Yes, Rigger 5 is one of the better (if not the best) books so far. And thank you Wakshaani for all the work and devotion you show us...
But:
I start reading the book and can find the first glaring error after two sentences (but hey, we all had fun with Fancy Derek, didn't we?^^).
There are missing rules.
There are rules contradicting each other.
There are missing stats.
There are wrong stats.
There are (again) wrongly aligned tables (something you can find by just flipping through the book without knowing anything about the system btw...)
There are inconsistencies between rules and fluff text, inconsistancies between rule texts and rule charts, inconsistencies between different chapters etc.
There's no word on any errata after nearly 3 months...
There's a single freelancer who works hard to explain reasoning and thoughts behind some things in the book (as far as he's allowed to), confirming errors and collecting more errors for future corrections etc...
And (based on this thread and the rigger 5 errata thread) that same person has on occasion:
- commented on errors he already corrected in his submissions before
- talked about rules that should be there but were miraculous cut from the book (how many autosofts can a drone run again?^^)
- refered to core rules that are not in the core book (program ratings are generally limited by device rating? Is there a document including this rule, because it's not in my core book? Is such a document with the complete/corrected rules available for persons working at new books only or could this possibly be worth printing an errata, so people who paid for books could get working rules?)
Again... Rigger 5 is still a far better book than... well... most other sourcebook printed in the last years. (Some of them are waiting for errata for how long again?^^)
There are dozens over dozens of rules and fluff questions in this forum and nearly all of them have one thing in common: Players, who already spend their money on books, spend time to explain rules based on previous editions and consensus reached through forum discussions. Because there's nearly never an official answer. And in the rare cases there is one, it either contradicts itself, the setting, other rules or brings a couple of new questions/inconsistencies.
And now officials here tell us, speaking about "poor quality" is a matter of "personal opinion"?
I don't even know what would make me more sad. You really believing that or being forced to say it because this is an official forum...
Either way, it's insulting.
Insulting to every single person (freelancers included of course) here on the forums, spending days, weeks or even months of their lifetime trying to make a working system out of the mess that gets printed for 5th edition. Just because they love this game...
TL;DR:
Yes, 5th edition is a mess (some books more than others) and unplayable without extensive corrections.
@Players: Get over it... Make your own changes and enjoy your game. There a tons of people here eager to share their insight regarding rules and background. Just don't wait for something official.
@"Officials": Get over it... I really stopped caring if you give us errata'd rules, try to improve future work or just tell us you don't care... But - please, please, pretty please - don't lie to us. After years of 5th ed. we're used to it. But nobody's stupid enough to believe everything's fine and works as intended anymore...
