Optimization, optimization |
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Jul 17 2010, 03:20 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 16-February 09 Member No.: 16,882 |
is there anything I should do to make this guy better. I want to make a Troll gun adept from the French Quarter who uses his toughness to survive battles. He also likes to show off. Any feedback would be awesome.
Thank you in advance. Jean Bonseigneur Metatype : Troll Adept Attributes Body: 8 Agility: 3 Reaction: 2 Strength: 5 Charisma: 4 Intuition: 4 Logic: 1 Willpower: 2 Edge: 1 Magic: 3 Initiative: 6 Essence: 6 Knowledge Skills French : N English : 3 Japanese (Speak) : 2 Chemistry : 2 Business (Distribution) : 3 Street Drugs (Novacoke) : 2 Racing Odds : 1 Active Skills Climbing : 2 Gymnastics : 2 Running : 2 Swimming : 2 Cybertechnology : 2 First Aid : 2 Medicine : 2 Computer : 1 Data Search : 1 Hardware : 1 Software : 1 Con : 3 Etiquette : 3 Leadership : 3 Negotiation : 3 Disguise : 3 Inflitration : 3 Palming : 3 Shadowing : 3 Automatics : 3 Dodge (Ranged Combat) : 1 Pistols (Semi-Automatics) : 3 (6) Clubs (Bators) : 2 Positive Qualities Ambidextrous Negative Qualities Distinctive Style 2 Incompetent Weapons Remington Roomsweeper Remington Roomsweeper AK-97 Sling Shock Gloves Shock Pad AZ-150 Stun Baton Armors Clothing (Très Chic) Armor Jacket Vehicles Eurocar Westwind 3K (Sports Car) Morphing License Plate Commlinks Commlink : Transys Avalon Skinlink Equipments Certified Credstick (Gold) Fake License (Rating 4) 10x Disposable Syringe DocWagon Contract (Gold - per Year) 10x Stimulant Patch (Rating 3) 10x Trauma Patch 20x Bliss 20x Cram 20x Dopadrine (Bitter, Werden) 20x eX (Eros, Galak) 20x G3 (Gerilixir, Vitalité) 20x Guts (NoFear, Brass Balls) 20x Jazz (Popper) 20x Kamikaze 20x Novacoke 20x Zero (Cybertram, Doctor Bob’s Allergy Elixir) 3x Medkit (Rating 4) 3x Full Face Mask 3x Fake Sin (Rating 4) Powers Astral Perception Improved Ability : Combat Skill (Level 3) Improved Reflexes (level 2) Natural Immunity (level 4) Mystic Armor (level 4) Powers Pain Resistance (level 5) Blind Fighting Nimble Fingers Quick Draw Wall Running Contacts Joey Leaf (L:4 C:2) Fixer Contacts Ali Moendi (Mrs. Johnson) (L:3 C:3) Mrs. Johnson former girlfriend Jimmy the Rat (L:1 C:3) |
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Jul 17 2010, 04:47 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 448 Joined: 20-July 09 From: Detroit Member No.: 17,413 |
If you're trying to optimize a gun adept. The very first thing I'd do is drop being a troll and go Elf or Ork. Preferably Ork, but that's just me. I tend not to play the pointy eared dendrophiliacs. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)
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Jul 17 2010, 11:56 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,705 Joined: 5-October 09 From: You are in a clearing Member No.: 17,722 |
Yikes.
Why does a guy with a logic of 1 have 2 levels of the biotechnology group? Why would a magical street tough know anything about implanting cyberware? If you think you need med skills, just take a level of first aid. If you want to get cheesy, combine your rating 6 medkit with a rating 6 command program and preform remote through command for skill + 6 for med kit + 6 for command prog - 2 for remote operation. You could even go hot sim for two more dice if needed. hoo boy what a loophole! Anyway, first aid isn't really your bag. No need to drag that around. Same goes for the Electronics group. You really shouldn't bother with logic linked skills with a guy who is functionally retarded. Also, a bit heavy on the face side. You'd do better picking up some more magic and investing in Kinesics if you're going to try face work. Also your powers don't match up with your magic rating. What up with that? |
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Jul 17 2010, 12:49 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,803 Joined: 3-February 08 From: Finland Member No.: 15,628 |
is there anything I should do to make this guy better. I want to make a Troll gun adept from the French Quarter who uses his toughness to survive battles. He also likes to show off. Any feedback would be awesome. Well for start, troll is one of the least optimal choises as a metatype for gunslinger and you have an agility of 3 for crist sake. You have 9 dice for shooting semiauto pistols (can only get one level of improved skill with a skill of 3) thats really bad for a gun adept. From your skill it seems like your trying way too hard to build a generalist, if your optimasing i would drop half of those skill and raise pistols to 6 and also if you are adamant at keeping the character as a troll i would move point from either charisma or intuition to raise agility to 4 and then get restricted gear quality from runners companion(and some negative quality ot pay for it) and sacrive one point of mana(astral vision) for mucle toner 4. That would give you 19 dice to shoot semi-auto pistols. 21 with smartlink. WTF: i just checked your adept powers again and you have like 12 power points worth of powers with magic 3. that 4 times as much power as you should have. |
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Jul 17 2010, 03:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 765 Joined: 28-December 09 Member No.: 18,001 |
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Jul 17 2010, 04:27 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 195 Joined: 31-January 10 Member No.: 18,100 |
Other than the HUGE disparity in Magic vs. Adept Powers, that guy is dumb as a stump. I would never work on anything remotely dangerous with a guy that stupid. Although I like orks also*, for the optimal build elves are the best with the ability to have a real high agility: nat max 7 (10), with exceptional attribute/agility that goes to 8 (12).
*My first SR4 character was the gun adept premade - with minor alterations, of course. |
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Jul 17 2010, 07:48 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,116 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,449 |
No idea where you're getting all of those power points from. You have a number of power points equal to your Magic, which in your case would be three. Also, the improved ability power can only improve a skill to 1.5 x its natural rating. So to have three levels of improved pistols, you would have to start with a pistols skill of six.
You can make a halfway decent troll pistols adept. An Agility of 4 combined with muscle toner or the Agility boost: 1 power, and a pistols skill of 6 with the improved ability power. With a smartlink, you can toss about 20 dice. But a dice pool of 11, and then splitting that dice pool to use two firearms, is not going to cut it, if you see pistols as his primary schtick. |
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Jul 17 2010, 09:54 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 158 Joined: 27-January 10 Member No.: 18,083 |
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Jul 18 2010, 12:41 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,705 Joined: 5-October 09 From: You are in a clearing Member No.: 17,722 |
But a dice pool of 11, and then splitting that dice pool to use two firearms, is not going to cut it, if you see pistols as his primary schtick. Yeah, so many new players want to run around guns akimbo like they're in a John woo film. Dudes need to figure out that a pistol is a sidearm, not a primary weapon, and the only real use for ambidexterity is to double up their stingy magazine capacity by firing from alternating hands. |
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Jul 18 2010, 01:34 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 448 Joined: 20-July 09 From: Detroit Member No.: 17,413 |
Yeah, so many new players want to run around guns akimbo like they're in a John woo film. Dudes need to figure out that a pistol is a sidearm, not a primary weapon, and the only real use for ambidexterity is to double up their stingy magazine capacity by firing from alternating hands. That is, unless you make your character.. just to be a john woo gunslinger straight out the movies. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) |
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Jul 18 2010, 02:01 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 42 Joined: 29-August 02 Member No.: 3,195 |
I like ambidexterity because then it gives you an excuse to carry (and use) 2 pistols. Regular ammo on the right, gel rounds on the left.
Or was it the other way around... |
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Jul 18 2010, 02:03 AM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
I just use the Dual Clip mod. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Jul 18 2010, 03:14 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,116 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,449 |
Ambidextrous dual-wielding works great if you are switching from firing one gun to another. It is splitting the dice pool by firing both at once that usually doesn't work that well.
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Jul 18 2010, 03:20 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 448 Joined: 20-July 09 From: Detroit Member No.: 17,413 |
Here is the unusual (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)
Elf Agility: 10 Pistols: 7/10 (Aptitude+Improved ability or 'ware that gives the same dice) Spec: 2 Total: 22 Split: 11 in each hand. I'd say thats pretty good. Toss in a couple of MCT-Fly Spy drones and some sensor packages and a Tactsoft you've got yourself about 13-15 dice in each hand. But this is being highly specialized. 'Ware or Magic to get yourself 4 passes, Two bullets per simple action. So four bullets per pass. So all together... 16 bullets a round. But IMO.. Machine pistols are a much better idea with recoil comp. |
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Jul 18 2010, 06:34 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 10,289 Joined: 2-October 08 Member No.: 16,392 |
Dudes need to figure out that a pistol is a sidearm, not a primary weapon QFT. I keep having to yell at demomen on TF2 that the Eyelander is not their primary weapon and running around using nothing but the Eyelander will only get them killed. On topic: For an "optimized" character he's got a HUGE active skill list, nearly a third of them Logic based (Logic 1 too). And I sure hope he bought skill groups (eg. Athletics) and not several skills at the same rating. Ditch the car. It's expensive and you didn't take the Pilot Groundcraft skill. And based on your Knowledge skills it looks like you intend to be racing that POS car you have too. Incompetent at what? Why all the drugs? More Edge. |
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Jul 18 2010, 06:48 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Good ol' Germany Member No.: 7,015 |
I just use the Dual Clip mod. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Dual Clip SMGs & akimbo (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) preferably Ingram Smart X (modded to Recoil 5) either Akimbo or 2 Long Bursts (first left than right/ first wide than narrow should do the Trick) Elf Agility: 10 Pistols: 7/10 (Aptitude+Improved ability or 'ware that gives the same dice) Spec: 2 Total: 22 Split: 11 in each hand. Nope its Better than that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) its Pool 20 /2 =10 +2 Spec 12 Dice Pool each (Specialisation is a situational modifier to be added AFTER splitting the Pool ) Hough ! Medicineman |
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Jul 18 2010, 06:53 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 694 Joined: 21-March 09 Member No.: 17,002 |
one option is twin SMG/Machine Pistols.
FN 93 Praetor (1/(2) rc ) w/ Gas Vent 3 (3 rc) Personalized Grip (1 rc) Internal Smartgun Link Improved Range Finder w/ Automatics (SMG) 6 (+2) and decent Agility, 4x short bursts.. |
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Jul 18 2010, 06:56 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Good ol' Germany Member No.: 7,015 |
one option is twin SMG/Machine Pistols. FN 93 Praetor (1/(2) rc ) w/ Gas Vent 3 (3 rc) Personalized Grip (1 rc) Internal Smartgun Link Improved Range Finder w/ Automatics (SMG) 6 (+2) and decent Agility, 4x short bursts.. http://i41.tinypic.com/2drc4ue.jpg (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Hough ! Medicineman |
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Jul 18 2010, 07:05 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 694 Joined: 21-March 09 Member No.: 17,002 |
Troll w/ Cha 4 ?? that is natural max. to troll costing 45 bp, dropping it to 3 saves precious bp
to be used..(raising edge/agility/logic) |
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Jul 18 2010, 08:03 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 765 Joined: 28-December 09 Member No.: 18,001 |
I think he's just sitting back and watching everyone baffled by his post. I am fairly confident it's (supposed to be) a joke.
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Jul 18 2010, 09:36 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 16-February 09 Member No.: 16,882 |
OK everyone thanks for the feedback and let start off by saying sorry.
I should have payed better attention to the rules. Second I wasn't as clear in my concept. I didn't have a set idea for my character. But I have a better grasp on what I want. I wanted to make a french Tony Montana drug dealing troll who wades into combat fueled by her love of excitement and balls. I wanted to make a brick wall. I also took the pistol thing into advisement. I honestly was iffy about that from the start. So I decided to switch to assault rifles. If you have a suggestion for a gun I'd love to hear it. Or attachments. I'm not sure about my attributes but with a 10 body and the the 5 mystic armor and my armor jacket I think I did a decent job of making a tank. I know not getting shot at all is better but I just want to play this type of character. so without further delay here is my second character. I really hope its better. Jean Bonseigneur Metatype : Troll Adept Attributes Body: 10 Agility: 4 Reaction: 2 Strength: 5 Charisma: 2 Intuition: 3 Logic: 3 Willpower: 3 Edge: 3 Magic: 5 Initiative: 5 Essence: 6 Knowledge Skills French : N English (Read/Write) : 5 Group Skills Athletics: 2 Close Combat: 2 Influence: 3 Sorcery: 1 Stealth: 1 Active Skills Automatics (Assault rifles) : 5 First Aid : 1 Pilot Ground Craft (Bike) : 2 Positive Qualities Negative Qualities Distinctive Style 3 Cursed 1 Weapons Stun Staff AK-97 10x Regular Ammo (10 shots) Armors Armor Jacket Vehicles Dodge Scoot (Scooter) Commlinks 10x Commlink : CMT Clip Equipments Certified Credstick (Standard) Medkit (Rating 6) Fake Sin (Rating 4) Powers Mystic Armor (level 5) Attribute Boost (Level 5) Improved Ability : Combat Skill (Level 3) Contacts shit 1 (L:2 C:3) shit 2 (L:1 C:2) shit 3 (L:2 C:1) and once again I'm sorry for wasting your time earlier. I honestly didn't mean to. I hope this isn't as big a waste. |
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Jul 18 2010, 09:53 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,803 Joined: 3-February 08 From: Finland Member No.: 15,628 |
Sorcery: 1 Totally uneccary for an adept and thats why they cant take it. Unless you raise you automatic to 6 you can only get 2 levels of improved skill as the augmented maximum for skills is 1,5*current rating. Also you havent listed for what atribute that boost power is and level 5 is quite dangerous as you have to resist 5 points of damage with your body+will and the difference between level 1 and level 5 is only 4 dice for the test, on avarage level one gives you a boost of 2 for only one point drain damage to resist and the the level 5 givis you a boost of 3 and 1/3 for 5 points of drain damage, doesn't really seen like its worth it to have in higher then rating 1 in that power to me. |
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Jul 18 2010, 10:45 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 694 Joined: 21-March 09 Member No.: 17,002 |
positive quality: Adept is missing..
if your GM allow: Armor Jacket (8/6) + FFBA (Full body) (6/2) and some parts of PPP and helmet.. Goggles/Classes w/ low-light, etc. (if smartlink in Goggles/Classes): ak-97 w/ gas vent 3,personalized grip,underbarrel weight mod and smartgun system. Body 10 is max.natural for troll,dropping it to 9 saves 25 bp and those can be used to raise reaction. |
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Jul 18 2010, 11:44 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: 13-June 10 Member No.: 18,697 |
To free up points, just get one skill from the close combat group -- you don't need them all. Use the points to raise reaction, which is awfully low. You'll want the perception skill and probably intimidate for your concept. I don't think that you can have the cursed quality; as you're not a spell slinger.
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Jul 18 2010, 12:20 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,705 Joined: 5-October 09 From: You are in a clearing Member No.: 17,722 |
Now that you've only got the one Logic-linked skill, First aid, which, like I said, you don't need to worry about too much, it doesn't make too much sense to keep your Logic higher than your Reaction. Even an Initiative of 6 is pretty crap though... Also, don't forget the Perception skill.
It's funny though, your concept reminds me of my friend Big Pete. He used to sell in the Marigny just north of the Quarter off Esplanade. Funny ass guy Pete. I remember he got picked up on a Tuesday, got out on Wednesday, and then be slept with the arresting officer from Thrusday to Friday the following week. She was pretty hot for a cop... crazy though. Would pull him over when he was on dates and try to arrest him again.. |
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