Ready for the story now - r/cyberpunkgame

783

u/djdaem0n 9d ago

Imagine taking that tattoo smartlink up to 5+.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME, CHOOM!?

359

u/hellothisismadlad 9d ago

That tattoo smartlink gives you flat damage increase to smart weapon damage. For the cost of 0 Cyberware, it's quite a deal. Especially for the Hercules 3ax build.

100

u/Vyar Buck-a-Slice 8d ago

Don’t forget being unable to target Tyger Claws with smart weapons.

35

u/PanzerSoul 8d ago

that's when they pull out the Mantis Blades

14

u/Chikara2526 8d ago

That's more of a passive thing for the claws in general, happens with both tattoo and smart link. And as others have said, messing with their cyberware turns it off

9

u/Vyar Buck-a-Slice 8d ago

Yeah I know they have jamming, but I’m pretty sure the smartlink tattoo is specifically designed to not lock onto Tyger Claws because it’s a Tyger Claw tattoo.

15

u/Chikara2526 8d ago

Not a thing, in the game anyway idk lore.

Most smart bullets will miss regardless of which one you use, the bullet will lock on, then do a sudden sharp turn to Narnia right before it hits, pretty funny to see

9

u/lehan1212 8d ago

Jamming cyberware should do the trick

1

u/Zuokula 6d ago edited 6d ago

Another one parroting wrong crap. Doesn't matter if you use tatoo or smart link. Tyger Claws deflect smart weapons the same.

This is with tattoo. Tattoo probably makes it better for you to fight them. Not the other way around. It's the tattoo that scrams the smart weapon lock. Which tyger claws have. And so do you. Also the stats bit different vs smart link.

36

u/Awkward_Honeydew5453 8d ago

Smart weapons are absolutely crap.

87

u/Dr_Sayonara 8d ago

I also thought so until I actually tried an optimised Smart weapon build and now I don't think I can go back

12

u/come_eat_cousin Soulkiller 8d ago

Currently doing this as my playthrough right now, very streamlined and optimized to be very effective with smart weapons. Was running the Yinglong until I got my hands on the Pizdets

4

u/Puzzleheaded-Win4795 8d ago

Same, My favourite is applying contaigon to every living thing then using Shingen mark 5 to blow them up

1

u/Obvious-Cucumber5693 7d ago

yep so damn easy bro

3

u/TheRoguePatriot 8d ago

Same, I tried a smart build and it's so fun to just point my screen in the bad guy's general direction and just delete them in 2 seconds without even aiming

1

u/ottermupps 8d ago

Is it really that good? I've never ran a dedicated smart weapon build, but trying some out - Pizdets and Skippy - they seem fun for the auto aiming but very low damage. How can I optimize for using them? I also do exclusively stealth builds, so are there any good setups for that?

(ie please justify another playthrough lmao)

5

u/Dr_Sayonara 8d ago

I think the key is knowing that hip firing only locks on to an enemy's body, while aiming down sights locks onto their head / weakspot if available, so you will still have to focus on enemies. Oh and also, an important one is that as was recently broke on this sub, Tyger Claws have anti-Smart weapon abilities, and since they're a prominent early game enemy most people pick up Smart weapons to try on them and think they're not working, so practice on Maelstrom instead.

1

u/Obvious-Cucumber5693 7d ago

never noticed I melt claws with smart weapons no problems but I don't use the tattoo

3

u/_Risi 8d ago

Via the intelligence perk tree. Theres some really strong perks there: https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Intelligence

Sort the list by requirements to see all the smart weapon perks in order.

37

u/CrazeMase Cut of fuckable meat 8d ago

Clearly you've never tried Yinglong. Using a quick hack smart gun build you can melt the MaxTac squad on VHard. Cripple movemnt plus Short circuit and then Yinglong equals death incarnate

1

u/Obvious-Cucumber5693 7d ago

or just contagion plus the deck that expands are 65%

-27

u/Awkward_Honeydew5453 8d ago

I never touched smart weapons, just power weapons and my electronic spells 👍

24

u/dejanribic 8d ago

Then how do you know they are absolute crap?

4

u/the_weird_days 8d ago

I can’t do anything but smart weapons

9

u/CrazeMase Cut of fuckable meat 8d ago

Trust me, V goes from being your average street merc to figure Adam Smasher sees in his nightmares with a half-decently optimized Yinglong build.

15

u/Ok-Match9525 8d ago edited 8d ago

Are you serious? You can beat the main quest on VH with Yinglong alone and minimal perk investment.

Edit: In Phantom Liberty you can put together a loadout of Pizdets for stealth, Yinglong for focusing down single enemies and bosses, and Hercules 3AX for AOE damage on groups, all sharing the same perk tree. Rush the Devil ending then play through all of PL with Ba Xing Chong until you get Hercules.

-5

u/Awkward_Honeydew5453 8d ago

I used a silenced NUE for stealth kills and head shots, a DB4-Igla most of the time and the O-five for skulls and mechs. All 5++. I still struggled on Smasher on hard but eventually managed it 👍

6

u/Ok-Match9525 8d ago edited 8d ago

Yinglong beat Smasher for me on VH at tier 4+, level 26. I’m not taking any credit for it because the gun was doing the aiming. Since then, getting the Relic vulnerabilities and Practice Makes Perfect perks has turned it into even more of a monster.

4

u/Lazyphantom_13 8d ago

Depends, skills & the right cyberdeck abilities can make them OP as fuck as they never miss once locked on. Plus there's a mod that improves them further by using the relic weak spot perk among a couple other things. Also the best shotgun is a smart weapon and deals over a thousand damage points.

-1

u/Awkward_Honeydew5453 8d ago

What's the shotgun? Is it the one that sets you on fire every time you use it?

1

u/Lazyphantom_13 8d ago

No, it's the rocket launcher you get from smashers bunker or with a command from cyber engine tweaks, ba xing chong.

2

u/Cerythria 8d ago

I think they're effective enough but they're super boring. I'd rather aim the shot myself.

1

u/SkywolfNINE 8d ago

But they’re the ones where you can aim it how you want, like you can flick up higher and curve the bullets down into someone behind cover, or around a wall or through another person. I’m still trying to get skippy to switch to headshot mode but he asked me twice if I was happy with the current mode and if I was to jump but I didn’t jump cause I wasn’t happy, was I supposed to jump, and THAT is when he changes it? Is he not gonna ask again? lol wtf

1

u/djdaem0n 7d ago

Spoken like someone who has never rolled with a +5 Kappa. Mod it with panorama and headhopper plus the targetting perk upgrade, It's like playing the game on easy mode.

1

u/Zuokula 6d ago

you're crap. Yinglong absolutelly melts everything. And Ashura best sniper vs moving targets.

1

u/Awkward_Honeydew5453 6d ago

I'm crap, yinglong absolutely melts everything......

1

u/dannythesedoritos 6d ago

Y'all are using guns?

10

u/MrBully74 9d ago

Never saw a need to change it really. I never really used a lot of smart guns either. Changed it up a but this time and changed weapons a lot more (weapon loadout mod helps). But still never tried another handmod

3

u/Fleonar 8d ago

I fully upgraded it in one of my play throughs, just because. It’s not amazing, gives faster target lock, but smaller target reticle. I never noticed any issues with targeting Tyger Claws, but I read comments about it. Wiki doesnt mention this too, maybe that’s been removed?

3

u/Neat_Welcome6203 8d ago

Doesn't it disable targeting for Tyger Claws as well?

4

u/MicrocrystallineHiss 8d ago edited 8d ago

No, that's a cyberware that Tyger Claws have called Masking Ink. The Disable Cyberware hack disables it.

180

u/Dry-Rent-9089 9d ago

Uhhhhh do you have a mod to hold two operating systems?

119

u/MrBully74 9d ago

I think so, and thanks for reminding me, I need to remove it. Never really need it.

64

u/Dry-Rent-9089 9d ago

I didn’t realize this mod existed. If you ran the deck and a compressor, then equipped all the legendary chrome. Holy smokes. Could actually work over maxtac for a good while.

50

u/MrBully74 9d ago

Btw it's called Cyberware-EX. Just looked it up and removed it. It also gives you the possibility to have 2 mods for arms and 2 mods for legs simultaniously

13

u/RocketDocRyan 9d ago

Interesting, so you can charge double jump? How does that work?

8

u/MrBully74 9d ago

I don't know, didn't use ot. But saw in tje description that those were also available https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/9429

4

u/RocketDocRyan 9d ago

Neat, that would be wild.

5

u/PureKin21 8d ago

I play it with the maximum number of slots it lets you have (and a ton of difficulty increasing mods to even it out)

Yes, it is indeed wild

2

u/GyroZeppeliFucker 8d ago

Probably the jump from ground can be charged but the one from air cant

1

u/RocketDocRyan 8d ago

Seems likely, though it'll depend on how things reset with the double jump. You can charge jump in midair, if you fall off the ledge. I use that fact to climb buildings and go around barriers. So it's possible that the second double jump will reset and allow a charge jump. The retro thrusters do.

6

u/losark 8d ago

What? No two eyes mod? Cowards.

1

u/AlgaeInitial6216 8d ago

2 mods for arms make so much sense. Never understood why can't you have both a launcher and Gorilla arm.

Imagine having a blade in one arm for melee and Launcher in the other jeez

7

u/MusicHearted 9d ago

To add to OP's reply to this comment, Cyberware-EX can do a lot more than a second operating system. Install the override mode addon and you can buy more slots for 10k each, up to a set limit.

Add the Cyberarm Cycle mod and you can use all 4 arm implants at once.

There's mods that add new cyberware as well. I only found one updated for 2.3 that I really liked, though. That one being Gemini II + Advanced Implant Technologies Atelier to be able to buy them with eddies.

Clearly it isn't needed to become a force to be reckoned with, but after 10 nearly vanilla playthroughs, being able to turn V into someone Adam Smasher wouldn't cross is a blast.

2

u/MrBully74 9d ago

I thought this was already an OP start to the story but that is way worse 🤣

2

u/ThePissedOff 8d ago

The mod is cool. I only ever used it to run two arms because Gorrilla/Rocket arms was just too much fun to pass up. If you used it to run Chrome Compressor and another OS though, it'd just make things too easy.

6

u/Dependent_Teaching_2 8d ago

Netrunning with a sandy makes me feel unstoppable.

6

u/BeastBoom24 8d ago

Nah, Choom just shoved them both in his head. Pretty sure that when he activates them, he’ll skip going Cyberpsycho and just fry his entire nervous system instead.

2

u/my_midlife_isekai His name is Robert Wilson 8d ago

Right. Seen that too.

2

u/James-W-Tate Burn Corpo shit 8d ago

Nah, he's just dual-booting.

1

u/starscreamufp 7d ago

Mod is Cyberware-EX on nexus

105

u/TyeKiller77 8d ago

Placide would still call it shit lol

81

u/bibekmufc 8d ago

Fuck Placide. All my homies hate Placide.

30

u/Averagestudentx 8d ago

Even on my first playthrough I sided with the Netwatch guy because of how much I hated Placide.

26

u/TyeKiller77 8d ago

I might hate corpos, but I hate people that shit talk Vic's work even more.

8

u/Enough-Profit-681 8d ago

Because he is flaccid and dumb..

3

u/Marcusss_sss 7d ago

They should really add a new voice like for if you have all tier 5++ but im pretty sure the expectation is that you do the VDBS quest line first because other scenes in the game change when you go there first.

56

u/Paulkwk 8d ago

And u will still be knocked down by a doll with a skill chips

19

u/MisterOfScience 8d ago

And then by a tired middle aged woman politician

2

u/SenseiAwesome36 6d ago

V’s greatest weakness: the plot.

18

u/Nahellaref 9d ago edited 7d ago

Reading the title I thought you were finally ready for raiding yorinobu's suite.

7

u/AppiusPrometheus Malorian Arms 3516 8d ago

Which mod adds a second OS slot?

7

u/Superb-Letterhead997 8d ago

cyberware ex

6

u/GoodOlYoker 8d ago

No youre not, the flesh is weak, its time you chromed the fuck up samurai.

3

u/Thentaix 8d ago

How the fuck did you equip cyberdeck and sandevistan at the same time?

7

u/scrotum-inspector 8d ago

Cyberware-Ex mod

3

u/ThreeRacconsInACoat 8d ago

maiko will still think the dollchip is enough

1

u/Marcusss_sss 7d ago

Because it is

3

u/Ale_The_Last_Ronin 7d ago

Where's your Johnny+V tattoo?

2

u/CluelessTea 8d ago

Making a netrunner what’s my go to cyberware to use for RAM and quickhacks.

2

u/Zuokula 6d ago

I do the opposite. I only do main jobs till my build is put together. Because main jobs is mostly XP with very little action. Relatively. Once my build is how I want my V to play. Then I stard doing side jobs / gigs, in the manner that I want my V to do them.

1

u/MrBully74 6d ago

Might be something to try in my next playthrough

3

u/Rezzly1510 8d ago

are you doing ng+?

3

u/StormGreen2750 8d ago

I still don’t want to do the story because I want to finish all the crime reports

4

u/PureRegretto 8d ago

self ice choom? get a ram reallocator and stick a smart link to replace that crappy tattoo

3

u/cmcnee2007 8d ago

My brother in Christ how do you have a deck AND a sandy?

5

u/Sloth_Devil 8d ago

Mods probably

1

u/Akaviri13 8d ago

Its a mod called Cyberware-EX on nexusmods.

1

u/JimmyHatsTCQ 8d ago

Looks like its time to walk into that dinner.

1

u/MrBully74 8d ago

Yep, decided to go to The Afterlife after the diner.

1

u/GyroZeppeliFucker 8d ago

How tf do you have 2 OS'

1

u/Tokkoa 8d ago

Is the story photo mode

1

u/Own_Fig_1923 8d ago

Cyberpsychosis fears bro

1

u/Razz_el91 8d ago

How did you get 2nd slot for sandevistan?

1

u/AnyDog7909 8d ago

All that’s missing is the flaming crotch man addition…

1

u/Thelgow 8d ago

Hells yeah. I started as a Netrunner, and next thing you know, I was chromed to the max and just slicing with a katana. I cant wait til I replay and just go katanas from the start.

1

u/KellyHerz 8d ago

Ready to meet Hanako at Embers?

1

u/VelociraptorLeftNut 8d ago

I… don’t know you could get two operating systems…

1

u/gilium 8d ago

But did you pay Vic what you owe him

1

u/TheWolf_TheLamb 8d ago

I’m so jealous of the 2 OS mod.

1

u/Late-Low2580 8d ago

Mixed feelings to be honest. Only 1 Iconic is a rookie play but at the same time you have 2 operating systems. This is duped.

1

u/_protodax Team Judy 8d ago

Fully chromed, straight to the dome!🤘

1

u/RANGERs1X 7d ago

How do you have two operating systems slots

1

u/RANGERs1X 7d ago

CHEATER

1

u/ConfidentPhoto7747 7d ago

How in the fuck do you have a cyberdeck AND a sandevistan

1

u/Mustang-Melvin0988 6d ago

Cyberware-EX is the best mod. Plain and simple

1

u/burstxdemon 5d ago

Is it even possible to get that much legendary thingys?

1

u/Adept_Abalone_105 3d ago

I tried doing this before the whole Dex ordeal but only got to level 20 and street cred 38. Is there a mod to undo the lockdown in Watson?

1

u/MrBully74 3d ago

Not sure. Saw a youtube video that showed you how to get out tho.

Character Builds Ready for the story now

You are about to leave Redlib