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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9766728" data-attributes="member: 6799660">To complicate the discussion a little bit more (sorry), what GURPS ends up incentivizing you do can increase this 'slow to operate' style of complexity, outside and above the number of rolls and checks it asks one to make. Especially for something like modern-or-later firearm exchanges. Damage really hurts, cover is great, compounding penalties can make shots effectively implausible, shooting on the run is penalized, full-auto being used to maximize attack-rolls-on-target is a non-optimal strategy, etc. You are incentivized to potentially spend multiple full 1-second rounds slowly creeping around in hiding or behind cover trying to maximize your benefits/minimize your penalties or even forcing your opponent to be the first one to pop out and expose themselves to your prepared attack (or pin them down while you allies move to flank, etc.). All of which is incredibly realistic (or emulative thereof at least), but at times ponderous and reactive.</blockquote>