And you build amazing characters as well. I am very thankful for this build. It is awesome. Do you have any amazing Weapons Specialist builds also?
Flattery works.
Note Weapon Specialist is hard as there are 5 weapon skills. Firearms, Close Combat, Athletics, Exotic Weapons and Engineering. There is quite a bit of overlap in those skills. This particular build went with Dakka-Dakka primary and some Exotic weapons for special occasions. But there are a bunch of ways for this build to go, depending on what your vision of "Weapon Specialist" is. This particular character will also handle physical B&E fairly well, and 6 dice of Fast Talk isn't terrible for this edition.
5 Edge will let you start a combat with the Anticipate Edge action so you can literally put a round into every opponent you can see on your first action.
Exotic Weapon, is a little goofy as you can only start with one Specialization in a skill normally, but the Exotic Weapon Skill specifically mentions it's an exception to having only one Specialization, presumably that applies at char gen but check with your GM.
Dwarf Weapon Specialist (Dwarf chosen randomly, any Metatype will do)
Metatype D - 4 points all spent on Edge
Attributes A - 24 Points
Skills C - 20 Points
Magic E - Mundane
Resources B - 275000 Nuyen.
S 1 (5)
A 6 (10)
R 4 (7)
B 5
I 5
L 5
C 3
W 3
Edge 5
Magic 0
Essence 0.31
Exotic Weapons 5
Perception 1 (Purchased for 5 Karma)
Firearms 6
Athletics 5
Stealth 4
Engineering 1 (Purchased for 5 Karma)
Con 1 (Purchased for 5 Karma)
Electronics 1 (Purchased for 5 Karma)
Close Combat 1 (Purchased for 5 Karma)
Specializations Purchased at 5 Karma Each
Firearms - Automatics
Athletics - Archery
Con - Fastalk
Stealth - Sneak
Engineering - Lockpicking
Perception - Visual
Exotic Weapon Monowhip
Exotic Weapon Grenade Launcher
Qualities
Need 15 Karma of Negative Qualities or drop some skills/Specializations
Augment Rating
Bone Density 4 Alpha Grade
Muscle Replace 4 Used Grade
Synap 3 Used Grade
48,500 Nuyen left for whatever. If you need more take the Bad Debit Quality and pick up some more Negative Qualities and spend Karma for Nuyen.