Re: [HOE] Pricing...

[Pat Gamblin <shosuro@nbnet.nb.ca>]

>That's one thing that has bugged me about HOE is that the Tech is not very 
>futuristic. Look at the bleeding edge guns today, 50-120 round clips, 
>emptied in under 1 seconed, with thermal imaging, recoil supression, gun 
>cameras, and communications links built in.

Me too. A lot of the history and technology for the game seems more set in 
the late 1990's than the late 2070's-2081. I can understand how normal 
'slugthrowers' would still be the most common, as higher-tech weapons are 
more likely to break down over time, especially after an apocalypse. But 
there should still be a laser rifle or two around, or a higher-tech assault 
rifle (like the new over-under combo rifle the army's working on). They do 
have railguns and a particle beam (I think. The one that detonates if 
charged too long). but I get more of a 1990s feel from the books than 2090s.

Marshall Paddy