u/Dear-Dragonfruit-894

I got outward a while back and thought it was cool but hard af. Recently I put some more time into it (a lot more) and found the game super fun! Ended up travelling around, accidentally completing a mission early (clearing the bandit camps in chersonese) and built what I thought was a pretty awesome gun/sword build, only to sort of fuck it up by choosing a sub-optimal combo of breakthroughs and skills (rogue engineer, hunter, cabal hermit, but no magic). Now im doubling down and have bought the definitive edition/3 brothers update so will be starting all over again (again) so am asking the pros / outward crew for some tips.

Mostly posting to 1) ask for any player’s favourite gun-based builds - I am finding guns basically fill my hotbar and make for a fun combat experience but also make mobs kind of tricky unless im out in the open, and I feel like im kind of cheating the NPCs, as much as im enjoying it 2) ask whether it’s practical or even worthwhile going for a non-magical build / gun build in this game (since blood bullet which seems OP requires magic) 3) broadcast the fact that im super down to play some coop 4) beg for any additional tips regarding the updated version, do’s & donts etc.

Ive been watching a lot of tutorials & play throughs, & have a decent grasp of my early-game priorities, but I’m keen to gleen any other useful info from the group.

Thanks for any tips!