Codex Popularity Poll

[legionof1]

Wrong, I got one or two from some random midgame missions while paying with Gold, even before getting my Menace class.Same can be said about any other codex. snip

in curiosity on what version? it has been some time since i have seen any as drops.

In any case i was referring to be able to craft them yourself as an advantage of the green codex. 

[Dakkdakk]

Tbh I haven't got a single crystal skull from any mission so far, either, in the current version at least. I actualy didn't know that crafting them was a green codex exclusive thing, either, hell I didn't even know you could craft them, I thought they were like the impaler (unless you can craft those now?).

[Abyss]

Tbh I haven't got a single crystal skull from any mission so far, either, in the current version at least. I actualy didn't know that crafting them was a green codex exclusive thing, either, hell I didn't even know you could craft them, I thought they were like the impaler (unless you can craft those now?).

These come from the Sunken Galleon missions. Not sure if always. I got one from the first.

[Martin]

Crystal skull can also be obtained form the bank robbery mission

[Dakkdakk]

I think the gray codex will fall a bit out of its leadership in popularity since mind control is now way more easily accessible by any codex through bugeyes. Bugeyes have changed the game quite a bit, I can raid merc and guild supply ships with impunity now. I just entered the midgame and I have a good deal of power armor parts and loads of gauss/plasma weapons and more plastasteel/elerium than I can handle simply because I can mind control everyone and have them drop primed elerium grenades on their feet. Course, I still had to train my bugeyes from the ground up, but that wasn't hard.

Not saying this is a bad thing or anything, its a gameplay choice on my part, just pointing out that you can get good MC in piratez way earlier now.

[thevideogameraptorboggle]

Red is instantly the worst Codex option, simply because it doesn't give you a better transporter immediately after research. Green and Gold give you the Turtle, and Gray gives you the Skyranger, but Red gives you nothing. I'm strongly considering bankrupting myself and turning all my money into Mutant Alliance Tokens simply because I can't stand the Blowfish's low troop capacity any longer.

[legionof1]

I'll agree about red yielding a poor selection of shadow craft when it comes to troop transports. On the otherhand the free sets of chainmail kinda offset the issue. Chainmail is the threshold where the gals start being able to survive most attacks. Chainmail+full hp gal will even regularly survive a heavy plasma hit.

[Dakkdakk]

The immediate and late benefits of red kinda offset things in its favor, I agree. Plus lil' Illya is a great weapon overall, and you get the blood axe, which is easily the best melee weapon in the whole game.

Also, you get the skyranger through the mutant alliance anyway, which isn't that far away.

[BBHood217]

I think he actually meant the Snake, not the Skyranger.

[thevideogameraptorboggle]

I thought Chainmail wasn't good. It's double the weight of Tactical Armor with equivalent if not worse protection. Only point in it's favor is that Aqua Plastics are annoying to find.

[legionof1]

It's not great overall, but the Armor value is what is most important. It's that level that usually ensures survival when coupled with full possible HP of a gal.

That said chainmail is slightly better against energy weapons due to resistances array.

[thevideogameraptorboggle]

Indeed. Considering that I just got 224 Aqua Plastics from a Sunken USO, I have little reason to make chainmail, especially considering that I don't even have Chitin Plates researched, or even have the opportunity to research them.

[Rince Wind]

I can't remember, is scale mail a prerequisite for chainmail?

[Martin]

I think the gray codex will fall a bit out of its leadership in popularity since mind control is now way more easily accessible by any codex through bugeyes.

Yeah, bugeyes are pretty cool.  But honestly I can do without much mindcontrol, most baddies that you can relaibly mindcotrol suck and are good at eating up reaction fire and not much else in msot cases.

[Rince Wind]

Bodyguards are pretty easy to mindcontrol. And they often have nice weapons that they can turn on their teammates and then drop.