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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 6159758" data-attributes="member: 6669048">It gets even better. There's basically two modes when hacking, AR (Augmented Reality, the HUD display you were talking about) and VR (Virtual Reality, where your meat body goes completely limp and your entire consciousness is in the Matrix).Now, within VR, there's two modes - Cold Sim and Hot Sim. This is something that's been in the game since the Virtual Realities 2.0 soucebook for 2nd Edition. Sim = Simsense, the way that computer systems are able to deliver sensory information directly to the brain (watch the movie STRANGE DAYS if you want to know what Simsense is like). Cold Sim means that the levels of interface with the brain are within tolerance levels. Hot Sim, on the other hand, means that the simsense link is beyond the limits and it gives you a MUCH faster response time in the Matrix (it's the digital equivalent of having Wired Reflexes: 3, your initiative is boosted through the roof).Here's the kicker...in previous editions, every decker/hacker used a Hot Sim all the time because it meant you got massive bonuses. In SR5, though, there's a BIG drawback to using a hot sim because every bit of damage that you experience is PHYSICAL damage rather than stun. And yes, that INCLUDES DUMPSHOCK. So it's now incredibly dangerous to go with a hot sim in SR5, but it still has some amazing benefits.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 6159758, member: 6669048"] It gets even better. There's basically two modes when hacking, AR (Augmented Reality, the HUD display you were talking about) and VR (Virtual Reality, where your meat body goes completely limp and your entire consciousness is in the Matrix). Now, within VR, there's two modes - Cold Sim and Hot Sim. This is something that's been in the game since the Virtual Realities 2.0 soucebook for 2nd Edition. Sim = Simsense, the way that computer systems are able to deliver sensory information directly to the brain (watch the movie STRANGE DAYS if you want to know what Simsense is like). Cold Sim means that the levels of interface with the brain are within tolerance levels. Hot Sim, on the other hand, means that the simsense link is beyond the limits and it gives you a MUCH faster response time in the Matrix (it's the digital equivalent of having Wired Reflexes: 3, your initiative is boosted through the roof). Here's the kicker...in previous editions, every decker/hacker used a Hot Sim all the time because it meant you got massive bonuses. In SR5, though, there's a BIG drawback to using a hot sim because every bit of damage that you experience is PHYSICAL damage rather than stun. And yes, that INCLUDES DUMPSHOCK. So it's now incredibly dangerous to go with a hot sim in SR5, but it still has some amazing benefits. [/QUOTE]

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