Augmentations
General
Augmentations can seem complex to someone new to Deus Ex Multiplayer, even if you are experienced with the single player game. There have been several changes to the drain on various augs, and it takes a while to get used to these new costs. Novice players are sometimes overwhelmed by the choices augmentations offer, and it also takes experience to learn how the various augs interact in a multiplayer setting. This section covers some basic strategies for using augs, along with discussion of each aug's strengths and weaknesses.
Power Management
Managing your bioenergy well is essential to any play style. There are a couple of general guidelines that can help make this easier. First, get familiar with the various drains on the augs you have chosen. Knowing how fast something is going to drop your bioenergy means you have a large advantage over someone who doesn't. There are a number of ways to regain bioenergy that apply to all players.
- 1. Repairbots are your friend. If you are getting low on energy and don't seem to be getting shot at the moment, look around and see if a repairbot is close by. Access to repairbots is also a very good reason to buy up the multitool skill.
- 2. Biocells are also your friends. Stopping for a few seconds to pick one of these up can save your life later on. You can only carry 5 at a time, but each one gives you 50 bioenergy points, and those can go a long way.
- 3. If your energy level gets very low, and all of your augmentations are off, you will start to regenerate it slowly up to ¼ of your total level. This means that if you can find a place to hide for a bit when you are very low, you will then have enough energy to go out in search of more.
- 4. Searching a body will give you an automatic 25 pts of energy. Few things are as satisfying as adding insult to injury by using your fallen opponent as a slurpee.
Prioritizing
How you prioritize your augs is going to be very dependent on what style of play you are most comfortable with. If you are a stealth player, then cloak and run silent might top your list, while a more combat oriented player might choose targeting and aggressive defense. Play with various combos and find out what works best for your play style.
Dealing with Opponent's Augmentations
If you find yourself up against an aug combo that you can't seem to deal with, remember that you can change your augs during a game. Go to the multiplayer augmentations screen and change your aug picks to something you think might be more useful. When you die, you will start your next life with the changed settings. Changing your augmentation choices in game will also affect any bonus augs acquired during the current life. An emp attack is often the best way to deal with enemy augmentations. Many players rely on specific augmentation combos in order for their strategies to work. If they start to attack you, and you drain their bioenergy, they are often sitting ducks. The best targets for an attack like this are people relying on the speed aug to stay close to opponents, and people relying on defensive augs to block your attacks.
Binding Function Keys
In Deus Ex Multiplayer, just as in the single player game, Augmentations are activated and deactivated using the function keys. Often, trying to reach for a function key while in the middle of a fire fight can be awkward. For frequently used or favorite augmentations we recommend binding an easier to reach key to one of the function keys in the 'Keyboard/Mouse' menu. For instance, the Aggressive Defense Augmentation is toggled on and off by the F9 key in Multiplayer. A user might decide to bind the F9 key to the letter "a." Pressing the "a" key would then activate (or deactivate) their Aggressive Defense.
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