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| ===== Interaction with Neural Pattern Grid ===== | ===== Interaction with Neural Pattern Grid ===== |
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| The Brain Chip augments interact strangely with [[:agents:Draco]]'s [[Neural Pattern Grid]] augment. | The Brain Chip augments interact strangely with [[:agents:Draco]]'s [[Neural Pattern Grid]] augment. When one of Draco's skills is set to 3 by a Brain Chip augment, he can still receive upgrades to that skill by neurally scanning corpses, but the upgrades to that skill will be reverted and his skill level will be set to 3 again at the start of the next mission. |
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| ===== Strategy ===== | ===== Strategy ===== |
| The Brain Chips can be useful in [[:modes:#Campaign modes]] when playing without the [[:Contingency Plan#extended campaign]], especially on higher difficulty settings when you cannot afford to upgrade all of your skills beyond level 3 on every agent before the final mission. Brain Chip augments can also be given to [[:agents:Sharp]] in order to get the bonus from his [[Modular Cybernetic Frame]]. However, in longer campaigns they are less useful, and in [[:modes:Endless]] modes they should normally be avoided completely because eventually you can afford to upgrade every skill to the maximum level on every agent. | The Brain Chips can be useful in [[:modes:#Campaign modes]] when playing without the [[:Contingency Plan#extended campaign]], especially on higher difficulty settings when you cannot afford to upgrade all of your skills beyond level 3 on every agent before the final mission. Brain Chip augments can also be given to [[:agents:Sharp]] in order to get the bonus from his [[Modular Cybernetic Frame]]. However, in longer campaigns they are less useful, and in [[:modes:Endless]] modes they should normally be avoided completely because eventually you can afford to upgrade every skill to the maximum level on every agent. |
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| Perhaps the most effective use of the Brain Chip augments is to carry one into the [[:missions:OMNI Mainframe]] mission, to install on [[:agents:Central]] or [[:agents:Monst3r]]. The Kinesiology Brain Chip upgrades either Central or Monster from Speed 1 to Speed 3, helping them get to their objective rooms, and allowing them to use some items like [[:items:Cloaking Rigs]]. The other Brain Chips are less useful, but not useless; the Legerdemain Brain Chip allows Monst3r to use items like [[:items:Buster Chips]] or [[:items:Shock Traps]], the Cryptology Brain Chip allows Central to use items like [[:items:EMP Packs]], and the Physiology Brain Chip allows either to carry an additional two items without being [[:encumbered]]. These options are otherwise not available to Central or Monst3r if you don't [[:loadout|start with them]], since you cannot purchase skill upgrades for them in the normal way during the mission. | Perhaps the most effective use of the Brain Chip augments is to carry one or two into the [[:missions:OMNI Mainframe]] mission, to install on [[:agents:Central]] or [[:agents:Monst3r]]. The Kinesiology Brain Chip upgrades them from Speed 1 to Speed 3, helping them get to their objective rooms, and allowing them to use some items like [[:items:Cloaking Rigs]] and [[:items:Stims]]. The others are less useful, but not useless; the Legerdemain Brain Chip allows Monst3r to use items like [[:items:Buster Chips]] or [[:items:Shock Traps]], the Cryptology Brain Chip allows Central to use items like [[:items:EMP Packs]], and the Physiology Brain Chip allows either to carry an additional two items without being [[:encumbered]]. These options are otherwise not available to Central or Monst3r if you don't [[:loadout|start with them]], since you cannot purchase skill upgrades for them in the normal way. |
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