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Barbat's guide of limited value or things i know now i wish i knew then

 This guide is just my thoughts after playing for a few months and maybe helping people just starting get a better start than i did. Things can and will go bad all you can do is stop that from happening as often as possible. The best way to do this is to have a scout and medic in your squad. If you have not done so I recommand recuirting a first aid ganger. You want a first aid guy in all your scouts. It is easy if you just have him drive.

 If I was starting off today as my first day. I had 50k and a few gangers. I would get a first aid ganger if i didn't already have one. I would buy a Mercenary. Mooses are popular as well. Put 2 medium machine guns on it. 3 reloads, load up with B type armor this is my scout car. On group scouts in Sommerset when it comes to the loot screen i am looking for two cars (outside of rares). First a phoenix. Stick a first aid ganger in there make sure it has a 4 liter engine give it a big fuel tank. You can run back and forth from Elms or try to make it around the world. The second car i am looking for is a Windsor II. I like putting a couple gattling guns on the front and using them in scouts. Unless you got lucky and a rare chasis shows up the rest is just getting sold to Jakes. 

Keep in mind that your Moose, Mercenary, Windsor II is just as tough/vunerable as the AI cars. Your gangers may or may not be better than the guys you are fighting. You need to take advantage of the map espcially if your outnumbered. 4 mooses vs 8 random AI cars is going to be ugly on some maps moreso than others. Ideally you would like a choke point and form a line on higher ground and shot the AI as they come thru 1 by 1 leaving a pile of demoralised cars to loot at the end of the scout. Be aware of line of sight of yourself, your squadmates, and the AI cars. Demoralised cars will still shot you if you give them the oppurtunity. The best way to do that is ignore them. Nothing says newb like sitting in a line getting nailed turn after turn by the Mutant Marader that demoralised 5 turns ago either red the guy or get out of his line of sight. Getting out of his line of sight is preferred but killing the car occupants can be easier. Ask whoever is running the scout. You should notice the guy coming so do something about it before it becomes an issue. If your getting shot at by 3 or more cars you need to do something about this quick.There are too many variables to go into here but ask for help, and ask for advice. Pay attention to your armor losses. Protect your weakened sides.

 That first aid guy you put in a 4 liter phoenix keep him travelling just between Elmsfield and Somerset if you want to play it safe. He will get his weekly training in first aid and be learning scouting and driving by travelling.You may lose some when your learning your way its ok you can have more than 1 ganger travelling at a time and you are bound to loot more in scouts just keep at it. Once he is over 70 in scouting he becomes a very vaulable asset to have in Somerset. With his first aid training and scouting ability you can put him in a car with a couple gunners and you should get a "fair" fight on the scout and if things go bad hopefully he can keep your gangers alive. I like travelling between Sommerset and Elmsfield because I can run travels before i go to work and then run them again when i come home.

 I can't say your experience will be the same as mine. For me the game changed when I finally had some skilled scouts and some apaches. If I stick to the basics outside of a return encounter things normally go well.