What features do you want in a Cyberpunk RL?

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"R. Dan Henry" <danhenry@inreach.com> wrote in message
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> This is the final revision before I put it on roguebasin. I'm also
> going to try getting together the (rather smaller) pool of ideas on
> Westerns in the near future. I've also edited the RL Themes page to
> create links to (so far unbuilt) pages to place lists of ideas and
> resources like this one.
> [...]

Great list. Hmm, so not a programmer by day...given your penchant for
making these kinds of grandoise lists, perhaps you're an archivist?

Again, excellent compilation.

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Twisted One wrote:
> Timothy Pruett wrote:
>
>> Oh, come on. Are you going to tell me you can't install a new disk
>> drive into your machine, without help? That's an easy two-minute job,
>> that anyone can handle. Hell, you don't even have to understand
>> computer hardware to do that. Just take a peek at how your old disk
>> drive was hooked up, and the new one will go in pretty much the same way.
>
>
> Are you seriously suggesting that I void my warranty and take the thing
> apart myself?

?!?

> Even if lots of ubergeeks customize their machines unassisted, it's not
> something J. Random End User should be expected to do.

I hope you're joking.

 

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J. W. McCall wrote:
> Twisted One wrote:
>
>> Timothy Pruett wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, come on. Are you going to tell me you can't install a new disk
>>> drive into your machine, without help? That's an easy two-minute
>>> job, that anyone can handle. Hell, you don't even have to understand
>>> computer hardware to do that. Just take a peek at how your old disk
>>> drive was hooked up, and the new one will go in pretty much the same
>>> way.
>>
>>
>>
>> Are you seriously suggesting that I void my warranty and take the
>> thing apart myself?
>
>
> ?!?

Yeah. My sentiments exactly.

>> Even if lots of ubergeeks customize their machines unassisted, it's
>> not something J. Random End User should be expected to do.
>
>
> I hope you're joking.

Sadly, I don't think he is.


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R. Dan Henry wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 16:32:26 +0000 (UTC), The Sheep <thesheep@
> sheep.prv.pl> wrote:
>
>>Dnia Sun, 05 Jun 2005 00:42:45 -0700,
>>R Dan Henry napisal(a):
>>
>>>I want (somehow, somewhen) to allow using duct tape to bind together
>>>several kinds of weapons, so that you can wield it and shoot
>>>simultaneously, just like at the end of Aliens 2. [-- the Sheep]

There needs to be an permanent tohit penalty/ceiling to such
things. No matter how good you are a setup like this will always be
harder to hit something with.

>>Wow! Where did you dig it up? ^^)
>
> Google Groups search on rgrd for "cyberpunk".


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Dnia Mon, 06 Jun 2005 10:51:52 +1000,
ABCGi napisal(a):

> R. Dan Henry wrote:
>> On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 16:32:26 +0000 (UTC), The Sheep <thesheep@
>> sheep.prv.pl> wrote:
>>>Dnia Sun, 05 Jun 2005 00:42:45 -0700,
>>>R Dan Henry napisal(a):

>>>>I want (somehow, somewhen) to allow using duct tape to bind together
>>>>several kinds of weapons, so that you can wield it and shoot
>>>>simultaneously, just like at the end of Aliens 2. [-- the Sheep]

> There needs to be an permanent tohit penalty/ceiling to such
> things. No matter how good you are a setup like this will always be
> harder to hit something with.

As usual, it depends on the gameplay.

Or are you arguing from realism?

You could, for example, make the ammunition so precious, that you'll
use this kind of setup only if it's going to be a quick head-on attack
on a large group of strong enemies, exactly like in Alien.

But wait, why would you want to discourage using it, once you made so much
effort to actually implement it in your game? ^-)
That would make duct tape some kind of scroll of enchant weapon (well, it
would certainly look interesting after a few such 'enchantments').

You could also attach non-weapon elements, like a lunette, laser-aiming,
grenade launcher, motion scanner, silencer, microwave oven, cd-player,
net launcher, additional cooling system for your plasma, etc.

And, with the duct tape, you can do it even when the part is from
a different weapon 😉

>>>Wow! Where did you dig it up? ^^)
>> Google Groups search on rgrd for "cyberpunk".

I thought I avoided mentioning the 'c-word' when talking about my game Uu)

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The Sheep wrote:
> Dnia Mon, 06 Jun 2005 10:51:52 +1000,
> ABCGi napisal(a):
>
>
>>R. Dan Henry wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 16:32:26 +0000 (UTC), The Sheep <thesheep@
>>>sheep.prv.pl> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Dnia Sun, 05 Jun 2005 00:42:45 -0700,
>>>>R Dan Henry napisal(a):
>
>
>>>>>I want (somehow, somewhen) to allow using duct tape to bind together
>>>>>several kinds of weapons, so that you can wield it and shoot
>>>>>simultaneously, just like at the end of Aliens 2. [-- the Sheep]
>
>
>>There needs to be an permanent tohit penalty/ceiling to such
>>things. No matter how good you are a setup like this will always be
>>harder to hit something with.
>
>
> As usual, it depends on the gameplay.
>
> Or are you arguing from realism?

NEVER!

It was more a concept to be allowed for... normally a poor weapon
like this can simply be compensated for by a huge natural tohit
bonus to the PC's dex. I think it would be fun and add depth that
such a cobbled together solution would misfire or have some misadventure
a small % of the time (not necessarily missing the target - but for
example the tape might come apart - or catch fire etc).

In such cases the weapon needs a separate stat that affords a
failure rate not effected by any such PC bonuses - or in any
case the ability to add such a stat should be thought of in
advance (now we are thinking about H-World and Carceri and
allowing the engine this ability).

It could be as simple as 5% of the time this weapon misses its
target regardless. This 5% is added at least cumulatively for
each new weapon you try to duct tape to the others!

>
> You could, for example, make the ammunition so precious, that you'll
> use this kind of setup only if it's going to be a quick head-on attack
> on a large group of strong enemies, exactly like in Alien.
>
> But wait, why would you want to discourage using it, once you made so much
> effort to actually implement it in your game? ^-)
> That would make duct tape some kind of scroll of enchant weapon (well, it
> would certainly look interesting after a few such 'enchantments').
>
> You could also attach non-weapon elements, like a lunette, laser-aiming,
> grenade launcher, motion scanner, silencer, microwave oven, cd-player,
> net launcher, additional cooling system for your plasma, etc.
>
> And, with the duct tape, you can do it even when the part is from
> a different weapon 😉
>
>
>>>>Wow! Where did you dig it up? ^^)
>>>
>>>Google Groups search on rgrd for "cyberpunk".
>
>
> I thought I avoided mentioning the 'c-word' when talking about my game Uu)
>


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