Upgrades Make Life Easier
In each main base there is a merchant that sells equipment, armament, ammunition, or medicine. The bartender and some group leaders sell information. For a bit of currency, you’ll get locations of secret hideouts that may contain useful stuff. Once you have bought the information, it will be marked on your map. The PDA even gives detailed descriptions that you often need.
If you fire weapons, their condition degrades. The worse the condition, the more frequently a weapon jams (Ed.—that’s a misfire, for you firearm enthusiasts), which costs a lot of ammunition to fix. Your body armor gets ripped relatively quickly, and in frequent battles it doesn’t last long. If you pay enough rubles, though, the technician fixes all things and brings them back in perfect condition.
The best innovation is the upgrade system for weapons and armaments. The technician upgrades them in exchange for money. For some upgrades, you can get memory chips that contain information about further upgrade information — the more you find, the more the technician knows how to do. Some upgrades result in an expanded upgrade. You have to decide whether you want higher firing rate or less kickback, for example. If you click on an expandable upgrade, all improvements connected to it are marked with a yellow light.
