QUOTE (Ryu @ Feb 11 2009, 08:15 AM)
It should work, because the tech supposedly gives you way improved basic data. Images are sharper, audio files are as good as the original.
Now assume everyone is doing it. All sensor softs are now available with dicepools of 1-9. The perception tests made with them will now usually be successful. Considering what is on offer, you can (unless you are a pro) not lie, hide a specified type of object, fire your weapon without being aquired as target for indirect fire, hide your true motives, ...
IMO sensor softs are bad enough with 1-6 dice, a sequence of (number of runners) rolls will often see at least one failure.
IMO Sensor software WITHOUT the enhancement are worthless. 4 dice will get you on average 1.5 hits and 5 dice will get you not much more. In fact I went to random.org and used their dice roller. I rolled 12 sets of each dice pool and I got the following:
4 DP = 1.5 hits
5 DP = 1.416666 hits.
With this (admittedly small pool of data) I think that the Sensor Software packages need all the help that they can get. Now about these breaking the game... two things:
1) The players can do things to conceal their goings on. Concealable holsters, silencers, etc, etc.
2) what level is Sensor software at, if the corp is even running with it installed? Most of the time it's at rating 3 because the device it's running on has a response of 3.
3) Camera neutralizers also can help deal with those cameras
4) As GM you can change the threshold for any tests.