PhoenixFlame Presents: Eclipse Phase

[PhoenixFlame]

Originally Posted by Overcast

Slight question just to be perfectly sure about how I am building my current version of Daniel. Can kinetic weapons work in a vacuum?

Is Sir Issac Newton the baddest motherfucker in space?

Gem: Other than their vastly increased penetration, no. But that tends to put them in a class of their own. Considering virtually all RGs use AP because it's superior but CANNOT opt to use low-penetration rounds like hollowpoint, that only magnifies the effect.

The morph's brain. You're less buying the enhancement and more the lisence to use it on that body.

Too much dignity? I guess being male, you can claim that, but are you insinuating something, nya?

[Aerozord]

Originally Posted by PhoenixFlame

Is Sir Issac Newton the baddest motherfucker in space?

everyone should know this, its my signiture after all.

on the cat ear thing, isn't that EXACTLY what Furies are for? reading over those morphs, and especially how they tend to be women, figured was specifically to allow you to be a catgirl

[Dracorion]

Yeah, but no one wanted to be a Fury.

[PhoenixFlame]

Originally Posted by Dracorion

Yeah, but no one wanted to be a Fury.

Which is a shame, because properly tooled they leave reapers in the dust.

Geminix said!: Can ranged weapons have an unlimited amount of mods (I'm thinking of a sniper rifle with smartlink, suppressor and silencer, does that work?)

Yes. ... Within reason. While you technically can have conflicting weapon mods that do the same thing (Scope, Laser Sight, Smartlink), they won't stack in most cases. Also, I assume your supressor is integrated into your silencer so you don't end up with the "LONGGUN IS LONGGGGGGGG" effect.

Aiming affects the weapon you aimed.

Dual weilding is pretty awesome in this game, and some people go so far as to make an octa-weilding octomorph with eight heavy pistols and that just makes logic cry blood. No need to make it disproportionately more awesome.

Edit: Why I was so concerned about sniper rifles is mainly because, go take a look at their AP. Then consider that 'really tough' things tend to have an armor between 16 and 25, like Daniel. ARs have an AP of a modest -6, while SRs jump the shark and go straight to -12, double or more what every other kinetic weapon has. Make one a railgun and give it AP and you're looking at something that does 2d10+10 at -20, and effectively ignores all forms of armor. (HEAP Missiles are a mere -8. A MONOFILAMENT SWORD is -4.)

On autofire that becomes 3d10+20 at -20, allowing me to hit "The toughest man in the universe" for an average of 34 damage or so past his armor before we factor in just how well I shot him.

Meanwhile, if I shot him with a plasma rifle (-8, 3d10+12), I'd do on average 13 or so damage, not even a wound. Except the RSR can do it from 3 miles away, and the plasma rifle about 20 feet. This is the same gun that can only fire three times before overheating because guns that fire more than three times are for wusses. It's not even semi-auto, which makes me think that it's STILL grossly underpowered.

They weren't just good, they outclassed everything else by whole orders of magnitude in their previous state, and are still probably the best weapon in the game under this one.

[Overcast]

Minor changes, removed the ability to cohesively pilot a ship since more than likely egocasting is going to be the way to move. Took the points and distributed to the minimum in active skills by adding to networking, moved the specialization for flight to intimidation for verbal threats(because pulling a gun on someone in public can be bad). Took the spare ten I had(due to the investment of 20 I was able to pull to kinetic weapons when in the last change I shifted the neurachem down and switched to a kick drug gland and pulled away the spare 20000 when added to earlier funds) and turned it into rep to concentrate on the scientists and firewall.

Also bought 100 rounds of Homing Capsules filled with Neuropath, just in case he wants to take someone alive.

[krogothwolf]

I could put cat ears on my brave fencer! It'd look funny, then have a smart dog!

[krogothwolf]

Alright! This should the the Final bit of NotSure(till I get unlazy and think of a real name) changes were, added Laser Pulser for weapons, shock Proof armour plating, Plus an Enemy! SoSure!(I'll think of a name later, honest!)

[Geminex]

1.) You can stack second skin and smart skin with armors, but not with each other. Think of your 'slots' being skin, skintight, and armor. So natural, underlayer, and overlayer. Only the outermost layer benefits from modifications. You can have one coating. (Chameleon reflective armor = ?!??!) Otherwise you have people with chameleon lotus-coating reflective glazed fireproofed smart skin under their reflective chameleonic lotus-coated fireproof heavy battle armor.

Ok, so I could wear a Smart Vac Clothing, with an Armor vest and finish that off with a a chameleon coating? Cool.

Because of this, and I apologise for not mentioning it earlier, I've decided to remove their burst and autofire functions to bring them more in line with their function (sniping) and allowing the AR and Machine Guns a place in the world of weapontry. Also, the plasma rifle.

OH BOY, I SURE AM GLAD I BASED THE ENTIRETY OF MY CHARACTER'S COMBAT ABILITY ON THE SNIPER RIFLE. AREN'T YOU GLAD, BILLY?
*Billy nods*
YEP, BILLY'S GLAD TOO. GUESS WE'RE ALL HAPPY, THEN. WELP LOOK AT THE TIME. PLEASE EXCUSE ME, I NEED TO GO REDESIGN MY CHARACTER.

[Krylo]

Hey krooooogo, just a few little suggestions.

Firstly: Tough. It is better than all three of your current positive traits. You should have it.

Secondly: Speed stat is probably the most important combat stat, really.

Thirdly: You are a combat wombat. Get real armor.

[Overcast]

Move over universe the toughest motherfucker to ever grace you has appeared.

Note, the multiple modifications to the body armor can be removed if it is excessive(and it is) but I felt like trying it out anyway.