Preparations for missions | Frequently asked questions Shadowrun: Hong Kong Guide

After you complete the linear prologue, you will be allowed to access the "freelancer" mode. Thanks to this, you can pick your mission, basing on the information in the guide (skills, difficulty level, reward). You download missions onto your computer in any order that you want. Each time, you start in a different location, which is why you cannot start multiple missions at a time. You need to watch out and read e-mails, not only messages on your missions - often, messages include hints and they can start individual missions (especially the ones that are more relevant to the plot).

Skills

It is recommended that each time you complete a mission, you consider the distribution of skill points for your character. If you are not going to use the guide too often, it is a good idea to leave several points out, if there is no pressure on you to allot them to a specific skill. You can distribute them only after you have gotten yourself into a specific situation that requires a specific skill (e.g. Decking or higher Strength). However, this method is not 100% proof because, when it comes to dialogues, you usually can use a specific skill (Etiquette or Charisma) only by handling the conversation in a specific way and you cannot return there during another conversation.

Mercenaries and party members

Each time before you start a mission, you can select your party members (up to 3)

After you have completed the prologue, you can pick your company. The ones that you already know (Duncan, Is0bel, Gobbet, Racter) are available for free, but their parameters are much lower, and they have inferior equipment, if compared to the paid mercenaries. Paying someone to go on a job with you ensures more variety when it comes to specializations. However, you need to be careful here - an average pay of a mercenary is 450 Yen, which is quite steep a price.

Missions - rewards, Karma and sleeping

There is a "comfortable" bed in your HQ

Each time you complete a mission, you receive your reward and Karma points. The number of Karma points is always the same, regardless of the actions that you have taken to complete the mission. Only if it says in the guide that after you complete a mission, you receive Karma points - they are assigned immediately and they do not affect the amount of points that you receive after you complete the mission. Rewards may always vary. Most frequently, it is not affected by the decision that you have taken on completing the mission, but rather has to do with completing the side missions.

Each time you complete a mission, you can enter certain interactions in Hanoi, with NPCs that appear occasionally. Usually, these are simple conversations only or information about the storyline (they do not affect the storyline itself). What affects the events is the number of missions that you have completed, instead of the order in which you did that. Always after you complete a mission and return to your HQ, you can go to sleep - this is quite important because it affects your ability to choose the ending and unlock achievements, at the same time.