 Why Limits?, What was the intention ... |
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  Jun 26 2013, 03:14 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 25 Joined: 24-June 13 Member No.: 116,010  |
I am a little bit confused about the benefits of introducing this mechanic. How were limits intended to provide a better/richer/more even gaming experience?
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Jun 26 2013, 03:22 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 664 Joined: 26-September 11 Member No.: 39,030 |
May I politely suggest that you review several of the threads discussing SR5. Particularly the ones discussing limits. Search for posts by Critias, Aaron, Bull, and Patrick Goodman. Limits have been discussed, explained, and debated at length already and another thread debating them will likely be unproductive and just yield the same posts that you can find there.
A link to a past discussion- http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showtopic=38950 |
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Jun 26 2013, 03:31 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 705 Joined: 3-April 11 Member No.: 26,658 |
Basic gist of it that I can tell is that they wanted another thing besides dice pool and threshold that could be modified by gear, so you don't end up with so much dicepool bloat, and limits was what they came up with. So now a lot of the things that used to be +dicepools are instead +limits.
There was also some discussion of Agi being too much of a superstat, and limits gave them a way to put more emphasis on other attributes, how much sense it made that your stealth limit has everything to do with strength and nothing to do with agi be damned. |
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Jun 26 2013, 03:39 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 25 Joined: 24-June 13 Member No.: 116,010 |
QUOTE (thorya @ Jun 26 2013, 04:22 PM)  May I politely suggest that you review several of the threads discussing SR5. Particularly the ones discussing limits. Search for posts by Critias, Aaron, Bull, and Patrick Goodman. Limits have been discussed, explained, and debated at length already and another thread debating them will likely be unproductive and just yield the same posts that you can find there. Thanks. I knew there would be some answers. Now, if was able to close this thread ... |
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Jun 26 2013, 06:47 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Seerow @ Jun 26 2013, 10:31 AM) ...how much sense it made that your stealth limit has everything to do with strength and nothing to do with agi be damned. It's the back-up Stealth Skill."You see me?" "Yes." "You DON'T seem me!" *Bends metal pipe* "Hey, I'm talking to myself!" |
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Jun 26 2013, 06:51 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 869 Joined: 8-March 02 Member No.: 2,252 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Jun 26 2013, 12:47 PM) It's the back-up Stealth Skill. "You see me?" "Yes." "You DON'T seem me!" *Bends metal pipe* "Hey, I'm talking to myself!" Heh, the old "Hida Kisada is a Ninja" routine. |
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