We played Shadowrun 2e RAW but with a social contract that we wouldn't exploit the loopholes in the game.
Making the buff spells permanent with karma quickly makes your magic user overpowered and exploiting astral plane and summoning spirits can make most runs anticlimactic.
We quickly...
So if the Target is a 7 I can always just roll a d6 and get a partial success.
So a low target number is more difficult, but i always have a 16% chance to succeed (by picking a d6)?
I feel overwhelmed thinking about a series of books that wont be completed until after 2040.
Also realizing 2040 is closer than 2010 makes me feel ancient.