 Smaller cyber-components?, Are alpha-pieces actually smaller? |
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 Jan 27 2004, 08:59 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 745 Joined: 26-July 03 From: Montréal, QC, Canada Member No.: 5,029  |
I have a question: when fitting pieces of gear into cyberlimbs, is their ECU reduced when they're made alpha-grade or better? The higher grades of cyberware are always described as smaller and leaner, so I'm curious.
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Jan 27 2004, 09:08 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
Ya know, that's a good question -- insofar as I know, improved grades don't offer a reduction in ECU.
-Siege |
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Jan 27 2004, 09:27 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 745 Joined: 26-July 03 From: Montréal, QC, Canada Member No.: 5,029 |
I didn't think so either, but shouldn't they? A player of mine just asked me and I didn't really know what to tell him. I'm thinking of reducing ECU along the same lines as Essence, i.e. 20% for alpha, 40% for beta and 50% for delta.
Does this seem reasonable? It would help to make cyberlimbs a little more attractive... |
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Jan 27 2004, 09:27 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 |
why not house rule it the same reduction in essence applies to ECU...?
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Jan 27 2004, 09:28 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 675 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 2,034 |
Go ahead. The cyberlimb rules are highly problematic, unless of course the goal of whoever wrote them was to make sure nobody ever got one.
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Jan 27 2004, 10:20 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 745 Joined: 26-July 03 From: Montréal, QC, Canada Member No.: 5,029 |
Seems like kevyn668 and I had the same thought at the same moment. :)
I think that's what I'll do then: house rule it such that if the component is of a higher grade, its ECU is reduced by the same percentage as its Essence cost is. It seems logical, given the colour text describing alpha-grade 'ware as being slimmer and trimmer. Plus, it's another incentive to get cyberlimbs (albeit a modest one). Thanks! |
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Jan 28 2004, 02:02 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,685 Joined: 17-August 02 Member No.: 3,123 |
Stupidly, an alphaware or better cyberlimb has less ECU than a normal cyberlimb. The higher the grade, the more space the limb seems to take up (since it offers less free space). That's a precedent for making higher grade 'ware take up more ECU, not less.
Me, I just ignore any effect that higher grades have on ECU. All limbs and equipment have the same ECU values, regardless of grade. |
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