SwagPenguin Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 How do we feel about power generation?Seems like the general consensus is that fusion is the best (and I would agree). Some people insist power drip is just as good. However, I haven't seen anyone talk about emergency drip since it came out. I've tried running it but it just doesn't seem to work out nearly as well. Seems to do best when combo-ed with lockpick 1.0. the thing is Emergency drip could be really good if you can rely on some other method of power generation too, but *as far as I know* you can't reasonably progress through the game with 2 power generation programs and you can't buy any of the power generation programs at the server farm.I think it would work well if you find a portable server to compliment it but that's really unreliable and I'm having a lot of trouble getting through the first through levels using emergency drip. Any tips for emergency drip? Also confirming, it's not possible to have 2 power generation programs to start right? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/42770-power-generation/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seekar Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 You *can* start with two power generation programs...But then you'd need some other way to break the firewalls on (presumably) a server farm...Which means you need a Buster Chip...Which you can't get from a nanofab...So you'd have to pull it off of the body of a guard. G'luck with that! Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/42770-power-generation/#findComment-556952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMeat Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 How do we feel about power generation?Seems like the general consensus is that fusion is the best (and I would agree). Some people insist power drip is just as good. However, I haven't seen anyone talk about emergency drip since it came out. I've tried running it but it just doesn't seem to work out nearly as well. Seems to do best when combo-ed with lockpick 1.0. the thing is Emergency drip could be really good if you can rely on some other method of power generation too, but *as far as I know* you can't reasonably progress through the game with 2 power generation programs and you can't buy any of the power generation programs at the server farm.I think it would work well if you find a portable server to compliment it but that's really unreliable and I'm having a lot of trouble getting through the first through levels using emergency drip. Any tips for emergency drip? Also confirming, it's not possible to have 2 power generation programs to start right? Fusion is absolutely the most powerful, you will always have more than enough power to use...Also I ran an agency for 30+ days on Emergency Drip. It gives me enough power to use (though ... barely), I never have to worry power running out. But I cannot go aggressively on Emergency Drip. Pairing with hacking programs is also important. I pair Parasite 2.0+Lockpick 1.0 with emergency Drip, and Rapier + Lockpick 1.0 with Fusion. For double power generation program starts, if you are seeking for challenge, Power Drip+Emergency Drip could be a useful combination and you will always have enough power, but it still using 2 program slots. Otherwise Fusion gives you more than enough power while only using 1 slot. You can save the space for other fun programs. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/42770-power-generation/#findComment-556972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphingx Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 On my first playthrough, not properly understanding the importance of a power generation program, I picked both lockpick and parasite as my starting programs, leaving me with no power programs at all. -_-;; I only made it through thanks to having Internationale and collecting an inventory full of accelerator chips. It was an interesting playthrough to say the least. Since they changed accelerator chips to require Anarchy instead of hacking I doubt that technique would work anymore, although they did buff the hacking skill. I suppose if one started with Internationale and Xu it could work. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/42770-power-generation/#findComment-557101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarrr Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 You *can* start with two power generation programs...But then you'd need some other way to break the firewalls on (presumably) a server farm...Which means you need a Buster Chip...Which you can't get from a nanofab...So you'd have to pull it off of the body of a guard.G'luck with that!There's a slim chance of finding one in a safe as well, so possible with Xu and a looooot of restarts. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/42770-power-generation/#findComment-557385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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