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Post by grävling on Jun 17, 2012 7:36:17 GMT -5
I think 100Y is a nice sized bribe for ganger land, but if you are bribing your way out of trouble in corps land you should have to pay more. They said 'hand over all of your money' and people in corps territories need over 100Y just to spend a night in a hotel.
I also think that the bribing is too easy. I think that it should be harder to do, thus fail and end up in combat more often.
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Post by koles on Jun 17, 2012 9:17:58 GMT -5
if it would be 5% of your money, then it would be hard decision - pay of fight
but now its cheap exp - 100Y for +1exp and no risk
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Post by grävling on Jun 17, 2012 11:01:25 GMT -5
I think even 5% is too small a number. Probably this should be controlled by the difficulty setting of the game. Or maybe, when you are offering a bribe, you could end up having to 'hand over all of your cash' for real, if you failed a few saving throws. That would make the decision very hard indeed.
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Post by LordofSyn on Jun 17, 2012 14:54:54 GMT -5
If you are going to be mugged, I would hope that the mean streets would be a little more cut-throat too. If you weren't so flashy chum, you wouldn't have caught their attention. These gangers will slit your throat on a whim...for power, and the creds you got; because food isn't cheap and doesn't grow itself any longer.
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Post by gravismetallum on Jun 17, 2012 17:27:05 GMT -5
Reminds me of some old rpg games I played a long long time ago where they always asked for your money...if you gave in, the amount just kept getting higher an higher till you fight or lose everything. Brutal, but that's how it should be. ;D
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Post by LordofSyn on Jun 17, 2012 17:49:46 GMT -5
Totally makes sense when you think of it this way...
gangers roll you over for a few ¥...they head to the club and being proud of their accomplishments, start talking. Soon, everyone in the area knows you got rolled, what you look like, and maybe even some of your routine for shadowing purposes...loose lips may have once sunk ships...
now they will make you a Prime Target.
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Post by Cory Trese on Jun 17, 2012 19:50:06 GMT -5
Maybe they should ask for 25% of the total cost of your non-concealed gear?
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Post by grävling on Jun 17, 2012 21:29:19 GMT -5
What does 'concealed' mean in this case? Is Cyberware concealed? Are pistols?
But, yes, that would be a frightening sum of money. And then maybe those with good negotiation skills could negotiate it down.
But what happens if you don't have that amount of cash on you? Automatic fight? Good negotiators can get out of the fight anyway, sometimes, but if you fail that check automatic fight?
I just think of me walking around town with 2 Yakashima mk251 Bountry Hunters. The average street punk should be too scared of them to try to shake me down. Somebody who is willing to do so is either well-armed or very desperate, but in either case I don't know why it isn't the rifles they want from me. They can sell them for a nice profit and while I am disarmed I cannot be shooting them. Thus, to me, it makes more sense that they will be demanding the rifles rather than cash.
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Post by Cory Trese on Jun 17, 2012 22:02:45 GMT -5
interesting point.
maybe some type of formula that factors in:
- value of gear
- offensive factor (weapon damage + obvious skills + armor + etc)
- reputation / hated / wanted / banned
- current wounds
- how many friends
- sector rumors
- game diff
that could create a blended, balance-ready equation that would let us build up something better than "$100"
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Post by grävling on Jun 17, 2012 22:22:30 GMT -5
Sounds really good to me.  |
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Post by LordofSyn on Jun 17, 2012 22:46:15 GMT -5
Make it so! sorry, just always wanted to be able to say that.  |
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Post by nemesis on Jun 18, 2012 23:32:32 GMT -5
interesting point. maybe some type of formula that factors in: - value of gear - offensive factor (weapon damage + obvious skills + armor + etc) - reputation / hated / wanted / banned - current wounds - how many friends - sector rumors - game diff that could create a blended, balance-ready equation that would let us build up something better than "$100" But what if you were decked in the best gear? Shouldn't that scare of most gangers because you might be a corp street samurai that they don't want to mess with? I believe sector increase is more feasible. The higher the cost of living, the higher you need to pay ;D As for concealed weapons, I believe that should affect security check points and not bribery events. If you have cannons on you, the fuzz would really want to talk to you |
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Post by crosaith on Jun 23, 2012 23:24:00 GMT -5
On the other hand, the reverse should be possible as well.. I wouldn't mind releiving gangers/rich citizens of some their valuable $$/items/equipment. ^^
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