"I shot him in the back ... in the dark ... with a bazooka ... I didn't want to miss..." Ye Gods and Little Fishes! (re: fusion pistols in a narrow sewer).
The "solution" that the players in my campaign developed was to try and avoid gunplay if at all practical. Just like if their own lives were at stake (how many of your friends would START the discussion by pulling out an Uzi and letting fly? Not many, I'd bet, if it was really happening).
Of course, that didn't stop people from being quite devious (and when you have lots of clever players, if they cooperate, they can ALWAYS outhink the referee who is, after all, only one person with less "compute power" available). And now, with at least one character with over 100% (WELL over 100%) in martial-arts/evade, there have been some knock-down-drag-out fights (with this martial artist super-expert). Being able to dance around the blaster bolt makes the use of such weapons ... something more of an option. (And yes, I acknowledge that dodging blaster/laser fire, just like dodging bullets is highly unrealistic ... but FUN!)
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Re: My experience
Date: 2010-12-22 07:39 pm (UTC)The "solution" that the players in my campaign developed was to try and avoid gunplay if at all practical. Just like if their own lives were at stake (how many of your friends would START the discussion by pulling out an Uzi and letting fly? Not many, I'd bet, if it was really happening).
Of course, that didn't stop people from being quite devious (and when you have lots of clever players, if they cooperate, they can ALWAYS outhink the referee who is, after all, only one person with less "compute power" available). And now, with at least one character with over 100% (WELL over 100%) in martial-arts/evade, there have been some knock-down-drag-out fights (with this martial artist super-expert). Being able to dance around the blaster bolt makes the use of such weapons ... something more of an option. (And yes, I acknowledge that dodging blaster/laser fire, just like dodging bullets is highly unrealistic ... but FUN!)