For me because it's easier to track, and because there is no preset amount to be issued.

Wow, sounds like I hand out way too much...

I usually hand out 2-4 per session for role play stuff (I break it down for myself, but not for the players), then another 4 to 6 at the end of the mission depending on the number of goals and threat level. Most of our missions are 2 to 4 sessions and have at least 2 goals/objectives (sometimes more).

Here is a typical break out:
Session: 3 points
Brave/Smart: 1
Good roleplay: 1
(one of the other 3 individual awards): 1

Mission: 5 + last session
Survival: 1
Objectives: 2+
Challange/Threat: 2+

The session awards are handed out individually so not everyone is getting the same award. Better roleplayers and more active players earn more. The awards are handed out secretly (via e-mail usually).

The mission award may be given out verbally or through the last-session email individually but everyone gets the same amount from the mission part.

So it's not uncommon for the team to earn (for a 3 session mission) 14-ish points each. We tend to play weekly (more or less).

-D

Hah, I wish we got anywhere near that.

We get 1 for mission complete, 1 for survival, and then individual awards


edit: And I see people saying how SR4a is supposed to give more than that. Looking at SR4a page 269, you get 1 for survival, 1 for 2/3 objectives complete, then the rest are pretty much GM discretion. Even "adventure was extra hard" is something the GM can say "no that was just an average run".

With an average cyberzombie in the safe of the average arcology.

Exactly.