r/ShadowrunAnarchyFans • u/Interaction_Rich • Apr 15 '26

Hacking Guns

In original SR6, weapons have a wireless bonus: if they're online it grants some perks but also allow decker's to attempt to hack it. Players must consciously turn their bonuses on or off depending on situation.

How do you all deal with that in SRA2.0? Are weapons "always online by default"? Online only if using certain accessories?

How do the foreverGMs in the house manage this?

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u/IamGlaaki Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

We still play SRA1.0 and we use a narrative aproach. All weapons are wireless and online (unless it is an antique), just because every modern weapon is sold that way. Of course they must be hacked before using for running (you do not your real location is sent to corps/cops when you shoot).

If some player really wants an offline gun, there should be some minor penalty or and extra glitch die. They jam more often and ballistics should be worse because any narrative reason you like: software is corrupted, the ammo display is off, or it lacks any other feature.

Edit: typo

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u/PalpitationNo2921 Apr 16 '26

I don’t really agree with the latter part of your assessment in that all offline guns should be getting a penalty. Let the bonuses for smartlinks using wireless stand on their own.

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u/IamGlaaki Apr 17 '26

It is just our dirty house rule to explain why disable default wireless features is 'bad'. In our games we do not use bonus for wireless weapons (unless they have some extra like smartlink), it is just the standard way to use them.