[Teknodragon]

Been working on a character concept that involves Move By Wire or Skillwires.  However, I have no experience running a character using either.  What's the break-point between using the two approaches?

Thanks, y'all.

[FastJack]

Move-by-Wire integrates Wired Reflexes with Skillwires, it's one of the very first "package" deals in 'ware.

[Bradd]

Speaking of Move-by-Wire: Does it give you +2 Reaction per rating, or +2 Reaction total? The wording is ambiguous.

[FastJack]

+2 per point of rating.

[etherial]

Move-by-Wire integrates Wired Reflexes with Skillwires, it's one of the very first "package" deals in 'ware.

Yanno, I remember SR3's Move-by-Wire being way overrated, but they seem to have fixed that some in SR4.

'Ware	Essence	k￥	Effect
Move-by-Wire	2/3/5	50/85/175	Adds +2 Rea/+1 Dodge/+1 IP per Rating, confers Skillwires Rating 2/4/5.
Skillwires	Rating x 0.2	Rating x 2	May load up to Rating x 2 Activesofts with Rating <= Skillwires' Rating
Wired Reflexes	2/3/5	11/32/100	Adds +1 Rea/+1 IP per Rating

So Move-by-Wire 3 saves 1 essence and costs 65k￥ for +3 Rea, +3 Dodge over Wired 3 + Skillwires 5, though the increased Availability Rating may eat up much of the ￥ savings.

During character creation, without spending on the Restricted Gear Quality, the best you can do is

'Ware	Essence	k￥	Bonus
MBW 1	2	50	+2 Rea, +1 Dodge, +1 IP Skillwires 2
Wired 2 and Skillwires 3	3.6	38	+2 Rea, +2 IP, Skillwires 3

So 12k￥ (2-3 BP), +1 IP, and +1 Skillwires vs. 1.6 Essence and +1 Dodge.

I'd go with Wired and then later upgrade to MBW, though it depends on how tight your BP are.

[Teknodragon]

Thanks for the help; for some reason I just couldn't quite juggle the numbers for a good comparison.

[Dead Monky]

Move-By-Wire seriously creeps out my girlfriend.  She says the idea of constantly twitching and spasming gives her the willies.

[Nomad Zophiel]

Yeah, try one of those electrical ab workout gizmos like Bruce Lee used. It is kind of disturbing to sit there twitching when you're not trying to move.

[Chaemera]

Having a decent amount of experience with epilepsy sufferers, anything where the preferred operational state is one of constant seizures creeps me out beyond belief.

[The_Gun_Nut]

Move-by-wire is supposed to have a cutoff in there preventing the twitching.  The person isn't actually moving until s/he wills it, then they move with inhuman fluidity and precision.

[Dead Monky]

Still kind of creepy.  Any of my people ever run up against someone with move-by-wire they'll probably scream "Kill it with fire!" and try to murder the hell out of the poor bastard.