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This guide will outline breed differences relevant for the soldier profession.
IP Cost for Abilities
3,055,545 Atrox
3,633,132 Solitus
3,277,475 Opifex
3,317,676 Nanomage
Notes: Soldier IP can be very tight can higher levels
Soldier Skill Difference from Ability Trickledown
For a level 220 soldier with maxed abilities. This assumes a Solitus as the base skill. The +/- skill numbers you see here is the variance from the Solitus base.
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Skill Atrox Opifex Nanomage
Body Dev 33 -25 -8
Nano Pool -41 1 23
Sharp Obj -2 31 -23
Grenade -27 28 -5
Heavy Weapons 14 24 -28
Pistol -18 37 -18
Assault Rifle 8 9 -14
MG / SMG 16 7 -19
Shotgun 14 24 -28
Rifle -18 37 -18
Ranged Energy -45 9 19
Fling Shot 0 41 -29
Aimed Shot -45 33 0
Burst 17 15 -24
Full Auto 35 -11 -19
Multi Ranged -18 23 -5
Ranged Init -41 21 7
Nano Init -27 36 -12
Dodge-Rng -23 29 -8
Evade-ClsC -23 29 -8
Duck-Exp -23 29 -8
Nano Resist -45 -8 33
Run Speed 20 6 -20
Comp. Liter -45 -4 33
MM -45 -5 33
BM -45 -5 33
PM -45 3 26
MC -30 -9 24
TS -36 5 20
SI -29 -3 21
First Aid -32 24 1
Treatment -32 16 7
Notes: To find the difference between other breeds, just simply subtract one variance from the other.
Armor & Equipment
I cannot think of many relevant breed locked equipment other than for Nanomages.
For the non-breed locked equipment, Chosen/Faithful armor requirements of Str/Sta and alien armor requirements (especially Combined SS of Agi/Sen) are the major armors to play into breed considerations.
Symbiants
At 220, almost every worthwhile symbiant can be equipped by every breed (if you're willing to suffer many days of perk resets and camping lots of buffing items
). As for ease of symbiant implanting and contrary to popular belief, Opifex has an absolute advantage over Solitus in symbiant equipping. Based on current buffing equipment and perks, Agility, which is hardest to buff, is the prime stumbling block for non-Atrox soldiers.
Heal Delta
I like heal delta alot and the only breed that will have trouble getting 810 Stamina self is Opifex. Triple implanted heal delta is very useful for soloing mobs that only check Evade CC.
Others
Shadowbreed - Something worth consideration of course.
Perks - Mongo Rage is a definite winner for Atrox.
HP & Nanopool - Pretty obvious here.
Conclusion
This guide presents objective and numerical variances for the breeds. Depending on what your goal is for your soldier, you may find certain advantages lie with one breed.
