Looting, How do i curb it Options

[Draco18s]

The Intercept? Dear lord, that's incredible!

I didn't read the whole article, so I don't know if it mentioned the game show's two winners (that I am aware of):
One guy drove the car onto a moving train (we hope he had a ramp).
One guy floated the can out into the middle of a lake using some kind of raft.

So while it was propoganda for the Russian cops (as they almost always won, beating the living daylights out of the contestant), it only encouraged the more creative thieves to be, well, more creative.

[Bai Shen]

"Cuz I'm T&T, I'm dynomite... I'm T&T, I win the fight... I'm T&T, I'm a power load... I'm T&T, watch me explode..."

It's TNT, not T&T.

[Kev]

The Mercury Comet is the Ford Americar, just the Luxury Package for having the Mercury Name. Like the Lincoln Spawlcar is the ultimate version of the line. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

Well, that's what I called the Lincolns, anyhow, and my group likes that.

So far, my group has a Customized Jaguar that they boosted from the Mickey Mouse SWAT Team (No, I'm not joking. They had the ears on their helmets and everything.).

When I start that campaign up again, and finish it, I might try a lower-powered campaign where the group is all that's surviving from a Gang, and they have to return to their position of power the long, hard way. Where starting out with "Comet Boosting" and "Jaguar Jackin'" is what you do before breakfast, to get money FOR breakfast. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cyber.gif)

Put some "Punk" back into the game.

Gang campaigns are too much fun. Start with around 300 BP, availability 6, and you're good to go! Man, this makes me nostalgic for my gang campaign that died....

We were a hacker gang in the Barrens, and I played the ork "hacker" (Datasearch skill and Hacking skill of 1, okay 'link, and an obvious cyberarm and shotgun; guess what my job in the gang was)? Eventually got embroiled in a gang turf war, turned a few bikes and cars against their drivers... fun stuff. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

As for the actual issue of looting... how bad is it becoming I guess is the real operative here. If they're taking a few guns, well... why not let them? Lord knows if they're blowing away some corp sec, then they're probably spending enough on ammunition right? Most of the suggestions will go a long way to curbing that type of behavior, especially if they don't carry a tag eraser with them.

Of course, if they're just taking random stuff from the facility (scientific equipment, etc.) well then... they're just being resourceful. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Honestly, if they're taking everything but the wallpaper, hit them with encumberance and faitgue. Keep in mind also that corps might tag certain high-value items and track their movement through the facility to make sure those high-value items stay where intended. If they're looting that much, you could have the security hacker/rigger track them through the complex that way.

[InfinityzeN]

I’m freaking quoting a magic talking sword and people are telling me I’m wrong? I know the song and I know what TNT is. The way the sword sings it is "cuz I'ma T an' T". No more people telling me I'm wrong when I'm right and they have no idea what their talking about. (If that offends you, learn to read the whole post instead of nit' picking people.)

It's TNT, not T&T.

[ornot]

I didn't read the whole article, so I don't know if it mentioned the game show's two winners (that I am aware of):
One guy drove the car onto a moving train (we hope he had a ramp).
One guy floated the can out into the middle of a lake using some kind of raft.

So while it was propoganda for the Russian cops (as they almost always won, beating the living daylights out of the contestant), it only encouraged the more creative thieves to be, well, more creative.

The article you quoted only listed one winner; his beacon broke, and he just drive around without the cops knowing where he was. It also said the Russian cops were pissed because the public sided with the fugitive, and not the cops. Amusingly the cops are still being paid with public money, despite starring in a tv show.

@InfinityZen: you might find they used T&T to avoid copyright or something. Seeing as it's apparently lyrics from ACDC. Meh...

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

I’m freaking quoting a magic talking sword and people are telling me I’m wrong? I know the song and I know what TNT is. The way the sword sings it is "cuz I'ma T an' T". No more people telling me I'm wrong when I'm right and they have no idea what their talking about. (If that offends you, learn to read the whole post instead of nit' picking people.)

Whew... But your right...

[Warlordtheft]

Whew... But your right...

It is just a sign some of us are getting a little long in the tooth.

Back on topic...I never had a problem with my players looting. Most of the time they didn't because of time. Of the few time it did there was definitely an incentive (the assault rifles had APDS), but in that instance they desrved for a the good plan they had, and crappy perception rolls on my part (glitch to figure out that doc was forged (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sarcastic.gif) ). However notable issues include RFID tags, fencing the gear, and time.