QUOTE (majorcrash @ Jun 2 2011, 10:20 PM)

I've have been playing shadowrun for about 3 years now. I will admit that this genre is not my favorite, but the gaming group that I have been playing with for about 14 years is now into it. So I've tried to find my niche. Were getting ready to reboot and have a new GM take over. recently I played a very general Hacker/ rigger/ BnE runner. Needless to say i wasnt very good at anything. I really dont get the hacking rules as they arent laid out very well. And drones seem under powered.... My first character was a shooter, but I felt I wasnt really needed till the action happened which was usally the last part of the mission. So I am asking for help on a new character. I really dont want to try the mage as it seems as convoluted as a hacker. I have considered a "face" but not sure how to create one. A combat monster seems like it would suffer from the same problems as the 1st shooter, hanging around till it got time to kill stuff. I realize that this is all very general info, but I am will to consider all options. Otherwise I amy drop out........
I really donīt want to disappoint you, but i really donīt see a solution for your problem:
1) you donīt prefer SR anyway
2) you dislike allrounders for their ineffectivity
3) you dislike specialists for their lack in options
4) you dislike mages because they are too complicated
The character you want is what we in germany would call the "eierlegende wollmilchsau". This means a jack of all trades that can fill every role, and this is simply not possible. You will not be able to find any concept fitting to you, if you refuse the system at all. Every time i create a char i think about a concept or sometimes it is even just about a look. Then i try to make this char. playable and from this point on i live with my decisions. The only thing that comes close to what you want is a mage. But he will suck at the beginning and needs long-time-planning. Really funny is, that you already tried a rigger/hacker and fear the mage of being too complicated? That is a joke, isnīt it? With a hacker AND a rigger you already reached the end of the line regarding "most complicated character class in SR", so a mage shouldnīt be a problem for you. It also ainīt right that drones are inefficient. IMHO and according to RAW, nothing is more deadly and effective as drones. Maybe you made a mistake with the ruling? Overthink that.
Face-builds are on this forum more than enough. My search-fu is very weak, but i am sure you will find one. Check out for "pornomancer" if you want to hit the top of this class. If you are interested in "freak-characters", just give me a message, i have a LOT of them and i can easily translace complete character sheets for you.
If the only thing you need is a proper background that makes you "feel" the character, also just tell me or seriously check out for the "Preacher"-thread. I really like the background and ghouls are extraordinarily strong. For min-maxing this concept, i also have a ready-made sheet for you.
This was my 5 cents, i hope it helped.