[X] My Assistant

[ShadowDragon]

[Abbandon]

I think you need to sit down with your players ooc and have a chat about stealing stuff. Let both sides give thier points of view and if you cant reach a common understand then explain the consequences of such actions, such as losing hideouts, vehicles, nuyen, weapons, removal of cyber because of being caught by overwhelming force such as strike teams or police.

[CrimsonHawk]

CrimsonHawk.
Not sure I would want to play a Hacker or Rigger under those game conditions.
According to the rules you can Change your Com-link's acess ID with either the Hacking+Spoof(2) or Hardware+Logic(2).
Besisdes unless the run is in a WiFi dead zone picking out your signal from the Hundreds of others is going to be difficult. And that is for a secure site. In an outside area or one that is not shielded there will be Millions of Signals.


Jeez, CrimsonHawk... sounds like the GM is really making your life hard.

Programs are priced under the assumption that they not only do not degrade, but your average PC will be hacking them and making multiple copies of them for various uses. If he's going to have you buying new copies of these programs all the time, he needs to drop the cost to 10% or less of the listed cost.


CrimsonHawk, does your GM not allow you to use the software skill to duplicate programs? Check page 228.

no silly, not spoof the drones, spoof your datatrail.

ie, instead of physically changing your commlink, you should just spoof it. or, if you prefer, you can go in and muck around with the actual commlink, and change it using the hardware skill.

either way, you don't need to dispose of the old commlink. and you should certainly be able to keep the old programs... so why is it costing you so much? even a top end commlink should only cost you maybe 10k... which is still a lot, especially as an expense per run, but still not all that bad.

anyways, i think you are badly misunderstanding how spoof can be used... but anyways... that's something i'll let you reread the book for =P


okes I understand spoof now I think just have to get my GM to understand its not a permeant chip on the motherboard (ie mac address) of the communit I was thinking since drones are nodes /communits also that I had to change them all the time.

well his thought of program degrade is from RL (Real Life) for instance virus scanners you don't just buy one and run it forever it has to constanly update and reinvent it self otherwise the virus would have a hay day on your computer
:spin:

so I have to constanly keep buying /reprograming programs (most of them) to keep on the Bleeding edge of tech :| which puts me into debt in a mega hurry


the funny way we have to communicate now is either via skinlink (touch) or via laser to not be overheard or traced in a heartbeat, I don't know I'm thinking of seriously just retiring the toon and leave the game, I'm so board some nights I'm reading a paperback book