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While creating your character in The Outer Worlds 2, you must select a background for them. This serves as their backstory and explains what your character was doing before becoming an Earth Directorate Agent. One of the options is to be an Ex-Convict.
The story is that you accepted to work with the Earth Directorate to clear your record. Selecting this background only changes the experience slightly by giving you extra dialogue options and additional actions in certain situations. To fully commit to being an Ex-Con, you should have the following build.
Best Traits For An Ex-Convict
The traits that suit an Ex-Convict are the following:
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Trait |
What It Does |
Why It Suits An Ex-Convict |
|---|---|---|
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Nimble (Positive) |
+25 percent crouch speed +25 percent combat sprint speed |
A stealth-based build suits a sneaky Ex-Convict, and the Nimble trait helps with that due to the crouch speed boost. Plus, they’re known for running away from the law, so the additional sprint speed is fitting, too. |
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Resilient (Positive) |
When your health is first depleted in combat, your death is prevented for three seconds. |
An Ex-Convict’s time spent locked up should’ve made them more resilient. |
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Abrasive (Negative) |
Your reputation with any faction can’t get better than neutral. |
As an unsavory Ex-Con, you don’t play very nicely with others, meaning your reputation shouldn’t get too high with any of the groups. |
Best Skills For An Ex-Convict
Since you’re an Ex-Convict, your specialized skills should focus on the more sneaky and criminal adjacent ones, like the following:
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Skill |
Why It Suits An Ex-Convict |
|---|---|
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Lockpick |
An Ex-Con being good at picking locks wouldn’t be much of a surprise. And throughout the game, this would allow you to open safes and doors that you’re not supposed to, which is fitting for an Ex-Convict. |
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Stealth |
As mentioned when talking about the Nimble trait, as a sneaky Ex-Con, you should be good at stealth. This will help you trespass in restricted areas throughout the game. |
Along with these specialized ones, things like observation, speech, guns, and melee make sense to put skill points into.
Best Perks For An Ex-Convict
There are a few different perks that suit an Ex-Con. Here are the most fitting ones:
|
Perk |
What It Does |
Why It Suits An Ex-Convict |
|---|---|---|
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Assassin |
After killing someone in stealth, your movement speed is increased by 100 percent for five seconds. |
Sneaking around and murdering people should be your style of play if you’re an Ex-Convict. |
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Stalker |
Your sneak attack damage goes up 200 percent on enemies that are investigating something like a body, a distraction device, or you. |
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Pickpocket |
Gives you the ability to pickpocket people. |
As an Ex-Con, having another way to steal from people is fitting. |
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Palm-Greaser |
Makes bribes cost 50 percent less, and Vendors pay more for stolen items. |
Since both bribery and theft are illegal acts, they fit an Ex-Con. |
