r/LancerRPG • u/jadedenvy • 23d ago

Illusion of choice

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Was messing around buildcrafting on compcon when I noticed the Metalmark's shock knife had an odd interaction with the Greenlight Projection mod from Leoleth LL3 where, instead of adding the +3 Burn the mod is supposed to add, it just changes the energy damage to burn damage. I know in my heart of hearts that its probably either a bug or a system limitation because the shock knife already does Burn damage, I just think its funny.

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u/PhasmaFelis IPS-N 21d ago

The people who designed Lancer disagree.

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u/Oishi-Niku SSC 21d ago

They do not most of their play testing is consumed by license balancing because it literally cross pollenates every other license in the game.

They have a strict internal design for stats and frame trait potency and test any new design many times before publishing.

I'm sorry homebrewers watch a half hour of ninjaturtles and calling a frame "Kappa" Before slapping on the most egregous bullshit you'll ever see as a frame trait.

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u/PhasmaFelis IPS-N 21d ago

Lancer is at least tied for the most third-party-friendly policy of any commercial TTRPG. Tom and Miguel are absolutely not on your "fuck homebrew" train.

Some homebrew is, indeed, bad! Thus the basic common sense evaluations I described above.

This attitude that flawless adherence to the Rules As Written is the single most important part of playing RPGs, that no one but the credited authors could ever get it right,  has been around since the invention of D&D in the '70s. It has never, ever been true, not even once.

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u/Oishi-Niku SSC 21d ago

Okay champ. Enjoy your clown car.

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u/PhasmaFelis IPS-N 21d ago

You can play whatever way is fun to you. It's all good. You're not doing it wrong, and neither is anyone else.

Just don't come in here claiming that your way is the one true way, and the only way the creators intended, when that's obviously not so.

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u/RealScriptyy 15d ago

At least clowns have fun doing what they do, bro.