From:	Arcady arcady@***.net
Subject:	High Essence cost 'neural ware' [was: More Things]
Date:	Sat, 31 Jul 1999 12:27:15 -0700

> At 10:27 PM 7/30/99 -0400, Schizi@***.com wrote:
> ::How much of a VCR rig is headware and how much is bodyware, in
> ::terms of essence?
>
> :This argument came up on AOL recently. My view, VCRs are too high in
> : essence cost for being so much neural ware.
>
> Too high compared to what? Take Move-By-Wire, for example. That
> should count as entirely "neural ware", because all it interacts with

If you think about it; neural ware is invading the brain.

Which do you think would have a greater effect on your way of living and
thinking:
losing a leg or losing a lobe of the brain?
Unless you believe as the ancient Egyptians did that the nature of a being
is in their heart and the brain is just a space filling organ that does
nothing... you'd have to see that removal of said organ would have extreme
effects on the person.

So if I were to design SR without considering game balance but just
considering 'what should' cost more essence I'd triple the essence cost of
everything neural and half or quarter the cost of everything non neural
(depending on just how non neural it really is).
Of course; that would result in a game with a very odd game balance... so I
wouldn't actually do it.

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