Phoenix Point Training: Jeric's Guide to Soldier Mutations 

Goes into mutation tank, makes sure to powder the clothes so it doesn’t mutate too much under the clothes so you can still be normal in bed. “Weird, why do they all have stuff around their throat not changed.” - Guy overseeing the mutation, his dick doubles as a night light unlike everyone else who wore clothes.

Yeah, I get what you're saying, it is a bit weird sometimes. Especially trying to put a Juggernaut torso and bionic head on top of meat legs... with all that armor, the torso alone would weigh hundreds of pounds and you expect the soldier to be able to move without augmented legs? Good luck with that! :) I get the "only two augments per soldier" thing from a game balance perspective, but it does lead to some sort of unrealistic combinations. One of the things I think about is what you're asking the soldier to do. The entire mission is to save humanity, yet you're asking your soldiers to give up their humanity, or at least very large chunks of it, to fight this war. And really you're not even asking, it's more like - You! Report to the lab, we have plans for you! :D

@@JericsGamescape That's why New Jericho didn't want to use their Robotics research and burnt it to the ground initially after all, and is why the disciples of Anu are so questioned by other factions.

​@@alibouk227 to be fair, Anu agrees with mutations to a extent. Especially since forsaken are, well, forsaken by them

What bugs me is that if you can replace the head what’s the point of keeping the legs or torso human?

Interesting thought. I think the Tormentor handgun from the Kaos Syndicate makes this torso slightly... SLIGHTLY... better. The +20% accuracy will bring its effective range up to 26, with two-round burst for 50 damage and 10 pierce each, so that is something. I'm not going to say it's a great idea, but at least you can get some respectable damage output now. If the weapon explodes, or if you just need to poison something, you have your spike to fall back on. As for the berserker idea, if you're just going straight berserker with no multiclass, this might be an OK fit, like you say, and a berserker is always happy to have the speed boost.

Hey, thanks! I'm glad they're helping you. We'll dive into other games at some point, but for now this series is taking up most of my available time. But we'll get there, no worries.

As always, I encourage you to experiment with it. These videos are just sort of "The World According to Jeric," and I recognize other people have other play styles and may think of things I don't think of. So yeah, give it a try, see how it works!

Yeah, the mod is cool :)

@@JericsGamescape this with pistol proficiency for all classes is all you need for a good vanilla with sprinkles playthrough

Well, overall it's just game balance. There has to be a tradeoff for taking these upgrades, right? Otherwise why wouldn't you do it on all your soldiers? Does it make logical sense? I think it does for the mutations, at least, because there are no mount points on mutations for the equipment. Less so for bionic augmentations, since it would be very easy to add mount points to a bionic frame, so I don't really know, in that case.

I do understand the balance issue, but the thing is that as i just checked you can freely put vests and head modules on those augmented parts, couldn't check legs. And read somewhere (might be on PP discord), that it is due to Neuron Torso mount point, but i still wonder what is the real reason or is it just a bug.

Well, even if they don't, now you know about them, so you're good to go in the future!

The command console has been available for a long time, you just had to jump through some hoops to enable it. That's how I set up all of these training videos.

@@JericsGamescape Ah, well it seems like that's no longer the case with the new workshop support. I found this out by complete accident, but the console commands are now enabled without having to download any mods to use them. Just hit the ~ key and it brings down the menu. On that note, what's the command to give you instant research and faction support? Because I've got a lot of tech I need to get through, and both New Jericho and Synedrian are not on good terms with me.

OK, sure, if you're not going to cross-class your Berserker and you really want the +20% accuracy for your handguns plus the ability to poison things, I suppose this is OK. But I think the Berserker is probably the weakest single-class soldier. It's got GREAT abilities for other classes to cross-class with, but its main focus is melee, and the heavy class is arguably better at it, at least until Level 7, and even then the Berserker is only better if it's using Adrenaline Rush with the Armored Head mutation (which keeps it from being dazed after Adrenaline Rush). The Kaos Tormentor might be decent with the +20% accuracy if you don't mind the unreliability. It gets to be nearly as accurate as the Hephaestus with burst 2, 50 damage, and pierce 10, so I suppose that's something to look at in this idea of a build. Probably want to carry a backup though! Look, long story short: Can you do it? Absolutely. Is it going to be as good as cross-classing your berserker into some other class that can use two-handed weapons? Probably not. But hey, give it a try and see, maybe I'm wrong. I always say you should experiment and see what works for you and your playstyle. If it doesn't work out, you're out a few mutagens, no big deal. Mutate the torso into one of the other two and carry on!

You can get the second level either by cozying up to New Jericho and having them share it with you, or you can get it from the Overrun mission, I believe. The third level is actually Synedrion research, not New Jericho, so you need good diplomatic relations with them, too, or if you agreed to help Subject 24 from the Pure, you can get it from the Guided by Whispers mission.

@@JericsGamescape thank you so much! Your videos have always helped me out with this dang game. 😁