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Low RNG Amalgamation: Stormcharger Specialization

Description
WHAT:
A primary specialization for Amalgamation Classes built on Stormrider class perks, fighting the alien menace with sword and untrained psionic abilities.

WHY:
To be perfectly honest the original thought behind this spec was "wait, Iridar made an 'unarmed' weapon once, and Stormrider has his psi-kicks... let's combine those and have a psi-brawler primary spec". Alas, after few hours of fighting with the damned things I couldn't make Unarmed Weapons interact with True Primary Secondaries properly so I gave up and switched to sword. And here we are.

LOW RNG?:
Simply speaking instead of RNG heavy approach normal Amalgamation specializations take, with big decks throwing in random abilities at each rank, this spec is built with the approach that ability list should be ideally static, with random ability decks being used only if it makes thematically sense.

IS IT BALANCED:
Eh, should be fine. Stormrider's abilities are well balanced I'd say.

DEETS:
- Squaddie gets Windcaller's Legacy.
- Corporal gets Intercept.
- Sergeant gets Blitz Kick.
- Lieutenant gets Riposte.
- Captain gets Shockwave.
- Major gets Windcaller's Fury.
- Colonel gets Concussive Blows.
- Brigadier gets Thunderdome.

THANKS:
Thanks and credits go to Iridar for his Stormrider mod, Musashi for True Primary Secondaries, as well to anyone else who's work I might have used as basis or "perk pack".

6 Comments
Malek Deneith  [author] 18 Aug, 2024 @ 8:29am 
Well that's an... unfortunate oversight on my part. Annoyingly I can't really update this or any other mod of mine, since I recently moved to Linux. Playing and modding the game is one thing, but alternative mod uploader doesn't want to play nice judging by a few quick attempts.
Maybe if I ever have a moment to dig out my laptop and still remember by then, but for now it'll have to remain as it is, sadly.
But thanks for letting me know all the same.
LukeSolas 18 Aug, 2024 @ 7:56am 
Hey! Cool class, but I noticed I couldn't unequip my secondary weapon and after looking it up in the original stormrider class mod I found you hadn't added the "empty" weapon as allowed secondary weapon for the stormcharger spec. Couldn't use the second part of that stormrider passive that gives a move on all melee attacks when secondary weapon is empty.

I added in myself, but figured I'D let you know in any case.
Malek Deneith  [author] 4 Jul, 2023 @ 10:21am 
It might work with old Primary Secondaries, but I haven't tried that. I'd still recomend True Primary Secondaries regardless, found it less problematic overall (at least when used with Iridar's fix for Musashi's mods), and near as I remember things that require old PS should work with TPS by default.
Jokerke 4 Jul, 2023 @ 2:47am 
does this only work with True Primary Secondaries and not regular Primary Secondaries?
Malek Deneith  [author] 27 Aug, 2022 @ 3:57am 
Not all, but large enough amount. Made it incompatible with heavy weapons with exception of gauntlet, other melee specs, and other psi-themed specs. And Phoenix and your Geomancer since those want to be paired with specific primary specs.
Stukov81-T.TV 27 Aug, 2022 @ 3:42am 
Nice work. Is it allowed with all other specs?