no dedicated medic at the start viable?

[Claypl]

Any reason to take medic early on? Always feel a bit scammed with that recruitment.

Beyond obvious healing speed which can be cover later by B team or Larry which can be grab very early?

Any important story point early on that require high med skill? I'm aware of Granny needing it and there are some mid game story points but is there anything early that I would be missing out?

[MateKiddleton]

Not early on. 40-50 med is more than sufficient, even in JA2 (medical skill also went up rapidly in JA2 compared to 3). Buns and Mouse are therefore great early picks.

[sandman25dcsss]

1 hour ago, MateKiddleton said:

Not early on. 40-50 med is more than sufficient, even in JA2 (medical skill also went up rapidly in JA2 compared to 3). Buns and Mouse are therefore great early picks.

Livewire. Mechanic and medic in one.

[Melliores]

Nope, you can get by with 50 medical skill for First aid during combat. You will need 80+ skill later on for the Red Rabies quest line and possibly some other medical checks during quests. But nothing up to meeting and recruiting Larry.

 

[Claypl]

Thanks @Melliores.

@sandman25dcsss Livewire is OP but I'm just so much over her after one playthrough, looking for alternatives. She get quite annoying after couple hours with her (would wish to have mute button like in multiplayer games just for her 😄 ) .

I'm looking to building team around Raven and these two do not mash well ..

Blood is killing machine and have reasonable med skills, I think that will be my pick.

[sandman25dcsss]

I started a new run with Livewire, Blood and IMP. It will be interesting to see how much HP I will lose trying to touch loot defended by explosive trap 😉

[Claypl]

Uh why no explosive expert ? Your budget team can accommodate one more merc easily.

Some sort of challenge run, how long you can stay alive without explosive expert??

[sandman25dcsss]

13 minutes ago, Claypl said:

Uh why no explosive expert ? Your budget team can accommodate one more merc easily.

Some sort of challenge run, how long you can stay alive without explosive expert??

No money, I hired both mercs for 14 days.

[Claypl]

And no hiring after Ernie village money boost? I prefer to have 4/5 people right from start to go through opening maps super fast.

[sandman25dcsss]

22 minutes ago, Claypl said:

And no hiring after Ernie village money boost? I prefer to have 4/5 people right from start to go through opening maps super fast.

I've just captured Ernie, but Barry is not available in my game. Fidel is too expensive. Probably I will hire Red later.