The Best Early Upgrades for Necromunda: Hired Gun on Playstation 4 (PS4)

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Once you have completed the first mission of the game, you can speak to Rogue Doc. When you interact with the Rogue Doc, you can upgrade both yourself and your Mastiff. 

Mastiff

3 Great options are the Bionic Head, Bionic Body and Bionic Paws, Once you have gotten these upgrades, he will look, well very Bionic. To view this live you can exit the interaction with Rogue Doc, and visit the Mastiff. 

Upgrading order

Bionic Nose- This will increase his enemy detection radius.

Improved Reflexes- This will increase his chance of dodging as his reflexes are improved from the paws implant.

Speed- This replaces Mastiff's legs giving him an increased speed.

From there you can upgrade him according to your own play style, but these will help you as you start out. 

Personal Upgrades

It is important to focus on your own personal upgrades as this will help you greatly within the game. There are three main upgrades to focus on before looking into others.

Vocal Implant- Vocal Implant will allow you to influence people more easily. This can help you get better bounties on contracts throughout the game.  (You will need to unlock Cerebral Implant first to get further vocal implant levels) This will help you a lot in the game as you need to upgrade weapons and gain credits for various aspects of the game. Having a vocal implant makes a great impact on you credits available. 

Heightened Senses- Heightened senses will allow you to slow down time and everything around the player. Although everything is slow around you, the player will still move that a normal pace. Level one of this gives you already 8 seconds of the ability to utilize in the more hectic moments. 

Haywire Pulse- Haywire Puls will allow you to send an electromagnetic energy pulse and short circuit the energy systems around you. It can also deactivate enemy refractor fields or stun opponents. This is very helpful when you are surrounded.