I have to say there is a huge number of unique portraits, many of which are attached to characters who have almost no importance whatsoever; so it's possible the devs wanted to have a unique portrait for every single character in the game. Especially given the fact that every character has his or her own name, rather than being called things like 'guard', 'merchant', or whatever.
But the description-not-matching-the-portrait affair is made even weirder by the fact that, from time to time, they do use somewhat silhouetted portraits:
And then, you have things like this:
A cheerful housewife from a magazine cover? What the fuck, is this drowning under five layers of sarcasm, or lost in translation, or what?
On another topic, while ammo for High Tech weapons was as straightforward as can be—Weapon Power Cells for every weapon—the ammo situation for Heavy Weapons is... somewhat weird.
Princess – Tactical Rifle – requires Handgun Cartridge (ammo described as 'a standard pistol round' and crafted with pistol bullets)
Drakon – Machine Gun – requires Handgun Cartridge
Monarch – Machine Gun – requires Rifle Cartridge
Serp – Machine Gun – requires Assault Rifle Cartridge (ammo described as 'suitable for use in both rifles and pistols')
Also, while the ammo required by the Serp has, according to its description, a lower powder load and thus reduced range, at equal level/quality the Serp in fact seem to have the longest range amongst Machine Guns (though perhaps this changes with the latest quality upgrades?).
So basically, there's little rhyme or reason to the whole thing.
Oh and Weapon Repair kits are never used to repair weapons, whose condition does not degrade, but rather they are used to upgrade weapons.
But the description-not-matching-the-portrait affair is made even weirder by the fact that, from time to time, they do use somewhat silhouetted portraits:
And then, you have things like this:
A cheerful housewife from a magazine cover? What the fuck, is this drowning under five layers of sarcasm, or lost in translation, or what?
On another topic, while ammo for High Tech weapons was as straightforward as can be—Weapon Power Cells for every weapon—the ammo situation for Heavy Weapons is... somewhat weird.
Princess – Tactical Rifle – requires Handgun Cartridge (ammo described as 'a standard pistol round' and crafted with pistol bullets)
Drakon – Machine Gun – requires Handgun Cartridge
Monarch – Machine Gun – requires Rifle Cartridge
Serp – Machine Gun – requires Assault Rifle Cartridge (ammo described as 'suitable for use in both rifles and pistols')
Also, while the ammo required by the Serp has, according to its description, a lower powder load and thus reduced range, at equal level/quality the Serp in fact seem to have the longest range amongst Machine Guns (though perhaps this changes with the latest quality upgrades?).
So basically, there's little rhyme or reason to the whole thing.
Oh and Weapon Repair kits are never used to repair weapons, whose condition does not degrade, but rather they are used to upgrade weapons.
