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Private security are either direct employees of the relevant megacorp (like the Red Samurai) or are employees of a semi-megacorp like Knight Errant or Lone Star. They aren't really innocent. Also you can talk your way around almost every private security encounter in Hong Kong except for the ones where you're supposed to make a mess of things.
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I don't know if I missed a tooltip somewhere, but say I'm at 5.5 essence. Is my spellcasting ability already affected? Can I get another .5 cyberware without affecting my spellcasting?
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Aug 31, 2015 22:05
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The answers I'm fairly sure, are yes and yes. But depending on your build, you might not notice. (Hi, Troll Blood Mage, many more adepts.)
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Aug 31, 2015 22:08
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:I don't know if I missed a tooltip somewhere, but say I'm at 5.5 essence. Is my spellcasting ability already affected? Can I get another .5 cyberware without affecting my spellcasting? Yes to both questions. Your spellcasting is already affected because you are below 6 essence, but 5.5 essence and 5 essence functionally the same thing, so you are free to grab another .5 essence worth of cyberware. Note that the .3 essence cyberware all seem to actually cost .25 essence, so you could fit two of those on your character without any additional decrease to your magic ability. Depending on your build and how important your spells are to your character, you might want to throw points in cyber affinity to get your essence back to 6 or allow for additional cyberware.
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Aug 31, 2015 22:14
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Any idea why some cyberware appears to add to base stats and others don't? I just installed an Enchephalon and my Int went up by 1 on the karma screen. Installing a SK skillwire did the same for quickness/ranged weapons, but an alpha cyberleg didn't permanently boost quickness at all. I do have cyberaffinity 6.
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Aug 31, 2015 22:19
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Mr. Lobe posted:Hey man, when you sign up with private security in the Shadowrun-verse, you're basically agreeing to be the megacorps' lapdog, and obedient servant to the status quo. As far as I'm concerned, their deaths are just. But most of the time you're killing them while on the payroll of some other megacorporation, in pursuit of its goals.
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Aug 31, 2015 22:21
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All I know is that at the end of Tsang Tower when I ran into that last security squad it felt drat good to just go "do you really want to do this" and for them to emphatically say "no".
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Aug 31, 2015 22:24
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GunnerJ posted:But most of the time you're killing them while on the payroll of some other megacorporation, in pursuit of its goals. This. Also, the PnP is better for this - gel rounds and stick'n'shock are what most smart runner teams use against base-level rent-a-cops. More than enough effect and you don't leave a trail of corpses that may entice their former employers to think that retribution is in order or their former colleagues to adopt a no quarters policy towards you. When elite corpsec like the Red Samurai show up, you bring out the firepower. But some little mallcop-level security guard? That'd be both a waste and liable to bring the bigger guns down on your head in return. Magni fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Sep 1, 2015 |
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Aug 31, 2015 22:29
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Varam posted:Yes to both questions. Your spellcasting is already affected because you are below 6 essence, but 5.5 essence and 5 essence functionally the same thing, so you are free to grab another .5 essence worth of cyberware. Does essence affect Chi Casting/Willpower, or is it just mage spells?
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Aug 31, 2015 22:49
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El Generico posted:Trying to polish off Dragonfall, having trouble keeping the Main Terminal alive in the face of all the guys from two different factions who are co-operating for no aforementioned reason. They're a Matrix-centric cult. They're being manipulated by APEX and that includes killing you.
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Aug 31, 2015 22:55
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Am I using the drones incorrectly in one of the last battles, where you get some automated drones to turn on. You select the room and I used them in the lolcrowded room full of enemies that my arbitrarily limited group of four must attack grossly outnumbered. Anyway, that fight destroys my team and the drones are basically useless. Any help?
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Aug 31, 2015 23:04
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BadAstronaut posted:Am I using the drones incorrectly in one of the last battles, where you get some automated drones to turn on. You select the room and I used them in the lolcrowded room full of enemies that my arbitrarily limited group of four must attack grossly outnumbered. Anyway, that fight destroys my team and the drones are basically useless. Is this for Dragonfall ? Which part The run on APEX ? I just wish there was more money in Hong Kong, they're super stingy with the moola. Also anyone got a answer for my Kindly question? Is she suppose to be gone? I can't access her building. I also can't read any mail or claim payments on my computer either. It's just "go to walled city".
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Aug 31, 2015 23:11
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Any idea how they're rebalancing the adept powers? I need to see if I should hurry up and finish my game before the patch goes live or not.
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Aug 31, 2015 23:32
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Hollismason posted:Is this for Dragonfall ? Which part The run on APEX ? You'll see Kindly after you're done with the walled city.
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Hollismason posted:Also anyone got a answer for my Kindly question? Is she suppose to be gone? I can't access her building. I also can't read any mail or claim payments on my computer either. It's just "go to walled city". Well you're kind of in a time crunch right then what with the Demon God King breaking through the walls of reality so yeah, you're supposed to go take care of that rather than having a chat at the mahjong parlor or checking your email.
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Aug 31, 2015 23:42
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Magni posted:When elite corpse like the Red Samurai shows up, you bring out the firepower. That's incredibly specific and he's actually a pretty chill dude. 
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xthetenth posted:That's incredibly specific and he's actually a pretty chill dude. And he brought the firepower for them, no?
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Aug 31, 2015 23:53
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Hollismason posted:Is this for Dragonfall ? Which part The run on APEX ? I like the money crunch. I find prioritizing and working with limited resources to be far more interesting than always having enough money to buy the latest thing.
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Papercut posted:Does essence affect Chi Casting/Willpower, or is it just mage spells? It affects all magic equally. For every point of essence you drop below six, you lose a spell slot and gain an increased turn of cooldown on spells.
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Khizan posted:I like the money crunch. I find prioritizing and working with limited resources to be far more interesting than always having enough money to buy the latest thing. It's a huge money sink for Mages with mixed ability. The Best Advice for Mages is to not buy any 2 or 3 level spells and run around with Blind and like small inexpensive buffing stuff until you get to Spell Casting 8 then purchase the high level spells. Stuff like Petrify and those spells are kind of useless compared to Blind / Mind Wipe and others so there's no point in the money sink. I kind of wanna go buff shaman/ rigger just to get a bunch of drones and have a army of 4 drones with Rictor. Best Combo ever has to be Duncan with the Caddle Prod and Gaichu's ability. Stun / Kill. Gaichu and Duncan together are amazeballs. Hollismason fucked around with this message at 00:58 on Sep 1, 2015 |
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Sep 1, 2015 00:55
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That Is0bel run.  She's goony as poo poo.
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Sep 1, 2015 00:58
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There is only one way to play the Isobel mission and that is Her blowing that guys brains out in the elevator
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Also I encountered a bug of some sort again. I come back from a completely unreleated run, and Law is talking about something that didn't happen, but also there's a nameless meat puppet standing next to him that I guess is supposed to replace him but well he's still there.
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Fabricated posted:That Is0bel run. the ending for the run is pretty funny
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the entire run is funny
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Hollismason posted:Is this for Dragonfall ? Which part The run on APEX ? No, right before meeting the guy on the second visit to the place right after you learn that thing that he was not captured by the Dragon, but is running the operation from that mansion-place thing. Just wanna finish this game so I can get stuck into an entirely non-magical character in Hong Kong.
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Fabricated posted:Also I encountered a bug of some sort again. yeah the one-time sensitive thing in this game is when you get asked to drop by the teahouse by Strangler; do so. It takes a couple minutes and actually expires after the next run. This is the result: Schroedinger's Law. it's still bugged, but that's how you avoid it, apparently! I also got the same bug.
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TWIST FIST posted:the entire run is funny you can also rob all the nerds surfing the matrix.
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Gaichus loyalty mission is pretty funny because if you put at least 5 seconds thought into where to stand you will destroy the enemy as soon as they walk through the door.
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I loved Gaichu's loyalty mission for that exact reason. Nothing like a good, clean, honest stand-up fight... where you get to cheat.
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Okay how are people equiping Rictor with another drone? I messed with my game got a drone and now I can't give it to him 
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Remora posted:I loved Gaichu's loyalty mission for that exact reason. Nothing like a good, clean, honest stand-up fight... where you get to cheat. You can also kill off one of the squad members before the fight even starts.
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My favorite part of Gaichu's mission is how when you get it you can ask him how he plans on beating his old squad solo and he awkwardly says that he was hoping you would help him.
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Can someone please point out the most significant etiquettes for Hong Kong - are there any that make a significant difference at crucial points in the game, or are they all nice-to-haves but nothing game changing?
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BadAstronaut posted:Can someone please point out the most significant etiquettes for Hong Kong - are there any that make a significant difference at crucial points in the game, or are they all nice-to-haves but nothing game changing?
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Sep 1, 2015 02:52
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Security also doesn't really do anything for you, ever. Academic, Shadowrunner, Socialite and Corporate are the ones coming up frequently.
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BadAstronaut posted:Can someone please point out the most significant etiquettes for Hong Kong - are there any that make a significant difference at crucial points in the game, or are they all nice-to-haves but nothing game changing? I don't think any are game changing. At most they let you avoid combat. Shadowrunner and Academic see heavy use. Gang has a little early game, socialite gets a bit of play, and corp is a little useful lategame. Security comes up but probably isn't worth the points. Never saw street.
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Cirofren posted:Never saw street. Street doesn't exist anymore, so that's probably why.
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BadAstronaut posted:Can someone please point out the most significant etiquettes for Hong Kong - are there any that make a significant difference at crucial points in the game, or are they all nice-to-haves but nothing game changing? Gang is pretty useless. Security is only useful, like, once. Academic, socialite, and shadowrunner seem to be the go-to etiquettes this time around. I would prioritize Socialite first and foremost - it is amazingly handy.
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I mean I'm feeling the money crunch everyone else has been, but I think I mitigated a lot of it (as a mainly decker character) by:
That said, I'm also only playing on normal and not hard. The story might be extremely different if that were the case.
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