Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Decking Breakdown (Programs, ESPs, Combat)

[@TheCrimsonRevenger]

Fun fact. In the tabletop Cyberpunk 2020 rpg netrunning works EXACTLY like this. Deck-based performace. Attack and defense Programs. Daemons(summons). And the ability for ten " rounds" to happen in netspace for every one round in meatspace. They changed netrunning pretty dramatically for 2077 and used the rache bartmoss netcrash to explain it

[@SlanderedGaming]

Oh wow interesting.

[@phantomvulpe791]

Killer, suppression, medic, shield are my go to loadout for decker runs. Assassin and the esp that can buff you are life savers

[@alex-uw4mm]

in SR hong kong they changed up decking, giving it a stealth aspect

[@phantomvulpe791]

It's a bit difficult to stay hidden too cause depending on the area you can be caught in tight areas.

[@garyb9167]

Thank you for the video

[@SlanderedGaming]

Thanks for watching!

[@garyb9167]

@@SlanderedGaming Reminds me why I always liked phyical games for the manual.

[@robertmarquez343]

👍

[@TheCrimsonRevenger]

One of the games i simply have to cheat because you NEED a decker and blitz is obnoxious AF. So ill cheat just enough karma to let my main character handle decking in addition to his main role

[@SlanderedGaming]

Yeah it's a little irritating.

[@InternetSupervillain]

Such a cool setting. Too bad Shadowrun games didn't have a bigger budget. Honestly I would've preferred a triple A Shadowrun to Cyberpunk; and that's saying something...in late 2022 I'd say Cyberpunk ended up living up to the hype.

[@SlanderedGaming]

I played Cyberpunk at launch but really looking forward to revisiting it.

[@moonlight2870]

Can't wait for you to play hong kong lol

[@jmmywyf4lyf]

I honestly felt like Hong Kong was the weakest one. Not a bad game, but just seemed like it was weakest. Cyberware for example, used to lower essence. But in HK, you could equip a bunch of cyberware, and not worry about essense. Leylines felt less, summons were rare, and cover temained broken but somehow felt less functional. And I felt like the decking minigame was ruined. It was just another version of normal combat

[@moonlight2870]

@@jmmywyf4lyf Hong Kong was certainly worse than Dragonfall but leagues better than Returns. The decking in Hong Kong was bad, the whole stealth thing was pointless. Byt cyber affinity abd cyber weapons were amazing. Summons were already shit in Dragonfall anyway, at least gobbet in Hong Kong made sure they wouldn't break free for 3 turns, which made them actually useful for a change. I don't give a damn about leylines or essence anyway, so I don't know what you mean. But it certainly has some cool options, like the elemental swords for chi casting, for example.

[@jmmywyf4lyf]

@@moonlight2870 Summoner was my favorite class. In Hong Kong, you were MAYBE allowed 2 summons per mission.. or, you had to buy extremely expensive single use summons. Yes, the cyberware was awesome. But they changed its function. The more implants, the less essence/humanity. You couldnt be a caster, and have tons of implants. In HK, they allowed you to have it all. So you just blanket bought all cyberware, without a second thought.. cyberware is awesome for melee/ranged classes. But isnt supposed to be used for caster classes. I didnt say it was bad, but I only played HK twice, because i just didnt find it nearly as good as the predecessors. Dragonfall>Returns>Hong Kong imo.

[@mtaur4113]

I found decking so tedious and distracting. Really wish they could just do it on autopilot for X turns depending on skill level and gear or whatever. I didn't run into problems exactly, but it was just soooo distracting and uninteractive with 90% of the game.

[@SlanderedGaming]

I didn't find it to be an issue in this game but in Hong Kong....YIKES.

[@mtaur4113]

@@SlanderedGaming I wasn't having a hard time, but I felt like it was getting in the way. It was Inception-y in a really boring and filler-ish sort of way. I'll take this as a warning not to install Hong Kong though, even if it was in the bundle on sale back in the day... oof.

[@ThisShowStinks]

Excellent tutorial!!! Thank you!

[@SlanderedGaming]

My pleasure!

[@SCARaw]

hey

[@SlanderedGaming]

Sup? :)