[CanRay]

And now I'm picturing a DeLorean that's had its exterior dikoted.

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

Expensive at 1¥ per square centimeter.

[Mirikon]

I'm picturing getting my vibroblade sword dikoted.

[Sichr]

"You may call me Dickoted, plasma heat always makes me feel like a real man..."

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

I'm picturing getting my vibroblade sword dikoted.

Perhaps it might be best to add that it can't enhance a highly-technologically-modified weapon -- vibro weapons, monofilament weapons, Cougar Fine Blades, and the Victorinox Memory Blade would all be good examples --  specifically because their technologies negate (or are negated by) the others.  You cannot, after all, get a monofilament vibro memory sword...

[Mirikon]

I'm picturing getting my vibroblade sword dikoted.

Perhaps it might be best to add that it can't enhance a highly-technologically-modified weapon -- vibro weapons, monofilament weapons, Cougar Fine Blades, and the Victorinox Memory Blade would all be good examples --  specifically because their technologies negate (or are negated by) the others.  You cannot, after all, get a monofilament vibro memory sword...

Why not? Just because it hasn't been done yet doesn't mean it couldn't be done.

[CitizenJoe]

Dikoting a monowire makes it A) thicker and thus loses its cutting ability, B) rigid so it can't coil up, C) disintegrates the monowire in the dikoting process.

Dikoting a vibrosword works for a while but the vibration causes A) delamination of the dikote and B) stress fractures in the dikote crystaline structure.  Both of which cause the dikoting to fail and slough off.  Neither of which is covered by the warranty.

Dikoting a memory blade has similar problems to monowire.  A) makes the blade rigid B) dikote process ruins the temper of the memory blade

The Cougar blades already have the same effects of dikoting.  Assuming you can even get dikoting to stick to the molecularly bonded edge, I think that it would only make it less dull.

[DarkLloyd]

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.

I like this idea, I gonna snatch it and show it to my GM's. I know one loved Dikote so he will probably go for this.  +1 for nostaligias sake.

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

Dikoting a ...

Well put, all around.  +1.

As well --

Vibrating a monoblade does nothing, just wiggles it up and down; it's already doing that.

Putting a monomolecular edge on a vibroblade means that your serrated edge is now sharp in the wrong direction.

Etc. etc. etc.

Look, you can do it in your game.  Expect every other GM in the world to thwap you with a carp.

[Wakshaani]

Of course, there's also the notion of armor vs armor-piercing, an ever-evolving war of SOTA.

Which is where I plug my Drekky Ammo again.

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

Drekky Ammo?  You mean ammo that makes you ...


Gives whole new meaning to the phrase 'in the brown' ...

[Wakshaani]

Hah! No, no, just ammo that's fallen two steps behind SOTA, so much so that it's considered near-useless for 'real' use. They're tsill real bullets, just with horrible armor penetration, so mainly picked up for cheap target practice, popping Devil Rats, and so on.

[CanRay]

Jamming your firearm up with dirty powder.

[CitizenJoe]

Sounds like you need to start turning armor into a weakness. 
Fun fact: Armor doesn't protect you when you fall off a building.
Fun fact: Explosions inside armor tend to keep the explosion contained
Fun fact: This isn't a pistol, it's a laser designator...

[CanRay]

Fun fact:  If you duct tape a grenade to a guy's mouth, armor don't help that, either.