alright vn but by GOD unlocking the two Linus combat defeat CG's is still a major pain in the ass (I've been failing to get them for the past few updates). I've been at it for hours on public 1.06 and RNG is still just not on my side- the Companions just solo him every time, no matter who's route I'm on or how crap my stats are.
You don't have to nerf the NPC's or anything, but if you plan on including stuff like this in the future, please consider either adding a "Wait" option in combat (no characters take action) or just a straight up "submit" button that will take you straight to a combat defeat scenario.
yeah, things like this I feel need to be more based upon the skills you’ve gained, (or lack there of) then simply by chance. It seems Linus is more of a high chance of winning than the skills you’ve acquired. Or if there’s an alternate bad route where you neglect or hurt the relation ship with the character that they don’t show up and you have to fight Linus yourself. Just my opinion.
I actually found out that, if you're corrupted enough when you encounter Linus, you can just press the surrender button and then press "no". It'll skip your turn, meaning only your companion will deal dmg. Then, you just pray the RNG God that whoever you are with won't kill Linus before you die from his attacks (make a save right before the fight so you can always retry).
So far, I tried this trick with Max's route only, but I'm pretty sure being corrupted in any route will allow you to surrender, so feel free to give it a try! (I also did it on android, so I am not 100% sure it work on PC/Mac as well, but I don't think there's any reasons it wouldn't, right?).
So yeah, I guess we got some "kind" of wait button if you're a horny boi: Just press Surrender, then "No". Hopefully this will help ya :D