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Message no. 1
From: MILLIKEN DAMION A <u9467882@***.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Using two weapons
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 13:52:15 +1000
Marc (who doesn't put his name at the bottome of his posts) writes:

> I would allow the use of two smartgun links without an
> encephalon. You would still pay off hand penalty modifiers, and the
> links probably wouldn't work as well (say only -1), but if your sighting
> reticles that are displayed on your retina were different
> colors/configurations, you could tell which gun was pointing at which
> target. Now granted, you may only be looking AT a single target, but
> targeting with "detached vision" ala many martial arts is easy, and I
> speak from experience. As the rules go, people with smartgun links
> actually have higher mods for firing two weapons than people with no mods
> at all.

OK, the rules state you cannot receive modifiers for two smartlinks at a
time. Your method sounds OK tho. Tell me tho, why do people with smartlinks
have higher mods when using two weapons than people without? Also, (a by the
rules question) if i have a single shot weapon in each hand (like a
revolver), and have two smartlinks to them, can I fire one then the other,
and receive smartlink mods, as I'm not using them simultaneously?
On the rules for using two firearms from FoF, it would seem to me that the
higher your firearms skill gets, the worse off you are. (Here we go again)
or am I missing something? (I'll have to create an acronym for that one day,
I use it so often)

Damion
Message no. 2
From: Marc A Renouf <jormung@*****.UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Using two weapons
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 09:39:57 -0400
On Wed, 15 Jun 1994, MILLIKEN DAMION A wrote:

> Marc (who doesn't put his name at the bottome of his posts) writes:
>
> > I would allow the use of two smartgun links without an
> > encephalon. You would still pay off hand penalty modifiers, and the
> > links probably wouldn't work as well (say only -1), but if your sighting
> > reticles that are displayed on your retina were different
> > colors/configurations, you could tell which gun was pointing at which
> > target. Now granted, you may only be looking AT a single target, but
> > targeting with "detached vision" ala many martial arts is easy, and I
> > speak from experience. As the rules go, people with smartgun links
> > actually have higher mods for firing two weapons than people with no mods
> > at all.
>
> OK, the rules state you cannot receive modifiers for two smartlinks at a
> time. Your method sounds OK tho. Tell me tho, why do people with smartlinks
> have higher mods when using two weapons than people without? Also, (a by the
> rules question) if i have a single shot weapon in each hand (like a
> revolver), and have two smartlinks to them, can I fire one then the other,
> and receive smartlink mods, as I'm not using them simultaneously?
> On the rules for using two firearms from FoF, it would seem to me that the
> higher your firearms skill gets, the worse off you are. (Here we go again)
> or am I missing something? (I'll have to create an acronym for that one day,
> I use it so often)
>
> Damion
>
Sorry, my mistake. Upon looking at the rules again I see that it is the
same for both. The "additional +2 modifier" it's talking about must be
the off-hand penalty. Kinda ambiguous.

Marc (this better? :) )
Message no. 3
From: MILLIKEN DAMION A <u9467882@***.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Using two weapons
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 00:50:28 +1000
Marc writes:

> Marc (this better? :) )

Yep, otherwise I hit "reply", get into the message, and dunno who to say <so
and so> writes:
It annoys me to have to exit the editor, so "no do not send mail", check the
name, the go back and try again.
Picky little complaing bastard aren't I :-)

Damion
Message no. 4
From: Adam Getchell <acgetche@****.UCDAVIS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Using two weapons
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 13:14:07 -0700
How about "AIMS" = "Am I missing something?"

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|Adam Getchell|acgetche@****.engr.ucdavis.edu | ez000270@*******.ucdavis.edu |
| acgetchell |"Invincibility is in oneself, vulnerability is in the opponent"|
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Message no. 5
From: MILLIKEN DAMION A <u9467882@***.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Using two weapons
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 11:13:32 +1000
Adam writes:

> How about "AIMS" = "Am I missing something?"

Sounds good, I'll remember that next time :-)

Damion

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