Guys, I never got all the way through Arcanum because of the combat.
Is there a good build to use that is fun but not face-rollingly easy? I always enjoyed playing the gunslinger type, but for some reason I never got the hang of it.
Guys this was a serious post. I only trust Codex opinions on this shit.
There's no way to make Arcanum's combat fun without making it face-rollingly easy. Because it's thoroughly unbalanced.
You either kill stuff dead before it has the chance to get at you (via powerful guns and grenades as tech, via OP spells as mage, or via both plus strength in numbers as "diplomat"; and then there's also OP throwing skill for those of low-tech/low-magic inclination), or you fail, and then you get curb-stomped (anything you ouldn't kill fast enough), or just have your shit ruined (golems, elementals, etc).
And for the love of whatever god(s), do acquire appropriate means of detecting and possibly disarming traps. Before BMC.