From:	Jani Fikouras <feanor@**********.UNI-BREMEN.DE>
Subject:	Re: Something to think about
Date:	Tue, 26 Sep 1995 10:36:16 +0100

> Oh well it was just a thought any way. and yes i relize that part of the
> reason FASA made an essence cost was to put the munkinizing down, but still
> some of the essence costs do seem a bit extreme don`t ya think. I mean -5
> for a wire3 don`t leave room for much else.

Dont ya get it, thats the point. No matter what you put into a character
if you dont give him wired 3 he will never be able to compete with the
big boyz, at least speedwise. Wired 3 is *the* major boost for a characters
initiative. This works somewhat like the priorities system, deciding to get
wired 3 is something like allocation priority A for speed. Thats why its
so costly both essense wise as well as money wise.

As for the various game/world mechanics rationalisations, well their
ok, but as long as we dont know how cyberware is supposed to work I dont
think that any rationalisation will be convincing enough.

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