The Broken Parts - Must Fix/Wishlist

[aegisflashfire]

So thinking about 2nd Ed R&E vs new editions and consolidated rulesets, I'm curious what people see RAW which are broken, what needs tweaking, and/or clarification, and what people wish they could change.

Lets break feedback into things that would be more errata and/or clarification type stuff, and things that can only really be fixed by changing mechanics. That includes game balance, places where this is no rule or existing rules are insufficient, etc.
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[aegisflashfire]

answering my own question:


Hypothetical 2.5 Version
-Clarification on doubling/addition rules (do pips from multiple sources convert to dice?)
-Skill List Tweaks (Jet/Rocket pack operation, too many Gunnery skills, discarding unused skills)
-Quick-draw rules clarification
-Free Actions clarification
-Clarify multiple action penalty in the 1d+2->-1d+2 range
-Consolidation of Cybernetics from 1.0/Craken's
-Missing Force powers (Force Push, Force Jump, Rapid Movement all clearly demonstrated in movies)


Hypothetical 3.0 Version
-Lack of Stun/knockout damage in hand-to-hand
-Combat Order/speed tweeks
-Skill List Revamp
-High End dominiance of Jedi
-Jedi powers bloat, possible conversion to single Force attribute
-Lack of balancing on alien special abilities/attributes (ex. Noghri, Verpine)
-Spending Character Points vs Luck or other mechanism
-Dark Side point clarification/cleanup
-Wild Die behavior
-Clarify shield mechanics
-Other shipboard actions for non-pilots, making ship combat more team effort
-Hit Location specific Damage
-Expanded damage tables for vehicle/creature types
-Revise combat sequences completly
-Missing Force powers (Force Push, Force Jump, Rapid Movement+ EU powers. Shatterpoint, telekinetic lightsaber wielding, beast taming,)
-Change armor mechanics to reduce dice rolled
-Change armor damage mechanic (why does high str help your armor not get damaged?)
-Perk/disadvantage system
-Revamp Ion damage Rules



OPTIONAL MECHANICS
Strafing
Zone denial
Expanded Medical
Martial Arts
Drugs
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[Barrataria]

I've ditched specializations in my games and found it helps a lot with skill bloat. Not sure if that's what you have in mind for "character points v. luck attribute", but I've handed out fewer CP too and I think it would help over time reduce the numbers of superhero characters you have to manage.
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[garhkal]

To add my own..

First aid. Can someone do a reaction while performing it
Ship combat, do the gunners get a penalty to hit when the pilot of the ship they are ON does a full dodge?
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[aegisflashfire]

Ship movement
Example: Spaceships can turn unlimited, but can only increase/decrease their speed one step per turn. RAW a ship can be moving almost all out but just travel in a very tight circle and not actually move anywhere.
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[Lane Arroway]

I thought quick-draw rules were pretty simply. Check out Han Solo and the Corporate Sector book.

Force Push and Force Jump could be clever applications of Telekinesis.

garhkal wrote:

[garhkal]

Well, as shown in the thread i made asking about it, the skill itself only allows you to partake in free actions, Not reactions as it is a full round skill use.
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