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ManDrake13 wrote:I don't know that this topic has been specifically covered, but I think the adults have reached a general consensus that Kevin and Crew went back through the book before publishing and changed a bunch of stuff without updating all the related fluff text to make the game more high powered. So a lot of units that were never intended to have Splicer or Supernatural strength suddenly did, but the steps to actually give them that power were still in there because they were in a different section of the book. It's what has lead to a lot of the arguments on here, depending on which sections of the book you take to heart will determine your view on the game itself. Much like a religious debate it's all a matter of perspective, but a completely fruitless endeavor to embark upon. The original intent of the writer appears to have been to have Gorehounds and Biotics to have normal human style strength, hence the entry under the powers. But I imagine that would have made both completely ineffective against the machine, so I imagine that Kev&Co went in and bumped them up the supernatural/splicer strength respectively and called it a day without realizing that it was discussed elsewhere in the book. A pack master gets on average 57 points a Gorehound to start, so I imagine that the decision to make them a machine fighter rather than a scout was going to be a critical decision originally and take the bulk of their BIO-E if they went that route. Instead, they now get that and more for free. It sort of changes the nature of the game and the Gorehound itself. So ultimately it's up to you how you decide to fix the last minute editing mistake. If you're a power gamer and must have unlimited power at no cost run with the Kev&Co rules. If your a little more cerebral and game for the challenge go with the original rules. Basically you get two games in one and you get to pick which you like better.

The Baron of chaos wrote:Yeah but take in mind even the weakest machine bot got hekkuva lot of MDC. Sincerely having normal human strenght woudl not make so much sense, at least with such high cost for splicer strenght(50 bio-e? Are you joking?). Considering that Gorehoud and Biotic . from what it look, are not long rang efighter but muhc more versed for hand to hand combat, and considering that melee weapons does not get upgrade dislike long rang ewapons, you see a bit more strenght should be added. An another note. Built in melee weapon doe snot get any special effect apart ebing MDC. How should the inflci MDC damage wihotu an MDC strenght behind? From what I know if I've a club made of MDC material I could parry MDC melee attack but unless i got Megadamage strenght I cannot do any megadamage at all. So unless the Melee weapons of the splcier are vibroblades I see no way they coudl inflict MDC wihtout Megadamge strenght.

The Baron of chaos wrote:And i'm still of my opinion thatSplicer would have worked much more smoothly as SDC setting.

The Baron of chaos wrote:Beliefe suspension goes only so far, dude. This would have wokred if i never played a Palladium RPG before. but being a Rifts croonies for long time, well. somethings just does not make sense. No surprise kevin decided to change some things.
And i'm still of my opinion thatSplicer would have worked much more smoothly as SDC setting.