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The full text of the latest official update:

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SR4 FAQ, Part Two

Q. Will riggers be combined with deckers/hackers?
A. Yes, we are removing the distinction between them. This does not mean riggers will go away — there will still be hackers who specialize in drones, vehicle operations, or security systems. But the protocols, technology, and game mechanics behind them will be the same.

Q. Will character generation keep the priority system or be point-based?
A. It is a point-based system.

Q. Will Open Tests be kept?
A. Nope, they’re gone.

Q. Will there be rules for converting characters from SR3 to SR4?
A. Yes, we will publish a conversion guide on the website (not in the core rulebook).

Q. Has Mike Pondsmith abandoned CP203x to work on SR4?
A. *Blink* Uh, no.
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- Spookymonster   SR4 FAQ, Part Two   Mar 28 2005, 01:18 PM
- - GunnerJ   Wow, this is... a really promising update.   Mar 28 2005, 01:40 PM
- - psykotisk_overlegen   you think? Now they're not only getting rid of...   Mar 28 2005, 02:14 PM
- - mintcar   I´m not sure I like giving everything the name hac...   Mar 28 2005, 02:12 PM
- - psykotisk_overlegen   You know, they could just fix the game-mechanic wi...   Mar 28 2005, 02:24 PM
- - DrJest   To be honest, I'm actually completely ambivale...   Mar 28 2005, 02:27 PM
- - Eyeless Blond   All I can say is QUOTE Q. Will Open Tests be kept...   Mar 28 2005, 02:42 PM
- - psykotisk_overlegen   Yep, that's certainly one of the good changes.   Mar 28 2005, 02:53 PM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (Spookymonster) Q. Will riggers be combined ...   Mar 28 2005, 03:06 PM
- - Patrick Goodman   QUOTE (Eyeless Blond) All I can say is QUOTE Q. W...   Mar 28 2005, 03:18 PM
- - Tal   There's got to be someone out there who'll...   Mar 28 2005, 03:34 PM
- - hermit   Great to know open test to be gone. That's goo...   Mar 28 2005, 04:00 PM
- - mintcar   Even if they kept the VCR the one your character h...   Mar 28 2005, 03:59 PM
- - hermit   Well, so long as there still IS a VCR-comparable i...   Mar 28 2005, 04:16 PM
- - Demonseed Elite   QUOTE Now, Demonseed has said something somewhat c...   Mar 28 2005, 04:14 PM
- - DragginSPADE   I for one actually liked the priority character cr...   Mar 28 2005, 04:18 PM
- - Tal   It's not too bad, but given how much more flex...   Mar 28 2005, 04:35 PM
- - mintcar   Hermit: I´m sure you can work it out with your GM ...   Mar 28 2005, 04:37 PM
- - lord_cack   I like the Priority Character Generation....guess ...   Mar 28 2005, 04:29 PM
- - Charon   The way I see it, Hacker VS combat decker, vehicle...   Mar 28 2005, 04:33 PM
- - Solstice   Priority system was an abomination and resulted in...   Mar 28 2005, 05:07 PM
- - Eyeless Blond   To counter hermit's 2 choices: 3) Split up th...   Mar 28 2005, 05:11 PM
- - Tal   Every twinked-out character I've seen on this ...   Mar 28 2005, 05:13 PM
- - Charon   Well, I gotta say I'm gonna miss Priority syst...   Mar 28 2005, 05:15 PM
- - Eyeless Blond   Point-buy's really not that much harder to exp...   Mar 28 2005, 05:16 PM
- - Dawgstar   I can wrap my head around points-based, though I w...   Mar 28 2005, 05:19 PM
- - Arethusa   QUOTE (Fortune) QUOTE Q. Will character generation...   Mar 28 2005, 05:20 PM
- - Eyeless Blond   QUOTE (Arethusa) QUOTE (Fortune @ Mar 28 2005...   Mar 28 2005, 05:35 PM
- - Tal   What was so wrong with BeCKS? (I never had a chanc...   Mar 28 2005, 05:29 PM
- - Eyeless Blond   Honestly? Not much; it's actually a good solid...   Mar 28 2005, 05:41 PM
- - Arethusa   But the problem with BeCKS you mention isn't a...   Mar 28 2005, 05:35 PM
- - hermit   QUOTE Only a moron would build with points and not...   Mar 28 2005, 05:50 PM
- - Method   I find that its those random biotech/athletics/ele...   Mar 28 2005, 05:56 PM
- - Tal   Ditto. Sure, I could make a twinked-out trog who c...   Mar 28 2005, 05:58 PM
- - Wounded Ronin   I think it's really really hard to role play s...   Mar 28 2005, 05:51 PM
- - Rev   Becks probably isn't a good system for the bas...   Mar 28 2005, 06:05 PM
- - Patrick Goodman   It's a point-based system, but it's not th...   Mar 28 2005, 06:01 PM
- - Arethusa   Awesome. Consider me more prepared to throw up my...   Mar 28 2005, 06:19 PM
- - Charon   Hmm, do I smell a return of the old Mechawarrior s...   Mar 28 2005, 06:44 PM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Tal) There's got to be someone out ther...   Mar 28 2005, 06:40 PM
- - Patrick Goodman   QUOTE (Charon) Hmm, do I smell a return of the old...   Mar 28 2005, 07:03 PM
- - SirBedevere   From what I'm reading the new SR4 info all see...   Mar 28 2005, 07:29 PM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (SirBedevere) 'what's in a name...   Mar 28 2005, 07:24 PM
- - SirBedevere   You have a point there Kagetenshi. Like I said I...   Mar 28 2005, 07:29 PM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Mar 29 2005, 04:40 AM) QU...   Mar 28 2005, 07:35 PM
- - Kagetenshi   That's hardly true, I just don't like the ...   Mar 28 2005, 07:40 PM
- - Siege   QUOTE (Patrick Goodman) QUOTE (Charon @ Mar 2...   Mar 28 2005, 07:48 PM
- - hobgoblin   i dont know why but i have allways prefered the pr...   Mar 28 2005, 08:01 PM
- - DrJest   I'm delighted to see points replacing priority...   Mar 28 2005, 08:03 PM
- - Patrick Goodman   QUOTE (SirBedevere) You have a point there Kageten...   Mar 28 2005, 08:22 PM
- - Patrick Goodman   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Either that or I'm getting ...   Mar 28 2005, 08:23 PM
- - Kagetenshi   Because humans get the karma pool? It's not a ...   Mar 28 2005, 08:25 PM
- - Siege   I think the complaint is - some of the flavor fade...   Mar 28 2005, 08:31 PM
- - Arethusa   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Because humans get the karma po...   Mar 28 2005, 08:34 PM
- - Catsnightmare   QUOTE (Spookymonster @ Mar 28 2005, 07:18 AM)...   Mar 28 2005, 08:27 PM
- - Synner   Now why oh why would the developers be balancing s...   Mar 28 2005, 08:29 PM
- - apollo124   In campaigns that I have run, if someone wanted to...   Mar 28 2005, 08:37 PM
- - Patrick Goodman   QUOTE (Catsnightmare) QUOTE (Spookymonster @ ...   Mar 28 2005, 08:37 PM
- - apollo124   Oops, on that last post, I meant to say, if someon...   Mar 28 2005, 08:46 PM
- - The_Eyes   QUOTE (Patrick Goodman) It's a point-based sys...   Mar 28 2005, 08:52 PM
- - Fortune   You'll also probably want to change this ... ...   Mar 28 2005, 08:54 PM
- - Kagetenshi   But I like Sum-To-15 ~J   Mar 28 2005, 09:06 PM
- - Fortune   Can I play a Sum-to-15 character in your next game...   Mar 28 2005, 09:09 PM
- - Shadow   QUOTE (Patrick Goodman) QUOTE (Catsnightmare ...   Mar 28 2005, 09:17 PM
- - Arethusa   Conversely, many people find priority ridiculously...   Mar 28 2005, 09:19 PM
- - Fortune   I fail to understand either position. I make Awake...   Mar 28 2005, 09:24 PM
- - Eyeless Blond   The problem generally is with Aspected mages, I th...   Mar 28 2005, 10:06 PM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (Eyeless Blond)The problem generally is with...   Mar 28 2005, 11:00 PM
- - Eyeless Blond   Er, right. I was trying to parallel your post, a...   Mar 28 2005, 11:13 PM
- - NeoJudas   As I don't see this started yet... QUOTE Q. Wh...   Apr 9 2005, 12:45 PM
- - Critias   There's plenty of other threads already touchi...   Apr 9 2005, 12:47 PM
- - hahnsoo   QUOTE (Fortune) I fail to understand either positi...   Apr 9 2005, 10:05 PM
- - Fortune   Yeah, I read that thread (and even posted in it )....   Apr 9 2005, 10:16 PM
- - SirBedevere   If adjustments are going to be made to the dice po...   Apr 9 2005, 10:34 PM
- - hahnsoo   QUOTE (Fortune) Yeah, I read that thread (and even...   Apr 9 2005, 10:39 PM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (hahnsoo @ Apr 10 2005, 08:39 AM) Frank...   Apr 9 2005, 10:48 PM
- - Eyeless Blond   It's nteresting to note how popular Sum-to-10 ...   Apr 9 2005, 10:52 PM
- - Jérémie   QUOTE (hahnsoo) Since they are doing away with Pri...   Apr 10 2005, 12:03 AM
- - sapphire_wyvern   I am a firm believer of the following theory: For...   Apr 11 2005, 11:36 AM
- - sapphire_wyvern   One other note on character generation: try and un...   Apr 11 2005, 11:37 AM
- - Grinder   I think it's difficult to convert boosted refl...   Apr 11 2005, 11:42 AM
- - sapphire_wyvern   QUOTE (Grinder @ Apr 11 2005, 09:42 PM) I thi...   Apr 11 2005, 11:45 AM
- - hahnsoo   QUOTE (Jérémie) QUOTE (hahnsoo @ Apr 10 2005,...   Apr 11 2005, 11:51 AM
- - apollo124   Hey! I resent that! I can so roleplay my...   Apr 11 2005, 01:06 PM
- - Kagetenshi   I disagree that BeCKS is desirable. It massively i...   Apr 11 2005, 02:00 PM
- - Vuron   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) I disagree that BeCKS is desira...   Apr 11 2005, 02:19 PM
- - sapphire_wyvern   QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Apr 12 2005, 12:00 AM) I ...   Apr 12 2005, 03:47 AM
- - Kagetenshi   There's a big difference between doing somethi...   Apr 12 2005, 03:49 AM
- - sapphire_wyvern   QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Apr 12 2005, 01:49 PM) Th...   Apr 12 2005, 04:05 AM
- - FrostyNSO   I would venture to guess that most of the people u...   Apr 12 2005, 05:01 AM
- - mfb   bleagh. doing it manually would suck. even once yo...   Apr 12 2005, 06:41 AM
- - Grinder   Maybe if i'm having a lot of free time and not...   Apr 12 2005, 07:29 AM
- - Kesh   QUOTE (sapphire_wyvern) I am a firm believer of th...   Apr 12 2005, 07:51 AM
- - SirBedevere   Maybe my group and I are just weird, we use Becks ...   Apr 12 2005, 08:52 AM
- - Austere Emancipator   So do we. Well, I do, anyway. In the past couple o...   Apr 12 2005, 10:35 AM
- - Vuron   I agree it can take a bit of bookkeeping if you ar...   Apr 12 2005, 01:32 PM
- - Wounded Ronin   White Wolf is evil because unlike SR they don...   Apr 12 2005, 04:14 PM
- - Vuron   QUOTE (Wounded Ronin) White Wolf is evil because u...   Apr 12 2005, 04:25 PM
- - Wounded Ronin   When flipping through some friends' Vampire: T...   Apr 12 2005, 08:45 PM
- - RunnerPaul   QUOTE (Wounded Ronin) When flipping through some f...   Apr 12 2005, 08:55 PM
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