09-07-2014, 04:56 PM | #21 | |
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Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week: Ambidexterity
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If Ambidexterity is fair at [5], then perhaps Off-Hand Weapon Technique is overpriced, the penalty for using the offhand is too severe and/or Techniques aren't quite properly priced? In this case, RAW has revealed that at least Off-Hand Weapon Technique is overpriced, as it is now available as a penalty eliminating Perk. I am kind of counting on the rest of the board showing me the error in my thinking, but I wonder if -2 penalty is more accurate for using your off hand; I mean it is kind of like having an "unfamiliar model" penalty for your own hand since it is still your hand, just not the dominant one with which you are "more familiar". A +2 circumstantial bonus seems inline with a Perk. I still wonder if we shouldn't have "Easy" Techniques as an option to reflect those things that you do still perform at a penalty (or equal to skill) but that you can rapidly raise disproportionate to the control skill's level. In case I sound far more confident and demanding than I mean to be, I haven't even jotted this down before to give it a good once over, let alone tested it in play or real life, so... yeah. Mostly for entertainment value and to underscore why sometimes, specific mechanics don't play nice with each other. XD
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09-07-2014, 05:29 PM | #22 |
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Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week: Ambidexterity
It's common opinion that the offhand weapon perk is the best way to go and that the technique was unfairly priced.
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09-07-2014, 06:36 PM | #24 | |
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How many times in your life have you been able to shoot a wholely unfamiliar firearm by GURPS standards? It's a fairly high bar...
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09-07-2014, 07:42 PM | #25 | |
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09-07-2014, 09:06 PM | #26 | |
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09-07-2014, 10:39 PM | #27 |
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Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week: Ambidexterity
That might lead to technique booms like 3rd's skill bloat issue.
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09-07-2014, 10:44 PM | #28 |
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Is it? Even changing cartridges invokes a RAW familiarity penalty. The Colt SAA, the M9, the M4, the M249, the AKM, and .50 cal. matchlock muskets all have penalties from each other for at least one of the things on B199 and that's just a few of the different weapons I've fired off the top of my head.
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09-07-2014, 10:48 PM | #29 |
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I think guns have one of the shortest familiarizing time frame out of all skills.
They're carefully designed to be as user friendly and idiot proof as possible. Of course that doesn't help when the designers are "idiots".
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