So, as it turns out, I finally beat Uplink/Onlink today.... as in, I won the special missions for ARUNMOR while playing Onlink for the first time in my life. Could've done it in Uplink, yeah, but I like Onlink and have ever since trying it. Always thought Uplink, while awesome, needed something more... so damn glad I found this mod!
However!
I've possibly run into an issue that messes with at least my style of playing the game and perceptions of its challenge. As you gain in rank up to the point where you start doing JUUUUST past bank missions, the amount of money you get compared to the crazy tools you pretty much NEED by this point, at least if you're a fan of the Bypassers, becomes somewhat ludicrous. Forget about keeping up with the latest versions.
So, when I ran into this situation, I figured out how to hack banks, landing my Uplink account 2 million credits, which I quickly burned up buying everything under the sun that'd help. Gateway stuff, software upgrades, the experimental CPUs in the Uplink Laboratory place... yeeeaahh.
And while using this to save/end the world as we know it (the ARUNMOR/ARC storyline) was pretty cool, I can't help but think I skipped out on a whole lot of things. But I've never been a hardcore or conventional player of this game until recently, leaving me to ask--
How does the average game of Onlink go for you? Are bank hijacks the only way to really flourish compared to the more mundane job after relentless job? I'm hoping we get some more job variety, something to fill this gap if it really is one. Maybe I'm just doing this wrong.
