Blitz's DPT isn't bad with his drone, but nothing to write home about you probably don't want him tagging along if you did make a Decker, but he can at least modestly carry his own if you didn't and need one on your team. Point is, you don't have to spec Decker, but you can if you want to. Hong Kong was even more streamlined that decking really isn't even a necessity on any run except the penultimate run, so taking a decker is nice, but not a must-have. That said, both Blitz (Dragonfall) and Is0bel (Hong Kong) are sufficient deckers to get the job done.
Only in one or two cases will having significant investment in Decking actually pay off.
A sufficient decker can get in, get the paydata, flip the turrets, and get out. Being a "better" or "worse" decker doesn't yield much any superfluous result. Decking is always a bit of a weird concern because of the way it's integrated into the game. *- I am one third of those 'few guys' who did the conversion/expansion.ĭragonfall and Hong Kong both include a persistent crew that covers all the bases, so you can build your character however you like. Antumbra Saga, Mercurial, SNES, Shadowrun Unlimited, Coyote's Crusade, and Dead Man's Switch -Vox Populi* are worth mentioning, but there are hundreds more. Your mileage may vary.Īfter you've finished the main campaigns, there are thousands of mods in the steam workshop, including quite a few on par with the length of the official campaigns. Drgaonfall is nicer to Deckers (in my experience), and Hong Kong is slightly more geared toward magical characters.
If you'd like to play a decker in Shadowrun Returns, there's a mod by a few guys* who updates the story into the HK engine and added a few extra touches.įor Dragonfall and Hong Kong, all of the archetypes get more equal treatment. Then they had to go back through the game and make decking relevant.
The decker archetype wasn't even going to be included originally, and it was added as an 11th hour crunch because the designers are such fans. If you weren't happy with a decker in Shadowrun Returns, there's a good reason for it.