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<blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 6855663" data-attributes="member: 4936"><p>Hehe, I hear you about how hard it is to make riggers. I've toyed with a few builds, and they always leave me feeling like I'm sacrificing a bit too much of what I want to get what I need. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I have some quick comments though!</p><p></p><p>1) Attribute distribution - Speaking strictly in terms of what's mechanically viable, you can probably afford to focus your attributes a bit more around things riggers need. Agility, Strength...they don't help you too very much, at least not directly. Willpower, on the other hand, helps you resist damage in Matrix combat. Unless you're consciously embracing that vulnerability, you may want to rethink skimping on that. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>2) Similarly, you might consider dropping the Muscle Toner and seeing if you can scrape up something like a Cerebral Booster or similar. Agility will only be useful to ya if you're caught away from your drones/vehicle...in which case one extra die in the pool probably isn't going to make a lot of difference. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>3) Equipment tweaks. Your Ares Predator doesn't really need a gas-vent 3 recoil suppression system. A semi-auto pistol would find it very hard to rack up as much recoil as that can compensate for. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> You may also consider a Low Light Vision system for your helmet rather than a flashlight on the gun. Passive always trumps active for shadowrunning purposes, when it can do the same job. </p><p></p><p>Your commlink might be a bit burlier than it strictly needs to be, since you can use your RSS to protect your PAN from intrusion. Some Firewall upgrades to a lesser model might do you better than having a beefy-as-hell commlink. That said, it's only 5 grand, so it's not costing you much (propotionally to your total wealth <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />).</p><p></p><p>Your gundrone has a weapon mount, and assault rifle ammo...but no assault rifle. An AR is a solid choice, but consider too the advantages of having a sniper rifle on a drone. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shayuri, post: 6855663, member: 4936"] Hehe, I hear you about how hard it is to make riggers. I've toyed with a few builds, and they always leave me feeling like I'm sacrificing a bit too much of what I want to get what I need. :) I have some quick comments though! 1) Attribute distribution - Speaking strictly in terms of what's mechanically viable, you can probably afford to focus your attributes a bit more around things riggers need. Agility, Strength...they don't help you too very much, at least not directly. Willpower, on the other hand, helps you resist damage in Matrix combat. Unless you're consciously embracing that vulnerability, you may want to rethink skimping on that. :) 2) Similarly, you might consider dropping the Muscle Toner and seeing if you can scrape up something like a Cerebral Booster or similar. Agility will only be useful to ya if you're caught away from your drones/vehicle...in which case one extra die in the pool probably isn't going to make a lot of difference. :) 3) Equipment tweaks. Your Ares Predator doesn't really need a gas-vent 3 recoil suppression system. A semi-auto pistol would find it very hard to rack up as much recoil as that can compensate for. :) You may also consider a Low Light Vision system for your helmet rather than a flashlight on the gun. Passive always trumps active for shadowrunning purposes, when it can do the same job. Your commlink might be a bit burlier than it strictly needs to be, since you can use your RSS to protect your PAN from intrusion. Some Firewall upgrades to a lesser model might do you better than having a beefy-as-hell commlink. That said, it's only 5 grand, so it's not costing you much (propotionally to your total wealth :)). Your gundrone has a weapon mount, and assault rifle ammo...but no assault rifle. An AR is a solid choice, but consider too the advantages of having a sniper rifle on a drone. ;) [/QUOTE]
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