I got the game soon after launch and started a sneaky hacker. Didn’t get very far before shelving the game until it was in a better place in terms of polish. Then I recently decided to give the game another chance and pick up where I left with the sneaky hacking. The character seems no longer viable now since my previous approach seems to be limited to however long it takes for the inevitable and unstoppable tracing to finish. Then the game gently pushes my nose into combat and rubs my face in the fact that I have not specced for that.

Is there any way left to level my sneaky hacker through sneaky hacking? Because I did like that playstyle and I don’t see myself leveling a fighter. If I wanted to play a shooter, I certainly wouldn’t do that in Cyberpunk 2077.

  • beebarfbadger@lemmy.worldOP
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    3 months ago

    but arent most RPG builds that way? You have to complete them for them to be really effective?

    That’s exactly the crux of the matter: I want a game where you grow more efficient. Start out doing the gameplay loop that I like, but badly, slowly and then get better at that gameplay loop.

    This change made my favourite gameplay loop no longer viable at all at lower levels. You don’t start out a bad sneaker and then become a good sneaker, they completely removed the ability to effectively solve areas with sneaking altogether at the start.

    I wanted to improve my viable but still flawed hacking skills, not play a different game altogether until stealth-hacking suddenly becomes available mid-game.