QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Feb 11 2008, 11:09 PM)
err, no. system is limited by response. if response drops, so does system...
and no, that does not lead to a "death spiral"...
Not sure if this counts as off-topic, and if so, I apologize, but when the system is dropped this way, do all of my rating 6 programs start running as though they were rating 5, or can I not run them?
The second, obviously, could prove most troubling.
QUOTE (Jaid @ Feb 11 2008, 08:01 PM)
with 10 programs (the maximum a chargen commlink can run without losing more than 1 response) you're looking at (for example): analyze, encrypt, armor, attack, biofeedback filter, ECCM, exploit, medic, spoof, and stealth. thus, you are encrypting everything while having it hidden, and most of your emergency programs are loaded and ready to go. not exactly a horrible sacrifice, is it?
Actually, at CharGen you're dealing with a Response of 5, so the most you could run at no penalty is 4, while the most you run without losing more than 1 Response would be 9. Unless we're talking about an older version of the game, or there's some errata since the fourth printing that I'm unaware of.
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Response may be affected if you run too many programs. For every x number of programs you have actively running, where x = System rating, your Response is reduced by 1. So if you're running 10 programs with a System 5, your Response will be reduced by 2.
Of course, this penalty burns, so if there was some change I don't know about, that would be good to know.