 Better description of Muscle Toner?, How does it work? |
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 Feb 1 2004, 09:00 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 27-January 04 Member No.: 6,022  |
Looking for good answers than just some weave that they stick in you. I never remembered it a decade ago. All there was to get back then was muscle augmentation. Suddenly this new gizmo pops up! How long has it been around for? Where did it first appear?
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Feb 1 2004, 09:07 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
it first appeared in Shadowtech. the description was pretty much the same--Gortex-varient strands interwoven with your muscle fiber.
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Feb 1 2004, 10:26 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 89 |
In Shadowtech, there was just muscle augmentation. There, however, it had the combined effects (and combined bioindex and ¥ costs) of the (now splitted) muscle toner (giving you more quickness) and muscle augmentation (giving you more strength).
In the first German translation they made the mistake to give you +1 reaction and +1 quickness for every step of muscle augmentation. Since then, I never had a dwarf that fast :D . |
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Feb 1 2004, 10:37 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
er, crap. you're right.
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Feb 1 2004, 12:42 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 27-January 04 Member No.: 6,022 |
So all they did was split an old item in half? What a way to make new wares!
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Feb 1 2004, 01:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 160 Joined: 12-August 03 From: Sulphur, Louisiana Member No.: 5,418 |
Well, it makes some sense to combine the effects, but there's more to muscle than just strength..
And one can improve ones strength without ever working on their speed... As far as I see it, muscle toner weaves more elastic muscle fibers into you, allowing your muscles to contract faster and giving you a boost in speed and agility.. Muscle augmentation just increases your muscle fiber, giving you more strength.. |
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Feb 2 2004, 12:44 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
I don't mind it, as often I just want one or the other for a character without necessarily wanting to implant the other. With the older version, that wasn't possible. |
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Feb 2 2004, 01:14 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 588 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 227 |
Yup, several of the "new" cyber and bioware items in M&M are actually break-downs of old items, allowing players to specialize thier wares selection a bit more, or maybe combine componsnt systems in new ways. At least, that was the goal... |
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