Re: OOC
Understandable about how whether or not electric shock counts under too fancy or not is hard to figure. Went with shocky due to its effectiveness, fact it would be melee only (well, as far as firing grapple hooks could be considered melee when used like that) and the fact it wouldn't require 'ammo'. Well, unless all those roboticized bits so common really did need an external power source and Bunny uncle chuck are just going to fall over soon. The interesting idea of making a lance with a car battery taped to it once came to mind, but thats just silly. As for the PvP example, understand the basic reasoning, but if I had no electricity, I'd make like Wile E Coyote and drop an anvil on him...okay, wrong cartoon. But the point is Joe would attempt to make use of whatever was on hand that wouldn't just be a blatant case of 'your puny sticks and banging rocks together tech level is no match for me' stuff. Flip side of the argument being Joe gets owned because he's up against the terminator without a bazooka and just a sharp stick? While know you're good about not blatantly dooming us and such, still need to point it out.
Though I'm still not sure of whether or not I should have it. Because as usual I'm stuck between wanting to pull off surviving and manage against anything thrown at me with the basics, (The batman methods as opposed to the rest of the worlds superman methods kind of outlook?)VS not wanting to be doomed because I have just the basics, as opposed to whatever excess is whats actually needed to live against the cooler and more well equipped ones out to kill me.
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The convenient electrical shock function while able to deal with more problematic killer robots by voiding the warranty of their insides after stabbery isn't something he can constantly use. He makes up for this with his preferences towards more old fashioned violence, less old fashioned violence, or really any kind of violence that doesn't make use of his left arm beyond using it like a normal arm, and using the shock methods in short bursts.
Limitations while there, are sort of vague as its not mentioned how often is too often. And it relies mostly on personal preference to use more normal methods than it unless its needed to tone down how often its used than technical limitations, as even a small battery life would = a whole lot of short bursts. But mainly it was vagued up to prevent any instances of 'oh no, I ran out of juice in a bigger life and death situation than usual'. While I know you wouldn't outright doom us, in turn you know how I tend to use this sort of thing on an as needed basis. well, usually.
I suppose the easy out would be to go with the 'improve it later' thing. Sidestepping the fact its been able to make with the shocky ouch since he was a kid with that part being busted at this moment...Or why Joe hasn't fixed it by now...or why Sam doesn't fix it in three minutes after it becomes apparent Joe has a cybernetic limb under that shirt sometime...Who would have thought trying to temporarily disadvantage yourself (compared to the usual robot army wanting you dead disadvantage) would be so hard? And while I survived without the electro shock in the other game, I had a cranky killer cyborg super soldier backing me up. Again I wonder why I keep being so afraid if I'm going overboard everywhere I go. Im practicaly an amish pacifist by comparison acording to my track record.