So I know I'm doing good things, did I hear right that breaking off "bits" of abductors lowers their defence? And that cutting limbs off does direct damage to abductors when using melee severing? My biggest problem with the combat/weapons in this game is it's so crazy hard to gauge my actual effectiveness especially with 7 NPCs usually hammering the same enemy at the same time.
So Barbara Easy Blaster is the best? I've been using an EZ Katze as I find it the easiest to use with no draw backs. Is there anything special I need to do to build the "right" easy blaster?
Regarding the AI, I really wish they'd use their Thorns properly. They attempt a dragdown about once every 5 minutes and quit almost immediately if you aren't also dragging down. They generally ignore you and won't actively try to assist dragdowns. They won't heal with the Thorn. I don't think Defense thorn AIs use their charge skills at all, and Binding thorn ones use them extremely rarely. Meanwhile the healing thorn ones use their skills quite well.
And I've almost never seen the AI attempt a sever, and when they do, it's always an empty pod. I don't expect brilliant AI, but most of these feel like deliberately crippling the AI since they can't be that complicated compared to what the AI already does.
It is, but I've had my accessory gobbled up in what feels like mere seconds. Or just had my entire team wiped by certain attacks. Also I've seen at least one abductor just pick her up, and I'm sure she was alive, and just put her in the damn pod. Fortunately it was a biped and those are easy to break the pods on.