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 Feb 2 2010, 08:23 PM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000  Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951  |
The best weapon easily carried against spirits is the... Defiance EX shocker.
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Feb 2 2010, 08:30 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 10,289 Joined: 2-October 08 Member No.: 16,392 |
QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig @ Feb 2 2010, 03:23 PM)  The best weapon easily carried against spirits is the... Defiance EX shocker. The real problem I have with electricity weapons (game balance wise) is that not only are they good against spirits, they're incredible against metahumans. And drones. If you have a few hundred (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) you can spend for ever run on ammo (and still make a profit), Stick & Shock is the ideal ammo type: deals stun damage (which is essentially non-lethal to people), it deals (e) damage, which fucks up drones, and it does -half AP, which does a number on spirits. It's a Win/Win/Win scenario. The only thing that keeps players from using it is the cost. But realistically you only need 1 round per meat target, a clip for a spirits, and a couple for a drone (two to three, which should leave it in reboot more long enough to crowbar the thing into permanent non-opperation). |
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Feb 2 2010, 08:31 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,883 Joined: 16-December 06 Member No.: 10,386 |
Yeah, I know, but it was an example. I actually think weaponized drones would probably be the single biggest factor in a general uptick in fire power. Best case scenario would be to have your own hackers handle the problem, but I could see how there'd be times where that's not really an option for whatever reason. Taser weapons are good for temporarily stopping a drone, but only for pretty short periods of time, and taking a crowbar to a steel lynx is a pretty dang rough job, apparently.
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Feb 2 2010, 08:38 PM
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QUOTE (Draco18s @ Feb 2 2010, 10:30 PM) Stick & Shock is the ideal ammo type Which is why at our games, it's a shotgun-only round. |
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Feb 2 2010, 08:39 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 10,289 Joined: 2-October 08 Member No.: 16,392 |
QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig @ Feb 2 2010, 03:38 PM) Which is why at our games, it's a shotgun-only round. And for good reason. Do you treat it as a single slug round (eg, choke doesn't have an effect, and there's no dodge penalty that you'd get with shot)? |
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Feb 2 2010, 08:40 PM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
Indeed.
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Feb 3 2010, 08:24 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,768 Joined: 31-October 08 From: Redmond (Yes, really) Member No.: 16,558 |
QUOTE (Rotbart van Dainig @ Feb 2 2010, 12:38 PM) Which is why at our games, it's a shotgun-only round. I also do that, slug only. The excuse given is that the capacitors make it a big round, and the velocity imparted by a rifle would be too much for it - it would break apart. |
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Feb 3 2010, 09:03 PM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
Of course, there are all kind of muscle-propelled variants, though those don't see that much use.
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