I finally got hold of Man and Machine yesterday (I've been looking for one since about August last year and obviously the re-print has finally hit the stores) so I plonked myself in the garden with a crate of Becks (it seemed the most appropriate alcoholic beverage for a Shadowrun theme) and read it.
No doubt I'll have more questions after my second reading today, but the first thing that struck me (about the rules and enough to prompt a question) is regarding smartlink 2 and rangefinders. I've had CC for an absolute age so I'm aware of the rangefinder weapon accessory and know that it's required to get the benefit. However - in the old SSC there was a rangefinder eye mod which would allow you to have the benefit without needing the weapon modified (of course, back then there wasn't a huge benefit in having a rangefinder, other than for use with a GL). The question is - is that mod still valid? It seems to be one of the few 1st edition things that haven't been brought forward so I assume that's a deliberate choice. I can't see it as a game breaker (you still need to pay essence and money just to avoid having each of your weapons modified) and in some situations it's worse (you need to see the target and not just be pointing your gun at him).
I can see that there are problems with the way it works/should work, but I was wondering what people's thoughts are on allowing it or not?