[Rift_0f_Bladz]

If you're using autosofts at R6 you either have a high end RCC or pilot 6. Might as well upgrade drone to pilot six as well, so if you can't control it off the RCC it can still do it job just as well. The smartlink autosoft squeezes in 2 more attack dice.

[Blue Rose]

How much can a sniper rotodrone aim, anyways?  Treat pilot rating as willpower?

Unfortunately, a drone on its own isn't getting above a base dice pool of 14. That's pilot 6, autosoft 6, smartsoft. That's not terribly accurate.

Thus, if you really want to kill things, defense penalties are your friend. Einfield AS-7?  Burst fire, wide choke. -10 dice to defense. And against multiple targets.  Go out towards the edge of your firing range (probably long; extreme is a huge penalty) and you're taking damage penalties, sure, but you're hitting more people at once, all of them losing dice for defense against later, stronger shots. And, mooks in numbers are liable to care about the damage. 

[MijRai]

14 dice is plenty accurate, especially if you get the jump on the enemy (since you're a drone flying from a long ways away to take advantage of Sniper Rifle ranges, maybe?).  I mean, that's an average of 4 successes a shot; you have to get 3-4 dice over that pool to have a reasonable chance of dodging effectively. 

[Whiskeyjack]

Which is why I prefer a sniper rifle on rotodrones... less people have the range to hit them... doesn't help aganst mage LOS however

I tend to think that there are always quite a few drones in the air, especially in heavily-populated areas, so picking the right one to shoot should be a non-automatic thing. And spotting which drone has the weapon that was just used on you from 200 feet up shouldn't be casually easy.

[Shaidar]

Whats another good thing is the Morgan its only 7500 comes with a weapon mount standard add in rigger adaptation for 1000 a weapon and smartlink away you go for about 10k you get something more viable than a Doberman and will take more of a beating than a Dalmatian for about the same price.

The weapon mount it comes pre-equipped with is manual-operated so just adding a rigger adaption won't cut it. You would have to rip it out and replace it with a remote-controlled turret (losing it's street-legality in the process...).

Except you can just add a smartlink on any gun and it will fire wirelessly? also the rigger adaptation will take over the controls and the turret pivot?

I'm not looking at the book at the moment, but unless it specifically says 'this mount is for manual operation only" then it's going to work remotely as well.

Core pg 461-462, Weapon Mounts

All weapon mounts are operated remotely and can target a ninety-degree arc of fire (horizontal and vertical). Manual operation can be added, but only for vehicles, not drones, and at extra cost.

Which means all it takes is a Rigger interface to control everything on the vehicle, including the weapon mounts.

The real issue is the specific description of the Morgan (car) {both fluff and crunch}:

THUNDERCLOUD MORGAN
The PCC has lots of good reasons to keep producing off-road vehicles from Thundercloud. In the case of this auto, one of those reasons is not to make riggers happy. The Morgan is intended for operations in the rugged wilderness that fills much of the PCC. From border patrol operations to chasing off Juggernauts, the Morgan does it all. But it also does all of that without any modern conveniences that a rigger can take advantage of. It’s here because this is a vehicle riggers hate to run across—unless they need parts for their own off-roader.
The Morgan is a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle with all manual controls. It’s an amazing off-road vehicle that can outrun or run down just about anything on the dirt. If it can’t run them down, it also has a second option. The Morgan carries two people: a driver and a gunner. The gunner stands up behind the driver to use the mounted weapon, usually a machine gun of some form.

MORGAN (GROUNDCRAFT)
HANDL 3/5
SPEED 4
ACCEL 3
BODY 14
ARM 6
PILOT —
SENS —
SEATS 2
AVAIL 8
COST 7,500¥

Standard Equipment
Off-Road Suspension, Weapon Mount (external, fixed, manual), Manual Operation

Please note the Red sections.

#1 no sensors
#2 All Manual Controls
#3 INCLUDING THE MOUNT (while a Smartlink can fire the weapon it cannot aim the weapon without traiding out the stock mount)

[Rooks]

and you cant put in a sensor array rigger adaptation and smart platform because?

[Fabe]

and you cant put in a sensor array rigger adaptation and smart platform because?

 Adding manual control to a remote mount costs 500,would you agree that adding remote control to a manual mount for the same price would be fair?

[Herr Brackhaus]

Adding manual control to a remote mount costs 500,would you agree that adding remote control to a manual mount for the same price would be fair?

I wouldn't, personally. Adding manual control means adding a trigger if it doesn't exist. Adding remote control to a weapon/mount that doesn't have it is a far more extensive modification. As for what that would cost, I'm sure there would be many different schools of thought on that.

[Adamo1618]

Shouldn't cost more than the Smart Firing Platform, though.