How do you play a cutthroat in PvE?

funkpanda

Hi, im not sure where i should post this but Character Development seemed the right choice.

I really like the spy/cutthroat/knife thrower tree and have been
playing it since level 14. In duels (im too much of a chicken to
actually pvp yet), i do fine. I can neuro dart, then run away,
re-stealth, then come back for another opener. But in PvE i find it
extremely hard to play. I find it hard to get behind enemies to do my
opener and when i do, i cant run away, restealth and go back. As i try
to solo tiny/hard missions, sometimes i have to fight 2 mobs at the
same time and its really hard to run away and stealth.

So my question is, as a cutthroat(soon to be knife thrower) in PvE,
when im soloing missions, should i be trying to restealth and go back
for another opener, should i try and stay out of interlock and use my
only 2 weak dagger throws (Neuro Dart and Poison Dart), or should i
just go into interlock after doing an opener and hope for the best?
Even though when in interlock i feel kinda gimped.

RedLynk

Heres a few combos I use (Im lvl 26)...

1. Drop Kick - Canny Strike - Deadly Throw

2. Crippling Throw - Leg Throw - Deadly Throw

3. Crippling Throw - Drop Kick - Canny Strike

As I said Im only lvl 26, but this works good for me... :smileywink:

Message Edited by RedLink128 on 04-22-2006 10:58 PM
Message edited by RedLynk on 04/22/2006 21:58:41.

**Fractor**

I found its best to be stealthed all the time in a solo mission and ignore the enemies until your high enough to have some really powerful moves that do alot of damage.

**Seive**

Disguise, Pick Lock, Mission Map, and Hacker are your friends.

I use these, and this is my basic mission. (Assassination, of course.)

Run up the elevator. Disguise. Run to the area using Mission Map. Hack if needed (you won't lose disguise) or pick lock (you will lose disguise), run in, and grab the computer. Run out. Evade Shield is your friend. Run to the next area, repeat. When you get to the boss at the end of the mission, usually you'll end up picking a lock. Just pick it, stealth, run in, and finish off the poor sucker quickly with a Suplex (Or whatever) and a Deadly Throw. I tend to avoid Canny Strike because of the IS cost. Rollout or use Spin Out (I think that's what it's called. 20% evasion bonus). Deadly Throw/Neuro Dart and if he's low enough, just reinterlock him and smack him down. If not, run outside the room, restealth, and repeat your opener.

Only time I've ever had trouble is when there's an alarm and I have three guys shooting me in the back. Best case there is to run in just barely so you don't trip the alarm, Neuro Dart to get his attention, run out and stealth, and wait till he comes out to kill him.

Good luck!

RedLynk

I find it easy just to kill everyone...I rarely get any high damage on me...

**CassiusX**

RedLink128 wrote:
I find it easy just to kill everyone...I rarely get any high damage on me...

me too, I mean I can really use teh xp & $i, so everyone ends up dead.