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The King In Yellow  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,922 Joined: 26-February 05 From: JWD Member No.: 7,121  |
Hmmm ... they mean "we cut away all the less popular archetypes so everyone will now have to play mages or sams", it seems.
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Mar 28 2005, 04:00 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
Holy off-base assumptions, Batman!
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Mar 28 2005, 04:02 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 187 Joined: 30-April 04 Member No.: 6,294 |
Somehow I doubt that's what they meant. A complete restructure of the two archetypes to make them more playable, yes. Cut, no.
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Mar 28 2005, 07:18 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 112 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Württemberg, AGS Member No.: 2,068 |
A "thank you" to Rob Boyle for my wish that has been granted! :) |
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Mar 28 2005, 08:56 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,133 Joined: 3-October 04 Member No.: 6,722 |
Uh... sorry, I don't understand, you get that how? AFAICT, hacker has become a general "over-term" for the techie side of the world, covering deckers and all forms of rigger. I don't see anyone saying they don't exist any more - quite the opposite, is the impression I got, since the idea is to make them more attractive to players, not less. Which, hey, is a good thing, they've always been uber-rare in my groups. |
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Mar 28 2005, 08:50 PM
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The King In Yellow Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,922 Joined: 26-February 05 From: JWD Member No.: 7,121 |
Yeah, but I read Demonseed's and Patrick's posts only after posting this. Happens when a discussion is going on in several threads at a time. My apologies.
And as I understand it, the over-term 'hacker' (ill-choosen as it may be) comes with a streamlining of all technical rules into one template. While I still have massive doupts about how a decker (no cyber but the datajack) and the rigger (3 to 5 essence in cyberware only for being able to rig) can be made using exchangable technology (as has been implied), the general idea is good, and the vehicle rules surey need a good dust-off. Hey, I only today learned I could actually use the combat pool when rigging, which is really stupid considering the combat pool is intended to be used for meat combat. It's not like a decker can use combat pool either, right? Anyway, if the new vehicle rules aren't as bloated and a bit more easily accessible, I would be happy. Not if this involved the passing of the VCR or at least the boni it offered when rigging, but meh, I'll wait for an announcement of this (like with the abandonemnt of the cyberdeck) before I go all up in arms. Anyway, my above comment is way outdated and not reflecting my current views any more. |
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