[Critias]

I must say the intro fiction alone was worth the price. Can't remember a short story I enjoyed as much as that.

Nice!  Awesome to hear something like that.   

Between this and Neat you are rapidly becoming my fave SR fiction writer.

You'll make me blush!

Plus, you know, that Kerbey Lane thing 

I do what research I can.  If and when I can add a small thing like that and make locals smile, I leap at the chance.

[All4BigGuns]

I must say the intro fiction alone was worth the price. Can't remember a short story I enjoyed as much as that.

Nice!  Awesome to hear something like that.   

Between this and Neat you are rapidly becoming my fave SR fiction writer.

You'll make me blush!

Now for you to so far surpass this 'Findley' guy that people forget he ever existed.

[Critias]

Now for you to so far surpass this 'Findley' guy that people forget he ever existed.

Bite your tongue!  Nigel's the man.

[All4BigGuns]

Now for you to so far surpass this 'Findley' guy that people forget he ever existed.

Bite your tongue!  Nigel's the man.

Maybe, but wouldn't you rather be remembered in his place?

[Critias]

Now for you to so far surpass this 'Findley' guy that people forget he ever existed.

Bite your tongue!  Nigel's the man.

Maybe, but wouldn't you rather be remembered in his place?

Not in the slightest, to be honest.  I don't see what I write as taking away from anyone else (or, importantly, vice versa).  Folks don't need to forget Mr. Findley and his awesome work to remember mine (inasmuch as RPG fiction is "remembered" at all);  the last thing I want is for his classic work to get forgotten. 

[All4BigGuns]

Now for you to so far surpass this 'Findley' guy that people forget he ever existed.

Bite your tongue!  Nigel's the man.

Maybe, but wouldn't you rather be remembered in his place?

Not in the slightest, to be honest.  I don't see what I write as taking away from anyone else (or, importantly, vice versa).  Folks don't need to forget Mr. Findley and his awesome work to remember mine (inasmuch as RPG fiction is "remembered" at all);  the last thing I want is for his classic work to get forgotten.

Okay, then you misunderstood. I meant for you to write something so mind blowing good that it overshadows.

[Frankie the Fomori]

First off, wow on the fiction. Really well written short story. I like how they wrote about the qualities as if they were video game qualities. The qualities themself are not game breaking which is great, they do allow street sam's to focus in on an aspect of specialty.

The suites are great, and it is good to see more of them. It is also cool how there are a few Bio features that are recommended for them. My one question is; do the suites allow upgrading? Can you ask for a wired reflex two or three in a certain suite?

The Boosted reflexes are great and though I question the price in my head I did not see it ground breaking. But it is nice to see that update here. Love the cyber sword, I hope in te future we could see monofilament treated blades.

Overall this was worth the wait. No game breaking upgrades, but a ton of useful qualities and cyber suites that allow some flexibility when creating a street Sam.

Thank you for the great resource. Now off to reread it and making some NPC that reflect some of the updates:)

[AJCarrington]

Any chance someone with an iPad 4 has picked this up? Curious to see how/if CGL addressed the color issues that plague most of their PDF releases.

Picked it up this weekend...some nice reading material for the plane tomorrow Color issues still there, but material looks great.

[Wildcard]

Doesn't look like the Panzer build in the back of the book is legal. Tried creating it, the body falls short by gobs.

[Bull]

How is the panzer body falling short?  Are you remembering that's a Troll?  Doesn't take much to get a 9 unaugmented body on a Troll character.

[All4BigGuns]

How is the panzer body falling short?  Are you remembering that's a Troll?  Doesn't take much to get a 9 unaugmented body on a Troll character.

I'm not seeing it either. Plugging the attributes into Chummer, the only reason there's 200 BP spent on attributes at all is because of the 3 Edge.

[Wildcard]

How is the panzer body falling short?  Are you remembering that's a Troll?  Doesn't take much to get a 9 unaugmented body on a Troll character.

I think it's when you average out the stats with the arms that the body gets dropped. With the suite installed, a Body 9 troll drops to augmentation (.

I suppose it could be an odd Chummer glitch, but my gut tells me it's not. (That said, my gut also tells me to drink lots of beer, so it's not always right.)

[Critias]

Frankie, thanks for the feedback (as always). Good to hear you enjoyed my fic!  Per the rules in Arsenal, it's my understanding that suites aren't supposed to be customized like that. That said, you could always talk to your GM and design a suite with Wired II rather than Wired I, and if the GM is on board with the fluff, you get your crunch. I don't think it's the end if the world, personally, to give a hungry character a hook-up, but I didn't write Arsenal.

And the dwarf and troll were the handiwork of my partner in crime, Neurosis (as were all the swanky new suites, so thank him for those!)  I was pretty busy with my side of stuff, and I'm sorry if we let one slip by us. I'm not sure how often he's on the forums to field questions, though.

[Wildcard]

That's dissapointing =/

Thank's for the answer at least, Critias.

[Bull]

Yeah, the Suites are not designed to be optimized for use by your average Street Samurai.  The reason that they get Nuyen and Essence discounts is because it's a bundle of 'ware taht's been designed to work together, and then has been mass produced.

Anything put together via customization that is not mass produced like this is effectively going to resemble a bundle of Cyberware that is one grade higher than normal, both in essence discount and in cost.  So say you take Standard Grade Wired Refelxes II, Dermal Plating II, and a Smartlink.  They're standard grade for all normal purposes, but they would have an essence discount equiv to, say, Alphaware.  But, because it's a complete custom job, the nuyen price will resemble ALphawares price markup as well.

So at the end of the end of the day, it's easier to just buy what you want in Alpha and move along.

(This is my understanding, at least.  Suites are really things that were created for NPC use, to make things easier for GMs.  They're not geared toward players as much, and it's why there's often one or two peices of non-optimal or under-leveled gear in there).

Bull