Re: [HOE] Junker device: MkII custom assault rifle

[Bayushi Arichi <martin_etc@yahoo.com>]

--- doyle erin west <westfam@the-i.net> wrote:
> > Oh, btw, about your tracers, maybe you use tracers differently. If I were
> to
> > play (thus far, I have yet to play a non-con game of HoE, other than
> > marshalling), I'd put my tracers as the last three or so bullets in my gun
> (if
> > rifle; one or two if a pistol, perhaps back to 3 in a Tokarev), so I'd
> know
> > when I'm out of ammo.
> 
> Tracers need to be every few rounds, or you don't get the bonus for them.
> they help guide your fire on full auto.  sort of like trying to hit someone
> with a laser pointer.

Right. The idea here is that my character - "I" - know when I'm running out of
ammo. Hmm... that last round was orange. I have two shots, so I need to use
them to get to cover so I can reload.

> > Which reminds me: how do you marshalls handle players always knowing when
> > they're out of ammo? I can understand the 3d12 smarts gunfighter being
> able to
> > count shots on full automatic from a gun he's had for ten years, but the
> > average "I was a [censored] accountant before the war" learning how to
> count
> > shots? Well, maybe the accountant.
> >
> > I've always had this problem in character in Weird West. Do I shoot and
> waste
> > an action, knowing I have no bullets left? I could always tell when John
> > Wright's derringer was out of ammo, but Ding Chavez's M-16 rifle?
> >
> 
> well, it helps that the slide locks back after the last round fired on most
> auto's.

And non-autos? 

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