I wasn't sure that the dice pools reset each IP as I do not recall reading anywhere that they did, though it did say in the FAQ that recoil reset each IP. That being the case makes a big difference.

This is also a factor I overlooked, but a very important one to recognize.

Ok, as with the target aquisition factor, that makes a lot of sense. But then, what's the point of having a gun that can fire faster than your ability to use that rate of fire effectively?

Also, what if you're just shooting a barrier, shouldn't you be able to take it down faster as you should just be able to fire at the fullest rate of fire? (It's not like it takes a lot of time to aquire it as a target)

A factor that's not taken care of in the rules is a gun that is overheating, but that seems to be the case only if you are firing at the full rate of fire, but I may be wrong.

Still, it is just a game, but if you can use a greater rate of fire due to the guns capability, it would make sense that you could use it. I could see someone with an IP of 1 still having bullets fly at an attacker with and IP of 3 during the attackers 2nd and 3rd action phases of the combat turn.

I don't know, mabye I'm still thinking inside of a box.

You have a car that CAN drive 160 mph. Do you always drive at 160 mph? Machines typically can do things much more effectively than humans, its just a matter of to what exent an individual can take advantage of that ability.

This would depend. Think abstractly, as te rules are supposed to be. It could be that an individual with 1 IP reacts to recoil more than someone with 3 IP. They have to readjust after each shot to bring their weapon back to target, taking a little longer. The person with 3 IP might have a much tighter grouping, focusing their damage on the object better. 10 rounds put in the same 5 inch square is going to do much more damage to a wall than 20 rounds sprayed randomly.

Overheating is really only an issue with heavy machine guns. Yes, assault rifles can overheat, but usually your magazine is empty before that. Belt fed weapons don't have that limiting factor. Even so, There aren't many instances in SR where you are laying down fully automatic fire for minutes on end.

Its an abstract concept again. In all reality, firing 2 rounds in 3 seconds from a side arm isn't slow. Firing 6 well placed shots in that time is very impressive. Gun bunnies would do hella good in modern shooting competitions.

Actually you don't experience the world in slow motion, you're just a bit quicker to react. I don't know if you've done or seen this reaction test to show how long it takes for someone to stop his car. The results varies but they range from 0.5 to 1.5s.
The guys with extra IP react much faster.

So what hapening during a combat turn is something like this (I have no idea of how long it takes to do the action, I'm just guessing):
- 0.00s Beginning of the combat turn (threat seen)
- 0.10s Multiple IP guy starts to ready his gun
- 0.30s Multiple IP guy has his gun readied and is starting to aim towards the target
- 0.50s Single IP guy starts to ready his gun
- 0.70s Single IP guy has his gun readied
- 0.80s Multiple IP guy has the target in his sights and shoots
- 1.20s Multiple IP guy reajusts his aim
- 1.40s Single IP guy has the target in his sights and shoots
- 1.70s Multipe IP guy has the target in his sights and shoots again.
- 2.10s Multipe IP guy reajusts his aim
- 2.20s Single IP guy reajusts his aim
- 2.60s Multiple IP guy has the target in his sights and shoots for the third time
- 2.80s Single IP guy has the target in his sights shoots again

And so on (actually my example is not too good because multiple IP guy shoot 3 times instead of 4, but I hope you get the idea).
To makes things simpler we consider different IP but all actions are happening simultaneously.
Personally, I tend to describe the action chronologically (as in the example) but it gets more complicated than using IP.

As for the rate of fire, it avoids rolling 12 times per turn when someone is shooting with a SA gun. We just consider that all the characters are professional enough to shoot only when they are sure of their aim (which is consistent with the fact that it's quite easy to hit someone compared to real life).
What you can do is consider that a character with a low skill/professional rating will tend to shoot more than one bullet during his shooting action but with the same result as if he'd shot only one bullet after taking a bit longer to aim.

what exactly is the point of this rule? even at the double penelty, only the best gun bunnies will be trying it, and does any playable character even have a dp to counteract and still succeed t a -32? or are you just planning on it being abused by longshot?

The point is that you are capable, but you aren't likely to get much benefit from it. I didn't want to fully change the rules. Single shot weapons, for the most part, should only be fired once in a combat turn as the rules state. I wasn't quite sure if it should be -4, -8, -16 or the way I had it (I thought it should at least be exponential). I certainly didn't want it to be abused, especially by gun bunnies. And I didn't really think about Longshot, but that would certainly give your Edge another use in combat.

You don't even have to give up your first IP. You can attack first, then use full defense as an interrupt action. And if you have three or four IPs, you can do that and attack them again later.

Uhm, no. Single Shot weapons take a Simple Action but can only be used once per Action Phase not Combat Turn. There's a HUGE difference between the two.

if realism is your concern, this really isn't the best fix. personally, i like the idea of simply allowing SA firearms to fire on FA mode as a complex action, with the max # of rounds per action equal to the shooter's Rea. maybe toss an additional -1 or -2 modifier because popping the trigger as fast as you can isn't going to get you into the Olympics.

Thanks for the correction Doc, I meant to say that.

I did add a bit of rules, but I kind of wanted them to be like "advanced rules" for those who like a little more detail. I do like your thought on # of rounds and their connection to Reaction.

Maybe it could be that your Reaction/3 [round up] would determine how many times you could do the same action. For instance, if you had a Reaction of 5, you could fire a single shot weapon twice in the same Simple Action.

Your penalty for the second should would be: Reaction - 7, the third: Reaction -11, and the 4th: Reaction -15.

In addition to these penalties, you would also subtract the penalty for each bullet fired. So if had a Reaction of 5, and were firing Burst, you would fire your first time with a -2 penalty and could fire a second time with an additional -5. If you then choose to follow attacking in the next Simple Action with two more, you would receive an additional -3 and then -5.
So Simple Action 1:
First penalty: -2
Second penalty: -7
Simple Action 2:
Third penalty: -10
Fourth penalty: -15

I would allow this as well, except I would say that there is a penalty to the threshhold depending on the weapon that you are using. Burst fire at -1, Semi-automatic at -2, and Single Shot at -3.

Well, I like it. The only thing would be it would cost 5 bullets (if you had 4 IPs), 7 (if you had 3), and 10 (if you had 2) [and that's only if you're doing it full-auto].

I would also say that you could fire up to 4 times as much in the round if you had the Reaction to do so (as stated above). So that guy with a reaction of 5, if he had an IP of 1, could fire 40 bullets in a round. The Success Test would be Agility + appropriate firearm skill + (Reaction/3)[Round down]. So in this case it would be Agility + Firearm skill + 1.