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[SR5] Gimme back sport rifles!

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Bonx

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« on: <08-19-13/1758:03> »
The category of Sport Rifle disappeared with the 5th edition but there was nothing wrong with this category. I quit don't agree that they are similar to sniper rifles and should be treated as such. I found them good to equip civilians from the country side and critters hunters. Nice long distance tools without the over-serious looks of sniper rifles (with even a tasty Old Wild West touch when you wear a long coat).

I would have like an additional category instead - anti-material rifles - to break the sky limit of 1'500 meters range.

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sylanna

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« Reply #1 on: <08-19-13/1807:28> »
They still exist. The Remington 950 and the Ruger 101 are sport/hunting rifles.
They are weaker than actual sniper rifles, but aren't forbidden.
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« Reply #2 on: <08-19-13/1847:02> »
Basically they merged the two categories but they're still treated as significantly different both legally and in stats. As upside you now can take Specialization Sniper Rifles and cover both Sport and Sniper Rifles, and it's only 1 range category now, not two.
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« Reply #3 on: <08-19-13/2013:40> »
Sporting rifles got a boost in stats, i.e. longer ranges. If it feels better, rename the "sniper rifle" category something else and that would probably solve the dilemma. The difference the book makes is between Availability F and R.
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« Reply #4 on: <08-19-13/2025:39> »
It probably would have been better to simply call the group Rifles rather than Sniper Rifles.
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« Reply #5 on: <08-19-13/2056:17> »
It probably would have been better to simply call the group Rifles rather than Sniper Rifles.

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« Reply #6 on: <08-19-13/2105:18> »
Other than the existence of Assault Rifles.
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« Reply #7 on: <08-19-13/2120:11> »
Other than the existence of Assault Rifles.

I'd rather see the firearm skills go to the following list:

Pistols
Machine Pistols
Rifles
Shotguns
Assault Rifles
Submachine Guns
Launch Weapons
Heavy Weapons
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« Reply #8 on: <08-19-13/2122:27> »
Honestly I'd just like to see Machine Pistols moved to pistols. At that point I think the division would be just about perfect.

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« Reply #9 on: <08-19-13/2124:16> »
Honestly I'd just like to see Machine Pistols moved to pistols. At that point I think the division would be just about perfect.

Nah, either their own skill or put with submachine guns. (going by the list I put in the last post)
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« Reply #10 on: <08-19-13/2200:39> »
Hang on... are we talking 7 seperate skills here?

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« Reply #11 on: <08-19-13/2204:35> »
Hang on... are we talking 7 seperate skills here?

And? That is remarkably similar to the firearm skill list from SR3, and it actually worked very well. The only problem SR3 really had that I noticed was that the Matrix made SR4 look like tiddlywinks and attributes were nigh-worthless apart from a few derived things.
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« Reply #12 on: <08-19-13/2228:20> »
Hang on... are we talking 7 seperate skills here?
And?
For starters, "Pistols" still consists of Tasers, Hold-Outs, Light Pistols and Heavy Pistols, while Automatics has been split into its 3 non-implant specialization, making each skill too narrow and leaving no specializations to be had unless you artificially create new ones. EDIT: The same goes for Shotguns. As for Shotguns, they would either be part of Rifles (in which case why not keep the Longarms name?) or Heavy Weapons (which makes Rifles less fun to have since Longarms currently allows you to bring a less-likely-to-raise-eyebrows-than-sport-rifles Shotgun with you on the street). Splitting Heavy Weapons also weakens the skill by reducing it to Assault Cannons and Machine Guns, leaving you a whopping 5 different weapons in the core book. In fact, let's have a look at how many different weapons each skill would allow you to use:
  • Pistols: 17
  • Machine Pistols: 3
  • Rifles: 5
  • Shotguns: 3
  • Assault Rifles: 5
  • Submachine Guns: 6
  • Launch Weapons: 4
  • Heavy Weapons: 5
And then compare this to the regular distribution:
  • Pistols: 17
  • Automatics: 14
  • Longarms: 8
  • Heavy Weapons: 9
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« Reply #13 on: <08-19-13/2235:40> »
List edited (forgot that I believe Shotguns were their own skill as well).

As to the number per skill, oh well. It worked fine, and combining the skills just led to silliness.
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« Reply #14 on: <08-19-13/2247:14> »
Didn't 3rd Edition have this thing where you could default to a related skill instead of just using Attribute - 1? That seems like it might have been important to making something like that work.
All in all, splitting everything except Pistols into a way-less-useful skill for some reason you haven't explained yet (since it's not "so we can call 'Sniper Rifles' 'Rifles' instead") seems like a bad idea.