's better, fists or rifles? What if I want to be a non-combat character? How can you help me be all I can be<sup>TM</sup>?
=Build Focus=
=Build Focus=
First off, you need to decide if you want to be a weak nerdy branes faggot or a tuff buff and sexy combat character. From there, you need to decide if you want to craft or pick locks as a focus if you chose the former, or what weapon you want to use if you chose the latter.
First off, you need to decide if you want to be a weak nerdy branes faggot or a tuff buff and sexy combat character. From there, you need to decide if you want to craft or pick locks as a focus if you chose the former, or what weapon you want to use if you chose the latter.


I'll attempt to supply an objective comparison of the different paths below.  Remember that you dont have to stick to just combat or brains, you can be both with a little effort.
I'll attempt to supply an objective comparison of the different paths below.
==Brains==
==Brains==
Really your main choice here will be between picking locks and robbing people (a noble profession) or making things for people to rob you of. Let me list some of the upsides of each build focus.
Really your main choice here will be between picking locks and robbing people (a noble profession) or making things for people to rob you of. Let me list some of the upsides of each build focus.
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* You can obtain a huge amount of experience rather quickly.
* You can obtain a huge amount of experience rather quickly.
* You can make powerful items for yourself and your friends.
* You can make powerful items for yourself and your friends.
* You will likely have decent Science skill, allowing you to assist in robbing jerks and busting ghosts.
* You will likely have decent Science skill, allowing you to bust ghosts.
* You are not required by your character focus to routinely get in trouble with the Law.
* You are not required by your character focus to routinely get in trouble with the Law.


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* You can obtain powerful items for yourself and your friends.
* You can obtain powerful items for yourself and your friends.
* Robbing is a lot more fun and less boring than crafting.
* Robbing is a lot more fun and less boring than crafting.
* Your corporation will likely offer you a lot of support and aid as lockpickers are in short supply.
* Lockpicking is REALLY HARD right now due to an abundance of supercops.


==Combat==
==Combat==
For a combat character, your main decision to be made is that of your weapon type. Do you want to be Spears? Fists? Clubs? Pistols? Something else? I'll help you out by listing a few of the <s>traits of each weapon type.</s>'''reasons the weapon types (except fists) are gay as fuck and you are a faggot if you pick them'''
For a combat character, your main decision to be made is that of your weapon type. Do you want to be Spears? Fists? Clubs? Pistols? Something else? I'll help you out by listing a few of the traits of each weapon type.
 
===[[Flails]]===
Flails KIND OF suck but have a distinct possibility of getting better in the near future. I would not recommend picking flails even so, because there are like two in the game at the moment.
 
===[[Fish]]===
You use this when fishing for fish and also in combat when fighting with a fishing pole. They are not flails. This is still not viable.


===Flails===
===[[Throw]]===
Flails is gay because fishing poles are the only obtainable flails and they barely count as weapons.
Throw is terrible because shuriken and special soda cans are the only obtainable throwing 'weapons'. Other objects are throwable, such as grappling hooks and molotov cocktails (which are technically bombs, but you need throw to use them without killing yourself), but only shuriken will earn you any XP. They also do shitty damage. You don't need the same kind of total you would need for a real weapon to throw said utility objects, so it's stupid and dumb to build a character for throwing.


===Throw===
===[[Bombs]]===
Throw is gay because shuriken are the only throwing obtainable throwing 'weapon' and they are crap. Other objects are throwable -- unless they're heavy enough to cause actual damage. Then they're not throwable.
Bombs is gay because it's not really a weapon type and you can just use a grenade launcher to bypass the need for the skill in most cases. Not to mention you don't gain XP for blowing things up. Useful for killing high-level monsters and players with as little risk as possible, but <s>OH HEY DID I MENTION YOU COULD JUST USE A GRENADE LAUNCHER</s> '''THEY GOT NERFED''' and now rely on the bombs skill.


===Bombs===
===[[Wrestle]]===
Bombs is gay because it's not really a weapon type and you can just use a grenade launcher to bypass the need for the skill in most cases. Not to mention you don't gain XP for blowing things up.
Wrestle is at the moment entirely useless, only checked for the hooligan's headbutt ability and stripping an opponent of their clothes while you have them grabbed. Headbutt is good I guess, so maybe tag this if you don't know what else to tag and you plan on getting hooligan. You still need a real weapon skill though.


===Wrestle===
===[[Whips]]===
Wrestle is gay because headbutting's day has come and gone and it continues to have absolutely no use besides headbutting.
Low end whips are easy to get a hold of, higher end whips do elemental damage.  The speed cap is easy to get close to and some of the best whips do elec damage.  An excellent weapon for brainy branes since most whips don't require brawn to do damage. The only issue with whips is that they do absolutely terrible damage compared to any other actual weapon skill. Still, not horrible.


===Whips===
===[[Blades]]===
Whips are cool because the higher end weapons all do elemental damage and the speed cap is pretty easy to get close to. Mostly for brainy branes but in capable hands they can wreak havoc.
Blades are an extremely common weapon in hellmoo, especially in the early game. However, because blades tend to be quite slow and do slash/stab damage, which is easily soaked, they are gay. Also, while there is a very powerful end-game blade available, it requires power sources and is extremely difficult to craft. Another problem is that most decent low- and mid-range blades are only obtainable once per player which will likely cause trouble unless you're the kind of person who can rob jerks. In addition, the stats are fairly hard to balance at first -- especially if you want to remain intelligent -- and the 'best' blade is two-handed. Even so, still not horrible.


===Blades===
===[[Clubs]]===
Blades is gay because blades tend to be quite slow and do slash/stab damage, which is easily soaked. Also because though they do have a very powerful end-game weapon, it requires power sources and is a bitch to craft. Not to mention carrying one around will make you an instant target. It also doesn't help that most decent low- and mid-range blades are only obtainable once per player which will likely cause trouble unless you're the kind of person who can rob jerks. In addition, the stats are fairly hard to balance at first -- especially if you want to remain intelligent -- and all high-end blades are two-handed.
Clubs are amazing. Clubs only require two stats to be awesome, unlike every other weapon class except whips. And clubs do way more damage than whips. Tag clubs if you want to be as powerful as possible as fast as possible and with as little effort as possible.


===Clubs===
===[[Spears]]===
Clubs is gay because high-end clubs do rather low damage compared to other high-end weapons (though still competitive) and require expensive mods to be of viable speed and power. The weapon type also suffers from a lack of useful mid-range weapons. In addition, the most powerful clubs -- though free -- are quite frustrating to obtain.
Spears are powerful. Spears are very, very hurty and have high parry class. There are useful one-handed fast spears (assegai/luftspeer/abossegai), and useful two-handed slower spears (chainsaw lance/zap brannigan/garden weasel). Both are very impressive. Spears suffers a little from a lack of low-end weapons, however. You will likely need a corporation to support you in the beginning if you choose spears.  Also for note you'll spend forever in the toxic dump trying to get more spears to replace any you lose. Spears are very, very good and I recommend tagging spears if you want to be super tough and don't mind putting in a lot of effort.


===Spears===
===[[Rifles]]===
Spears is gay because they are almost always two-handed and though you can eventually do impressive damage, it is nearly always slash or stab damage which are two very easily soakable types. It does have better stats than blades -- not to mention a much cooler top-end weapon -- and more originality. Too bad there are no decent spears for low-XP characters to kill anything with.
Rifles, they're all two-handed. And lots of them are slow.


===Rifles===
On the other hand, most armor does not protect against bullets well, and guns can't be parried. It is also important to note that rifles have a combat-interrupt unique to their weapon class, as your shots will randomly cause targets to duck and weave... if you have high skill. I recommend tagging rifles if you want to be a unique and special snowflake. They're not horrible.
Rifles is gay because the rifle you would use for grinding is only obtainable through crafting or theft. They also require high brawn to cap their speed, which is necessary because they're slow even AT the speed cap. Especially if you want to use cover, which you shouldn't in most cases because you'll either be wasting time while a hostile NPC attacks you or while the player you want to kill runs away. In addition, they're all two-handed.


===Pistols===
===[[Pistols]]===
Pistols is gay because the top-end weapon (Hammerhead 12mm pistol) is difficult to obtain and they can't make use of supressing fire like Rifles can. The good ammo is non-craftable which means you'll be spending tons of money on ammo.
Pistols is gay. Okay, it's actually really good. 12mm pistols are free (though the ammo is expensive) and super easy to speedcap, super shorties are REALLY GOOD although harder to speedcap, and they're all impossible to parry. Pistols don't have the suppressing fire mechanic that rifles do, but what the fuck ever. Tag pistols if you want to use guns and be cool and shit.


===Fists===
===[[Fists]]===
Fists are pretty terrible and everyone who uses them dies constantly. They're only plus is the ease of gaining their high end weapons.
Fists own. The upsides of fists are that they require less poopsocking than other weapon types except clubs (since you start with higher raw) and they are fairly easy to get a high speed with. The downsides are that they have low parry class. With the changes to teslas/edisons, fists can now do beat or elec for endgame damage, as well as slash if you are an abom. You will probably never get a parry class 2 weapon that is viable in combat with fists. Tag fists if you want to punch stuff or plan on becoming an abomination.


=Starting Packages=
=Starting Packages=
These will be some simple guidelines for how to start a playable character of any common build. Of course, there's no problems with switching out a stat point here or a skill point there, to fit your preference.
These will be some simple guidelines for how to start a playable character of any common build. Of course, there's no problems with switching out a stat point here or a skill point there, to fit your preference.
Note: '''ONLY TAG THINGS THAT ARE YOU GOING TO GET UP ABOVE 6 RAW!''' (Or a huge pain to grind and you're sure you will need it). Tagging things like climb while convenient, is pretty much useless due to the fact that you can grind almost any skill up to 6 raw completely free.


==Brains==
==Brains==
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===Craft===
===Craft===
Brawn 8 Reflexes 13<br>
Reflexes 14 Brains 14, 10 in brawn or senses, depending on your choice in weapons<br>
Brains 14 Endurance 8<br>
Cool 8 Senses 11<br>
'''Skills:'''
'''Skills:'''
* Craft
* Craft
* Science
* Science
* Whips
* Whips (not a requirement, but probably the easiest for a new player. Your 10-stat should be senses for these)
* open skill
* Scavenge


===Lockpicking===
===Lockpicking===
Brawn 8 Reflexes 14<br>
Reflexes 14 Brains 14<br>
Brains 14 Endurance 8<br>
'''2 Free Points:''' Spend them in Brawn if you choose Clubs or Senses if you choose Whips. Alternatively you can be the ever uncommon shiver sword/pistol picker, and spend them on Cool.<br>
Cool 8 Senses 8<br>
'''PLUS 2 free points -- put them in Brawn if you choose Clubs or Senses if you choose Whips or Craft'''<br>
'''Skills:'''
'''Skills:'''
* Hack
* Hack
* Locksmith
* Locksmith
* Clubs or Whips or Craft
* Whips OR Clubs OR Blades OR Pistols
* open skill
* open skill


==Combat==
==Combat==


===Flails===
===Flails (don't take these you tard)===
{{cmd|wield fishing pole}}
Brawn 14 Reflexes 14 Endurance 10<br>
{{cmd|cry fishing pole}}
'''Skills:'''
* Flails
* open skill
* open skill
* open skill


===Throw===
===Throw===
{{cmd|throw tv to e}}
{{cmd|throw tv to e}}<br>
{{cmd|wist}}
{{cmd|wist}}


===Whips===
===Whips===
Brawn 8 Reflexes 12<br>
Reflexes 14 Senses 12<br>
Brains 14 Endurance 8<br>
'''4 Free Points:''' Spend them in Brains for repairing, medicing, and utility skills, or fill out Senses and put the rest in Brawn or Endurance if you want to focus on pure combat.<br>
Cool 8 Senses 12<br>
'''Skills:'''
'''Skills:'''
* Whips
* Whips
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* open skill
* open skill
* open skill
* open skill
If you do put points in brains tag something like locksmith/hack, science, or any other skill you want that is difficult to grind.


===Blades===
===Blades===
{{cmd|wield razor}}
Cool 14 Reflexes 14<br>
{{cmd|k me}}
'''2 Free Points:''' Spend them in Brawn for more damage with a few weapons or Brains for easier repairing, piloting, and medicing. You probably shouldn't bother putting points in brains if you plan on becoming a vampire.<br>
'''Skills:'''
* Blades
* open skill
* open skill
* open skill


===Clubs===
===Clubs===
Brawn 14 Reflexes 14<br>
Brawn 14 Reflexes 14<br>
Brains 8 Endurance 10<br>
'''2 Free Points:''' Spend them in Endurance for skills and drug use, or Brains for an easier time repairing your own stuff, etc. You probably shouldn't bother putting points in brains if you plan on becoming a vampire.<br>
Cool 8 Senses 8<br>
'''Skills:'''
'''Skills:'''
* Clubs
* Clubs
* Climb
* open skill
* open skill
* open skill
* open skill
* open skill


===Spears===
===Spears===
Brawn 12 Reflexes 14<br>
Brawn 12 Reflexes 14 Endurance 12<br>
Brains 8 Endurance 12<br>
Cool 8 Senses 8<br>
'''Skills:'''
'''Skills:'''
* Spears
* Spears
* Climb
* open skill
* open skill
* open skill
* open skill
* open skill
   
   
===Rifles===
===Rifles===
{{cmd|wield shotgun}}
Brawn 12 Reflexes 14 Cool 11<br>
{{cmd|k me}}
'''1 Free Points:''' Put it in Cool if you want to become a Vampire or Brawn if you don't.<br>
'''Skills:'''
* Rifles
* Quickdraw
* open skill
* open skill


===Pistols===
===Pistols===
Brawn 10 Reflexes 14<br>
Brawn 10 Reflexes 14 Cool 9<br>
Brains 8 Endurance 10<br>
'''5 Free Points:''' Put it in Cool if you want to become a Vampire or Brawn if you don't.<br>
Cool 11 Senses 8<br>
'''PLUS 1 free point -- put it in Cool if you want to become a Vampire or Brawn if you don't.'''<br>
'''Skills:'''
'''Skills:'''
* Pistols
* Pistols
* Climb
* Quickdraw
* open skill
* open skill
* open skill
* open skill


===Fists===
===Fists===
Brawn 14 Reflexes 14<br>
Brawn 14 Reflexes 14 Endurance 10<br>
Brains 8 Endurance 10<br>
Cool 8 Senses 8<br>
'''Skills:'''
'''Skills:'''
* Fists
* Fists
* Climb
* open skill
* open skill
* open skill
* open skill
* open skill


==Suggestions for open skill slots==
==Suggestions for open skill slots==
* Climb! No wait do not EVER tag climb it is so easy to get up its ridiculous.
* Quickdraw - Important for guns users as it determines your success when aiming at people. (and your chance to cause them to fail when aiming at you) - however, you could do fine without tagging it.
* Quickdraw - Especially important for guns users as it determines your success when aiming at people. (and your chance to cause them to fail when aiming at you)
* Craft - Make your own bullets and mod your own weapons and other nice things.
* Repair - Fix your OWN weapon isntead of having to carry backups and cry for the smarter members of your corp to do your weapon laundry. Only tag it if you have low brains.
* Scavenge - Extremely useful for finding secret exits and getting crafting parts and cutting things off of bodies.
* Medic - It's either this or spend a lot of money on nanites, most of the time. And some builds can't even use nanites. Only tag it if you have low brains.
* Science - if you are going to be a crafter, you need to this make some things.
* Craft - Make bullets and other nice things. Get XP. You're better off tagging science.
* Hack - you need this if you want to pick advanced locks or hack cameras.
* Swim - Makes moving in water a lot faster and a lot less frustrating. Do not tag this salamander makes this skill useless.
* Track - Great if you enjoy killing people.
* Chemistry - Make hootch and molotovs. (both are useless) Get XP really fast in the beginning and then never use this skill again.
* Repair - Fix your OWN weapon instead of having to carry backups and cry for the smarter members of your corp to do your weapon laundry. Easy to grind if you're into that sort of thing.
* Pilot - FLY PLANES -- GET YOUR PLANE STOLEN -- CRY.  Probably a good idea to only tag if you have low brains.
* Medic - It's either this or spend a lot of money on nanites, most of the time. And some builds can't even use nanites. Less required if you don't mind spending a lot of money or having really high brains. Or take iron liver.
* Wrestle - ONLY TAG THIS IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE EXTREMELY HIGH BRAWN (clubs, fists, spears) AND ARE GOING TO GET THE HOOLIGAN MUTATION

Latest revision as of 01:06, 6 May 2014

Build Focus

First off, you need to decide if you want to be a weak nerdy branes faggot or a tuff buff and sexy combat character. From there, you need to decide if you want to craft or pick locks as a focus if you chose the former, or what weapon you want to use if you chose the latter.

I'll attempt to supply an objective comparison of the different paths below.

Brains

Really your main choice here will be between picking locks and robbing people (a noble profession) or making things for people to rob you of. Let me list some of the upsides of each build focus.

Crafting

  • You can obtain a huge amount of experience rather quickly.
  • You can make powerful items for yourself and your friends.
  • You will likely have decent Science skill, allowing you to bust ghosts.
  • You are not required by your character focus to routinely get in trouble with the Law.

Lockpicking

  • You can get revenge on those who wrong you in the most permanent means possible in HellMOO -- Taking their text items.
  • You can obtain powerful items for yourself and your friends.
  • Robbing is a lot more fun and less boring than crafting.
  • Lockpicking is REALLY HARD right now due to an abundance of supercops.

Combat

For a combat character, your main decision to be made is that of your weapon type. Do you want to be Spears? Fists? Clubs? Pistols? Something else? I'll help you out by listing a few of the traits of each weapon type.

Flails

Flails KIND OF suck but have a distinct possibility of getting better in the near future. I would not recommend picking flails even so, because there are like two in the game at the moment.

Fish

You use this when fishing for fish and also in combat when fighting with a fishing pole. They are not flails. This is still not viable.

Throw

Throw is terrible because shuriken and special soda cans are the only obtainable throwing 'weapons'. Other objects are throwable, such as grappling hooks and molotov cocktails (which are technically bombs, but you need throw to use them without killing yourself), but only shuriken will earn you any XP. They also do shitty damage. You don't need the same kind of total you would need for a real weapon to throw said utility objects, so it's stupid and dumb to build a character for throwing.

Bombs

Bombs is gay because it's not really a weapon type and you can just use a grenade launcher to bypass the need for the skill in most cases. Not to mention you don't gain XP for blowing things up. Useful for killing high-level monsters and players with as little risk as possible, but OH HEY DID I MENTION YOU COULD JUST USE A GRENADE LAUNCHER THEY GOT NERFED and now rely on the bombs skill.

Wrestle

Wrestle is at the moment entirely useless, only checked for the hooligan's headbutt ability and stripping an opponent of their clothes while you have them grabbed. Headbutt is good I guess, so maybe tag this if you don't know what else to tag and you plan on getting hooligan. You still need a real weapon skill though.

Whips

Low end whips are easy to get a hold of, higher end whips do elemental damage. The speed cap is easy to get close to and some of the best whips do elec damage. An excellent weapon for brainy branes since most whips don't require brawn to do damage. The only issue with whips is that they do absolutely terrible damage compared to any other actual weapon skill. Still, not horrible.

Blades

Blades are an extremely common weapon in hellmoo, especially in the early game. However, because blades tend to be quite slow and do slash/stab damage, which is easily soaked, they are gay. Also, while there is a very powerful end-game blade available, it requires power sources and is extremely difficult to craft. Another problem is that most decent low- and mid-range blades are only obtainable once per player which will likely cause trouble unless you're the kind of person who can rob jerks. In addition, the stats are fairly hard to balance at first -- especially if you want to remain intelligent -- and the 'best' blade is two-handed. Even so, still not horrible.

Clubs

Clubs are amazing. Clubs only require two stats to be awesome, unlike every other weapon class except whips. And clubs do way more damage than whips. Tag clubs if you want to be as powerful as possible as fast as possible and with as little effort as possible.

Spears

Spears are powerful. Spears are very, very hurty and have high parry class. There are useful one-handed fast spears (assegai/luftspeer/abossegai), and useful two-handed slower spears (chainsaw lance/zap brannigan/garden weasel). Both are very impressive. Spears suffers a little from a lack of low-end weapons, however. You will likely need a corporation to support you in the beginning if you choose spears. Also for note you'll spend forever in the toxic dump trying to get more spears to replace any you lose. Spears are very, very good and I recommend tagging spears if you want to be super tough and don't mind putting in a lot of effort.

Rifles

Rifles, they're all two-handed. And lots of them are slow.

On the other hand, most armor does not protect against bullets well, and guns can't be parried. It is also important to note that rifles have a combat-interrupt unique to their weapon class, as your shots will randomly cause targets to duck and weave... if you have high skill. I recommend tagging rifles if you want to be a unique and special snowflake. They're not horrible.

Pistols

Pistols is gay. Okay, it's actually really good. 12mm pistols are free (though the ammo is expensive) and super easy to speedcap, super shorties are REALLY GOOD although harder to speedcap, and they're all impossible to parry. Pistols don't have the suppressing fire mechanic that rifles do, but what the fuck ever. Tag pistols if you want to use guns and be cool and shit.

Fists

Fists own. The upsides of fists are that they require less poopsocking than other weapon types except clubs (since you start with higher raw) and they are fairly easy to get a high speed with. The downsides are that they have low parry class. With the changes to teslas/edisons, fists can now do beat or elec for endgame damage, as well as slash if you are an abom. You will probably never get a parry class 2 weapon that is viable in combat with fists. Tag fists if you want to punch stuff or plan on becoming an abomination.

Starting Packages

These will be some simple guidelines for how to start a playable character of any common build. Of course, there's no problems with switching out a stat point here or a skill point there, to fit your preference.

Note: ONLY TAG THINGS THAT ARE YOU GOING TO GET UP ABOVE 6 RAW! (Or a huge pain to grind and you're sure you will need it). Tagging things like climb while convenient, is pretty much useless due to the fact that you can grind almost any skill up to 6 raw completely free.

Brains

You'll notice both brains builds also have a combat skill. This is because you will want at least passable skill as many crafting components are in dangerous areas, and it's roughly of equal viability for gaining XP as a lockpicker.

Craft

Reflexes 14 Brains 14, 10 in brawn or senses, depending on your choice in weapons
Skills:

  • Craft
  • Science
  • Whips (not a requirement, but probably the easiest for a new player. Your 10-stat should be senses for these)
  • Scavenge

Lockpicking

Reflexes 14 Brains 14
2 Free Points: Spend them in Brawn if you choose Clubs or Senses if you choose Whips. Alternatively you can be the ever uncommon shiver sword/pistol picker, and spend them on Cool.
Skills:

  • Hack
  • Locksmith
  • Whips OR Clubs OR Blades OR Pistols
  • open skill

Combat

Flails (don't take these you tard)

Brawn 14 Reflexes 14 Endurance 10
Skills:

  • Flails
  • open skill
  • open skill
  • open skill

Throw

throw tv to e
wist

Whips

Reflexes 14 Senses 12
4 Free Points: Spend them in Brains for repairing, medicing, and utility skills, or fill out Senses and put the rest in Brawn or Endurance if you want to focus on pure combat.
Skills:

  • Whips
  • open skill
  • open skill
  • open skill

If you do put points in brains tag something like locksmith/hack, science, or any other skill you want that is difficult to grind.

Blades

Cool 14 Reflexes 14
2 Free Points: Spend them in Brawn for more damage with a few weapons or Brains for easier repairing, piloting, and medicing. You probably shouldn't bother putting points in brains if you plan on becoming a vampire.
Skills:

  • Blades
  • open skill
  • open skill
  • open skill

Clubs

Brawn 14 Reflexes 14
2 Free Points: Spend them in Endurance for skills and drug use, or Brains for an easier time repairing your own stuff, etc. You probably shouldn't bother putting points in brains if you plan on becoming a vampire.
Skills:

  • Clubs
  • open skill
  • open skill
  • open skill

Spears

Brawn 12 Reflexes 14 Endurance 12
Skills:

  • Spears
  • open skill
  • open skill
  • open skill

Rifles

Brawn 12 Reflexes 14 Cool 11
1 Free Points: Put it in Cool if you want to become a Vampire or Brawn if you don't.
Skills:

  • Rifles
  • Quickdraw
  • open skill
  • open skill

Pistols

Brawn 10 Reflexes 14 Cool 9
5 Free Points: Put it in Cool if you want to become a Vampire or Brawn if you don't.
Skills:

  • Pistols
  • Quickdraw
  • open skill
  • open skill

Fists

Brawn 14 Reflexes 14 Endurance 10
Skills:

  • Fists
  • open skill
  • open skill
  • open skill

Suggestions for open skill slots

  • Quickdraw - Important for guns users as it determines your success when aiming at people. (and your chance to cause them to fail when aiming at you) - however, you could do fine without tagging it.
  • Craft - Make your own bullets and mod your own weapons and other nice things.
  • Scavenge - Extremely useful for finding secret exits and getting crafting parts and cutting things off of bodies.
  • Science - if you are going to be a crafter, you need to this make some things.
  • Hack - you need this if you want to pick advanced locks or hack cameras.
  • Track - Great if you enjoy killing people.
  • Repair - Fix your OWN weapon instead of having to carry backups and cry for the smarter members of your corp to do your weapon laundry. Easy to grind if you're into that sort of thing.
  • Medic - It's either this or spend a lot of money on nanites, most of the time. And some builds can't even use nanites. Less required if you don't mind spending a lot of money or having really high brains. Or take iron liver.
  • Wrestle - ONLY TAG THIS IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE EXTREMELY HIGH BRAWN (clubs, fists, spears) AND ARE GOING TO GET THE HOOLIGAN MUTATION