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Nah, that wasn't sarcasm. Dorgon's attack is genuinely useful for hitting far-away enemies and for keeping the front lines clear (there's no point in having 8 teammates if only 4 are actually attacking).

Hmmm, that's a good point. I guess 9 damage is pretty good for a sniper.

Thanks! Er, do you know when Dorgon gets Burst Shot?
Also, why do so many people like him? His attacks seem awfully weak and situational for me. I've only ever hit two people in the time I've had him - never managed to line up three in a row.

Ah. I'm playing on the Sinister Design website, but I don't see them... do I have to train certain stats for them?
If so, which ones to what level?

Dorgon's attack is pure Psy Power, which means that it is ludicrously costly to level up for minimal attack strength. If you're lucky, you can get a lot of hits - but the damage is bad. Should I discard Dorgon, then? (Same with Gamblin' Jack - he's redeemed by his epic Snake Eyes though)
I think a lot of people like the Shadowlings because they've already leveled them up by the time they get new characters. If you started with Anya, for example, she'd be crazy strong near the end.
Niven is also pretty weak - 9 damage. His Trick Shot is okay but it's too weak to be good. Maybe if I leveled him more...

Also, why does the wiki say that a lot of the characters can get attacks that aren't listed in the Hellion training thread - for example, Dorgon's "Burst Shot" and Jack's "Recover"?

I tried again, and it worked this time. Odd.

I got 12 personality and aptitude at the start.
I did his knife thing a bunch of times.
Then I finished mission 1.
Then I did his knife thing a bunch more times.
When he lets you join, you are unable to do the knife thing - when you ask him what he wants, he tells you he wants a job, and the knife-throwing is inaccessible.
So, since I did the knife thing several times in several different instances, Niven must have not let me join, right?
So something was wrong...

I think it might have been because I didn't have 200 gold. Maybe you need 200 gold to unlock that option, even if you have enough personality?

I have 12 personality and aptitude, and I've finished the first mission, but I still can't seem to get Niven. There's no option that hints at it. What's the dialogue sequence to ask him to join?

Never mind. It worked just now, for some reason.