Bioplug on/off

Jarik always had a bioplug, and he’s arguably the most successful bounty hunter of this TL.

Just remember to keep your shit holstered unless you need it.

A little management can go a long way.

Ironically I stopped hating my bioplug when I discovered it would automatically recharge my datapad, still maybe we could add a flimsiplast to the cyber vendor that said "Owner’s Manual" or something like that that detailed what each cyber does.

I liked that TL where at the beginning there were no cybernetics and that the clan’s had to invent them, I think that should be givin another try.

LOL how can you claim flimisplast doesn’t exist, it’s just plastic paper, I’ve seen a bunch of items in game like the list of parts Jorek gives you for the fusion cutter quest that are either presumably written on paper or flimsiplast. And I think that the non-stat cybers like oxygen, immune and bioplug could DEFINITELY use an explanation as it’s not clear, even to those of us who are not mentally deficient, what exactly it is these items do.

While I disagree with RJ’s "Experienced players will know better," I have to say if you don’t know… ask around.

The main problem really is the fact that lets face it the main cybers that are mentioned and most commonly used are the +stat ones, which are purely positive impact for character, then looking at the other cybers, one would think that it’s fair to assume that other cybers would also have a positive impact for your char. So, why would anyone think otherwise for the other cybers?

Infact, I do remember asking someone what bioplug did ICly, and the reply was along the lines of "It can recharge your close combat weapons using your body’s natural energy resources.". So, really… that gave no indication of how crippling this cyber could be. I know people can make do with it, as I currently am, but if I could, I’d have it taken out in a heartbeat. It is that horrible.

What if you dont ask around, or find communication hard? I have always played each character like I don’t know everything the other characters know. If my fighter knows all this stuff about cybers, my engineer isn’t going to know until someone teaches him. I try to roleplay everything out with each character because what happens on the way to finding things out is what makes RP’ing fun. I think there should be a manual or something written up IC. Of course you could make a PC Shop and sell cybernetics with a datadisk that is a Manual. Have all the IC information your character has discovered on the datadisk. Have it purchaseable for a certain amount of credits.

RJ, As I said in my post above, I did ask ICly and the response I got didn’t indicate anything negative, so short of asking what it does OOCly (which is probably what I should have done considering the fact that it gimps your char, hindsight’s a bitch.). Fact is, that when asking, information you’re given isn’t always the whole picture and can quite often be false, so telling people to ask things they don’t know about is pretty redundant.

I agree with the suggestions above about a User’s Manual on a message disk at Cyber vendors, that would be a good thing, so long as it has a warning to weigh up the decision before purchase too, as that would definately make the decision not so cut and dry for most new characters.

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interesting places for you to visit and familiarize yourself with. Exploring is
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our players have spent countless hours going through our planets carefully,
finding all the cool little secrets that it has to offer. Most of the areas
have things in them that are not Immediately visible and take some looking and
exploring to find. The idea of this mud is not to ask people for the exact
location of some object or item. If you do not try to find anything on your
own, not only do you insult the work and effort that the coders put into the
area, but also all those players before you who did take the time to fully
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Tatooine and look around there for it. Do not walk into three rooms, say "I
can’t find it" and ask people for it. By exploring, you can learn more of the
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While this file does not say "What an item does" I think it carry’s same meaning for what an item does.