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Skirmisher Ripjack Slash [WotC]

About:

The Ripjack weapon now gives the Skirmisher the Slash ability as a default action.

By default the Reckoning perk grants the Slash ability, but I felt like this perk was too far in the tree, and personally I think it's silly the Skirmisher can't attack with his claw right off the bat.

His Slash is a free action with a 1 turn cooldown, so you can shoot once with your Bullpup then slash, or slash then shoot, or slash and take cover, slash and use an item etc. Go hog wild!

Changes:

I gave the Slash ability a 1 turn cooldown (down from the default 6) so that you can melee once every turn like a Ranger or a Templar. This can be changed in the XComGameData_SoldierSkills config file if you wish.

You can also change the aim and damage bonus in the same config file if you choose.

Notes:

This mod makes the Reckoning perk functionally useless, and I have not replaced that perk with anything in this mod; I purposefully did not make that fix so that this mod would not conflict with other mods that change the Skirmisher's perk tree.

I will put out an optional companion mod to make the Reckoning perk do something else, otherwise simply don't take that perk.

If you modify or download a mod that gives other classes access to the Ripjack, then this mod will also give them the Slash ability if they equip a Ripjack. I have no idea if this breaks animations for non-Skirmisher classes.

Feel free to peak at the very simply code I have used and/or steal it for your own use.