Upgrade the Essentials
We’ve got some bad news for you. In Arkham Knight you’re going to be using the Batmobile, a lot. In fact, many crucial missions along both the main and side stories require a heavy use of the Batmobile. If you want to save Gotham, you basically have no choice but to learn to love the big guy and treat it like your best friend.
This means you’ll need to upgrade your Batmobile early and often. However, there’s no doubt you’ll want to upgrade your squishy, vulnerable Batman as well, so the question must be asked: which upgrades are most essential?
Well firstly, the Batmobile will need plenty of armor, no question. There is no reason why the Batmobile shouldn’t have level 4 armor, especially when tackling some of the more difficult missions later in the game. Early on you may be able to get away with level 2 armor, but make this a priority. You want to kill fast, but bullets too slow? Well, your next priority is reload speed, this makes the 60mm available for firing faster. Even one level in this will grant a noticeable improvement in your firing, but level two is ideal.
Speaking of efficiency, you’ll need energy absorption efficiency. Simply put, this allows you to fire those deadly, deadly missile barrages much faster. Energy Storage Protection is likewise a must, as it’ll make sure you won’t lose your hard earned missiles if an enemy gets a lucky shot in. It goes without saying, but you’ll also want to increase the damage of the 60mm cannon, so upgrade both turret and chassis shot damage as soon as you can. Both Cobra lure and Vulcan Gun accuracy wont really be needed until much later in the game, so don’t worry about it just yet.
As for the Batmobile itself, you wont have to put too many points into that particular tree beyond the armor levels. Ram charge is useful when running down some pesky APCs, but non-essential in the long run. Afterburner recharge is also not that useful. You can get by just fine without it, though consider obtaining at least level two. Dodge thruster boost you can skip, so long as you keep an eye on where enemy drones are aiming. Also, don’t bother with super eject. Use those points instead for Grapnel boosts. You can always standard eject into a huge Grapnel boost to rocket your Bat into space, no problem.
So, now that your Batmobile is a certifiable killing non-lethal machine, you’ll need to know how to actually use it in a fight.
