[Bull]

I miss Dikoting...  *sigh*

[CanRay]

I miss Dikoting...  *sigh*

  At least you got to play with it.   

[snowRaven]

I miss Dikoting...  *sigh*

Write a proposition and convince Jason to add it to 'State of the Art' 

[CanRay]

"Recovered Technology lost in Crash 2.0", easy enough to explain where it went. 

[Bull]

I was actually looking at Dikoting as something to write up for the 1st issue of the Dumpshock Datahaven, and I talked with a few folks about it back then.

Mechanically, Dikoting became a problem due to the much narrower definitions of damage codes.  Dikoting was cool, but it didn't provide a massive bonus in SR2/3.  Now though, a +1 to DV is huge.  It just doesn't fit as well into the current iteration of the rules, sadly.

Unofficially, the explanation I give is that Dikoting has become superfluous  Modern techniques at metalcrafting have made weapons and armor innately stronger, and while you can still spend the nuyen to Dikote something, it doesn't actually improve it any because the material is already at the Dikote level.  All Dikote really does now is "bling it up".

Bull

[CanRay]

Great, now I picture Rappers Dikoting their teeth...   

[Crimsondude]

Yeah, boyee!

[CanRay]

And now memories of French-Canadian/Quebecois White Rappers is coming to mind...  Remember when MTV/MuchMusic actually played music videos?

[Crimsondude]

MTV has like twelve channels, and most of them do play videos.

Also, there's this thing called YouTube now.


That said, I hate Snow because a) he sucked, and b) my decision not to stare intently at some girls jiggling their asses onscreen actually prompted some jackass to call me gay. Good times.

[wizard_of_ozzy]

MTV has like twelve channels, and most of them do play videos.

Also, there's this thing called YouTube now.


That said, I hate Snow because a) he sucked, and b) my decision not to stare intently at some girls jiggling their asses onscreen actually prompted some jackass to call me gay. Good times.

In the 90s, if you didn't think about sports and T&A 24/7 you were gay. Now, you're only called gay if you like teen vampire movies.

[CanRay]

"Those aren't vampires.  Those are...  Doucebags." - Dean Winchester

[DarkLloyd]

"Those aren't vampires.  Those are...  Doucebags." - Dean Winchester

And you sir get a +1.

[CitizenJoe]

They actually make more sense if they are unseelie fae.

[CanRay]

They actually make more sense if they are unseelie fae.

They make better sense if COVERED IN NAPALM!

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

Mechanically, Dikoting became a problem due to the much narrower definitions of damage codes.  Dikoting was cool, but it didn't provide a massive bonus in SR2/3.  Now though, a +1 to DV is huge.  It just doesn't fit as well into the current iteration of the rules, sadly.

That makes sense if there's nothing else comparable, but -- like with the original Dikote -- there is: APDS / AV rounds.  My interpretation would simply be that a) dikote adds +1 Impact only to armor with ceramic plates (i.e. you're dikoting the plating), and b) adds the 'Anti-Vehicular' characteristic (-4 AP vs. people, -6 AP vs. vehicles and barriers) to a ceramic or high-temperature metal (steel, titanium) edged melee, thrown, or projectile (as in arrows/bolts) weapon.  It cannot be added to any sort of high-speed projectile, such as firearm/gunpowder ammunition or gauss rifle ammunition; get AV rounds if you want that.