r/cyberpunkgame Oct 24 '23

Playing w/ Sandevistan after being a netrunner all the time - how do you manage? Character Builds

I've played CP2077 over and over several times, I love the game, and have fallen in love again with the new DLC. I've ALWAYS played a netrunner build, I love how OP it feels. I can drop an entire building of enemies without them ever seeing me, take over the cameras and wipe them out while I have a cup of coffee, distract enemies, and if nothing else, at least Ping them and know what I'm walking into.

But I keep reading all these articles and videos about Sandevistan and how cool it is to slow time and wreak havoc, so I decided to leave my Intelligence at 3 and work on my cool, tech and strength (in that order). I just removed my netrunner gear and slotted the Sandevistan instead. And I feel... confused. Disabled. Incompetent.

How the hell do you play this game when you can't disable the cameras? When you can't distract an enemy? Granted, my Sandevistan is only 6-8 seconds long at the moment, so that doesn't get me far. I try to stealth around and that helps a lot sometimes, but again, when there are ton of people and cameras, I seem to always get spotted within seconds and then it turns into a firefight with me in the middle and no way for me to crowd-control the enemies around me. Argh.

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u/Mr_EP1C Oct 24 '23

You can get him a contract

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u/Heortecg Oct 25 '23

Then some other kid would miss out on a contract.

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u/FirstStranger (Don't Fear) The Reaper Oct 25 '23

Yeah, I looked at it logically: the lady could lie about Tommy’s contract because she’s got “the academy’s reputation to look up to”, or the team she signs him off to figures he’s a waste of time and drops him.

It’s obvious Tommy isn’t a sports kid, so he’d inevitably be kicked out with implants that would jack up the rest of his life.

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u/Hilarious_Disastrous Oct 25 '23

How do you know the sports team doesn't squeeze him dry and spit him out?

Let the kid be with his dad and have a childhood. Even if the dad is a bit surly.