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Speaking of the Arachnids, something curious happened yesterday.
I built a small prison and put prisoners in there to use as training partners for Beep. At some point, it became a difficulty levels thing, with a Dust Bandit as easy (I gave him a Mk 1 Horse Chopper for extra flavour), a Dust Boss as medium, and an Arachne Warrior as hard (took all of his items and replaced them with a Hungry Bandits Leader's equipment to even the odds).
The first two were around the 20s and 30s, combat-wise. Beep had some difficulty, but eventually reached levels between 30-40 and started beating them relatively easily. With the Arachne Warrior, standing at 50-60... it was humiliating. Beep fell without making a single scratch, twice.
Now, the third time he actually stood a chance and here's when things got weird. While the Dust Bandits mostly went for Beep's vitals to knock him out quickly, this guy could land around 15 consecutive cuts on Beep, but he attacked each body part equally. By the end, the only thing not in the negatives was his right arm.
Now, I know it's impossible to code the IA to fight a certain way, but it'd be funny to think that the Arachnids are naturally sadistic combatants as opposed to any other humanoid enemy in Kenshi.