 What's a datajack for these days?, replaced by trodes? |
 Apr 24 2007, 04:31 PM
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I was in a game store last weekend, talking about starting up an SR4 game. One guy pointed out that datajacks are, for the most part, no longer necessary for hacking at all. He claimed (and I could not find anything to contradict him) that you can hot-sim using trodes, so basically there is nothing stopping a mage from being the best hacker on earth, I guess.
But rather than start up another "mages have it too easy" thing, I'm more interested in what this means for hackers. Granted, a datajack isn't much essence to give up, but trodes are cheaper too. And even if you wanted to transfer data to an internal commlink, couldn't you do it wirelessly anyway? So really...what are datajacks used for post 2070? |
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JonathanC What's a datajack for these days? Apr 24 2007, 04:31 PM
FrankTrollman A Trode net is a disposable and vulnerable item. I... Apr 24 2007, 04:38 PM Demerzel I'm a little less than impressed with the data... Apr 24 2007, 04:40 PM JonathanC I've never thought of trode nets as being that... Apr 24 2007, 04:43 PM Demerzel QUOTE (FrankTrollman) A Trode net is a disposable ... Apr 24 2007, 04:44 PM deek DJ's also have ports for a couple knowsofts, I... Apr 24 2007, 04:47 PM Rotbart van Dainig You know, you just could carry a port repeater wit... Apr 24 2007, 04:56 PM Shrike30 I prefer them because it means I've got the ab... Apr 24 2007, 05:40 PM Ravor I don't know, personally I view Datajacks as s... Apr 24 2007, 06:11 PM hobgoblin heh, one problem with the "library of congres... Apr 24 2007, 06:16 PM JonathanC QUOTE (Ravor) I don't know, personally I view ... Apr 24 2007, 06:19 PM Demerzel QUOTE (JonathanC) I mean, couldn't you just hi... Apr 24 2007, 06:24 PM JonathanC Yeah. I know I said I was going to avoid arguing a... Apr 24 2007, 06:32 PM Demerzel There's something to be said for playing a cha... Apr 24 2007, 06:36 PM JonathanC QUOTE (Demerzel) There's something to be said ... Apr 24 2007, 06:41 PM Ravor QUOTE (JonathanC)What kind of future DNI implants ... Apr 24 2007, 07:36 PM Rotbart van Dainig It's always fun to illustrate the downsides of... Apr 24 2007, 07:39 PM Ravor Sure, as in not being able to manually turn it off... Apr 24 2007, 07:46 PM Demerzel QUOTE (Demerzel) I recall recently reading the des... Apr 24 2007, 08:05 PM kigmatzomat The difference between trode net and data jack is ... Apr 24 2007, 08:46 PM JonathanC QUOTE (Ravor) Sure, as in not being able to manual... Apr 24 2007, 08:55 PM Demerzel QUOTE (JonathanC) A mage, by contrast, can resist ... Apr 24 2007, 09:03 PM bibliophile20 Everyone keeps on forgetting that there's at l... Apr 24 2007, 09:05 PM Jaid QUOTE (JonathanC) QUOTE (Ravor @ Apr 24 2007,... Apr 24 2007, 09:07 PM Big D ... Here we go again. I guess it's been too l... Apr 24 2007, 09:10 PM ccelizic It would really suck if someone pulled a trodenet ... Apr 24 2007, 09:17 PM Kyoto Kid ...my hacker character Violet has a datajack conne... Apr 24 2007, 09:18 PM OSUMacbeth In response to the whole "adepts and mages ca... Apr 24 2007, 09:51 PM 2bit QUOTE (Kyoto Kid @ Apr 24 2007, 04:18 PM) Als... Apr 24 2007, 10:07 PM hobgoblin you can be a hot hacker, or a hot adept, but can y... Apr 24 2007, 10:14 PM Ravor QUOTE (JonathanC)I don't recall there being mu... Apr 24 2007, 10:14 PM JonathanC I don't think a single sustaining foci (or eve... Apr 24 2007, 10:23 PM Demerzel QUOTE (JonathanC) I don't think a single susta... Apr 24 2007, 10:33 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (2bit)QUOTE (Kyoto Kid @ Apr 24 2007, 0... Apr 24 2007, 10:33 PM OSUMacbeth I think my question would be "How often do yo... Apr 24 2007, 10:35 PM Ravor QUOTE (JonathanC)I don't think a single sustai... Apr 24 2007, 10:41 PM Jack Kain Datajack: A datajack allows a user to directly int... Apr 24 2007, 11:29 PM Demerzel QUOTE (Jack Kain @ Apr 24 2007, 04:29 PM) Dat... Apr 24 2007, 11:43 PM Jaid QUOTE (Big D) ... Here we go again. I guess it... Apr 24 2007, 11:49 PM Demon_Bob Was wondering how you get above rating 6 on a Comm... Apr 25 2007, 12:08 AM hobgoblin QUOTE (Demon_Bob) Was wondering how you get above ... Apr 25 2007, 12:37 AM Demon_Bob QUOTE (hobgoblin) QUOTE (Demon_Bob @ Apr 25 2... Apr 25 2007, 12:48 AM JonathanC QUOTE (Jack Kain) Datajack: A datajack allows a us... Apr 25 2007, 01:11 AM Jaid QUOTE (Demon_Bob) QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Apr 24 2... Apr 25 2007, 01:24 AM Demerzel QUOTE (Jaid) * this is actually open to debate. a ... Apr 25 2007, 01:56 AM TheOOB There really isn't many good reasons to use a ... Apr 25 2007, 06:06 AM Wasabi Jaid, Registering is a seperate process from Compi... Apr 25 2007, 09:36 AM Wasabi QUOTE (JonathanC @ Apr 24 2007, 11:31 AM) He ... Apr 25 2007, 09:39 AM The Jopp The datajack is actually needed for skinlinking in... Apr 25 2007, 10:14 AM Rotbart van Dainig Of course, you simply could get an internal comlin... Apr 25 2007, 10:42 AM FriendoftheDork QUOTE (Demerzel) QUOTE (Jack Kain @ Apr 24 20... Apr 25 2007, 01:11 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (The OOB)Shadowrunners, on the otherhand, ca... Apr 25 2007, 03:00 PM Demerzel I thought Alphaware was 80% of essence cost for 20... Apr 25 2007, 03:08 PM The Jopp QUOTE (Demerzel) I thought Alphaware was 80% of es... Apr 25 2007, 03:12 PM Demerzel And not availiable at Chargen. Apr 25 2007, 03:16 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (The Jopp) QUOTE (Demerzel @ Apr 25 200... Apr 25 2007, 04:25 PM Jack Kain If your going to rewrite the rules for how these t... Apr 25 2007, 04:48 PM Demerzel QUOTE (Jack Kain) RAW: You can mentally slot chips... Apr 25 2007, 05:05 PM JonathanC QUOTE (The Jopp) The datajack is actually needed f... Apr 25 2007, 05:20 PM Demerzel He's talking about avoiding wireless links. I... Apr 25 2007, 05:31 PM kigmatzomat One thing to keep in mind is that nanopaste trodes... Apr 25 2007, 06:10 PM WhiskeyMac Just get a pair of skinlink goggles with smartlink... Apr 25 2007, 06:21 PM Demerzel Some quotes:
QUOTE (p.331)Datajacks allow users t... Apr 25 2007, 07:46 PM hobgoblin didnt the SR4 datajack absorb the job of the headw... Apr 25 2007, 08:50 PM Synner667 Hmmm..
..I wonder if people are aware that in Cybe... Apr 25 2007, 09:56 PM JonathanC QUOTE (Demerzel) Some quotes:
QUOTE (p.331)Dataja... Apr 28 2007, 03:02 PM Demerzel It's always interesting to see the stuff that ... Apr 28 2007, 03:09 PM
Jaid chipjacks still exist. new ones aren't going t... Apr 28 2007, 03:12 PM  |
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