From: | steven mancini <mancinis@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU> |
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Subject: | Re: Smart guns etc |
Date: | Sat, 24 Oct 92 21:47:14 EST |
] A while ago I asked a question about wether or not it is the cyberware (ie
] smartgun link) or wether the gun being used has an integral smartgun that
] gives the -2 to target numbers (S1 rules).
]
>It is the receptor of the message. If it is the flesh it is +2
>if it is some apparel it is +1.
] If as I suspect the answer comes back 'Cyberware, because you need a palm
] induction link to use it, and you need a smartgun adaptor to use smart
] goggles. Integral smartguns are better than adapted smartguns (hence -1 or
] -2). '
]
>You need: Smartgun Arm Unit (Palm induction) -or-
>> Datajack into which to place adapter.
] Then consider this : howabout a glove that has an integral palm induction
] link and connects up to the smart goggles (or shades, visor etc). This
] should in my opinion work.
]
>Would be +1.
] The other argument that the cross hairs are being projected directly onto
] retina being better than looking through a pair of goggles, shades etc
] doesn't hold true, as a person today wearing glasses, or goggles etc can
] see just as well as a person without.
]
>yes, but can they process the info as quickly? I really think
>the whole +1/+2 strategy relies on where the smartgun information
>is sent to. I am not biologist, psychologist, etc so please
>provide me with a certain degree of freddom as I attempt to explain
>my position...
>What I imagine is the difference is at what level the information
>is being processed. With Smartgun Links and lines into a datajack
>you are relying on the information as *part* of your senses; it
>is fed as part of the whole picture. With Goggles, they are *adding*
>to your senses, as if playing another layer of info (the goggles)
>to be processed and adjusted for.
>Also I think (being a person with genetically superior eyes ;-) that
>glasses would affect your ability to process info. Granted in a
>normal situation, I imagine that glasses become "part" of you.
>However, my girlfriend, who also wears glasses never gets truly
>"used" to them. Okay, now modify this slightly; to the character
>who is not wearing glasses to correct a problem, but to add more
>definition and a foreign, object (the crosshairs) to their field
>of view and now make them "adjust" for this new edition in the
>time span of a combat phase.
>I think this is where the real difference emerges; a smartgun link
>makes it part of your processing, and smart goggles add another
>dimension. And unless your character walks around wearing smart
>goggles as much as you wear glasses (which is not too realistic)
>I think the goggles would most definitely not be adjusted to as
>well as someone who has worn glasses their whole life.
] Comments, suggestions welcome :)
>You asked for it; ya got it. :)
] By the way before anyone flames me saying 'Why are you bothering with the
] add on's rather than the real thing. It's because I'm a phys ad. and I DON'T
] want to lose any esscence.
>Okay now for the cop-out. You don't deserve the same bonus. If
>you allow a Physical Adept to strap on accessories that make him
>rival a street samurai, then why the Hell would anyone play a
>samurai anymore? I mean strap on some forarm snap-blades, some
>really good body armour and ... see what I mean? I think
>the commitment to magic deserves something- Killing Hands,
>Autosuccesses, etc. Likewise, I think that committing oneself
>to the Chrome Reality deserves something- benefits from cyberware
>that cannot be duplicated elsewhere. Clearly there are some basic
>essentials that appear standard to all archtypes- increasing ones
>reaction speed, a variable pool to apply to skills centered around
>that profession, etc. But to allow a phys. adept to duplicate the
>cyberware mods depreciates the value of the samurai; after all if
>you can wear it so can the mage, the shaman, the rigger, etc...
>Alot of people find "Game Balance" to be a weak reason for
>anything.. I find it to be the very best. Without balance, the
>game would depreciate in overall entertainment value for some
>at the expense of others.
*** Of course, this is all IMHO, and will probably be received with
hostile reactions...
>>>>>>-Minotaur
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