Chapter 27: Cruising
After arranging the boat trip with Camila and Charlie, Coop warned Jones that he would be absent for a while to complete the optional portion of the settlement quest. Jones promised to hold down the fort, as he had for decades. Coop also said goodbye to the zonked out Jett and told her to keep an eye on Jones while he was gone.
Coop met the girls at the dock. While they were preparing to board the ship another group arrived to join them. Camila confronted the late arrivals and Coop gathered that it was the rest of Camila and Charlie’s party, including the hostile Infiltrator, as well as the Puppeteer from Kevin’s party, and the Honorguard and Outrider couple that he had observed at the tavern earlier in the morning. He inspected the other two from the girls' party.
[Human (Level 26)]
[Shattershot (Intelligence)]
[Chosen of the Endless Empire]
[Cold]
He was surprised that the caped man with a bow and quiver had a primarily Intelligence build. He never would have guessed just by looking at him. The Shattershot outwardly appeared to be an Agility focused class, but his aura revealed something completely different.
[Human (Level 26)]
[Battlerager (Strength)]
[Chosen of the Endless Empire]
The second was less of a surprise. His sword and armor neatly matched up with the rest of his aura. His gear was a thicker weave than the others and it was plated with dark metal armor. He kind of looked like a helmless samurai, but his sword ruined the effect. His sword was something Coop would have expected to see wielded by a knight.
Coop thought their party of five appeared imbalanced. They had two ranged Intelligence classes with Charlie’s Aeromancer and the Shattershot, two melee Agility classes with Camila’s Interceptor and the Infiltrator, and a melee Strength class in the Battlerager. They didn’t have any tank or a healer. Coop expected the tank and healer to be the backbone of any party in a class based system. Maybe Camila could fill the role of tank by negating damage, and Charlie had what appeared to be a very minor healing ability, but was this really a faction’s idea of a balanced party? Maybe tanks and healers were too much of a rarity to find for every party.