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Let's be real. You really can't "Out Tech" the Force. Full stop. So guys. Gals. Please. Stop writing that into your tech subs. Lulz. Because I see some of ya'll try and do this every month and it's really, really sad. Hamarbe sad, kay.
To start. Let's talk PvP real quick.
Next. Let's talk about character skill-sets and weaknesses.
In truth. Everything kills a FU just fine. Sub a rock for all I care. Because no tech sub will ever stop the Force and the almighty LOL-dodge. So get used it. Instead. PvP with awesome people and, for the love of Harrison Ford, stop writing tech subs labeled 'Dis works against Jedi'. ...Ugh. Because it don't. Because it do.
Cheers. :D :p
To start. Let's talk PvP real quick.
During a duel. Taking damage has more to do with being polite as a FU than it does about actually ever being in harm's way. Using the Force you can block, riposte, deflect, freeze, blink, zip, zap, zop, or absorb just about any anti-personnel attack aimed at you. Be it blaster, slug, flechette, flame, cryo, ion, shrapnel, grenade, rocket, missile, sonic, fart, insult, offensive gesture, etc. Yep... The Force can easily do all these things. And more. Especially at Knight or Master level. There is no 'special' design. There is no 'uber' plot device that perfectly overcomes the handwavium of George Lucas' omni-magic. The Force can beat anything. (I'm looking at you Vong lovers.) Taking damage during PvP is more about being a polite and game-aware roleplayer, than it ever was about out-teching Space Magic. Just ask the guys at Lucas Publishing when they were designing every novel bad guy. Ever. (AKA The Force is OP.)
Next. Let's talk about character skill-sets and weaknesses.
FU have weaknesses. Lots of em'. Not every Jedi can summon a shield against a baradium grenade and not ever Sith is immune to the physical pain from a gun shot wound. There are a dozen references throughout the Extended Universe of books, comics, video games, etc. That give Jedi and Sith many troubling ways to die. Luke Skywalker himself was tazzed in the chest by Talon Kaarde, fell down a hole at Jabba the Hutt's palace, was wrapped up in a cord by Boba Fett in the desert, and lost his entire Jedi school to some dork named Kylo Ren. Heck, if you've played SW Battlefront much this month? You've probably killed Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader a dozen times yourself anyway. Trust me. There are plenty of ways to kill a FU in canon. Even a good old blaster to the face works when their danger-sense is elsewhere. So a better way to plan your tech is not about out-smarting the Force. Bleh. No. It's about tailoring your PvP skills to leverage against the weaknesses of the other character in front of you. Weaknesses, of which every FU has a dozen of. (Unless you've played The Force Unleashed. Huehuehue.)
Lastly. The LOL-dodge.
Yes. I know. FUs will LOL-dodge. Everyone does it. The three easiest steps to messing up good PvP. (And we've all been there.) The FU will: Sense It --> Dodge It --> Ignore it. And then probably move on to laser sword your abdomen in their next sentence too. Because that's how plot armor and being a badazz is supposed to work. Just like Spider Man right? Heck. It's probably why so many of our characters survive PvE threads too. Sense it, dodge it, ignore it. It's how many of us have kept our PCs alive this long anyway. ...And no. You cannot Out-Tech the LOL-dodge either. The LOL-dodge is God. The LOL-dodge is Life. You get used to it, PM them, or just bring more ammo. The LOL-dodge is here to stay. That's just life.
In conclusion. If you Tech Sub has the written bias of: This works great against FUs! ...No. No it doesn't. Stop. Sthawp. Look... Space Magic beats anything. Anything. Really. It's the clever application of team-work, improvisation, slight-of-hand, and general writing skill of the author that leverages the other character in PvP. Your gun/grenade/ysalamir-bubble/blahblahbalh-uber-tech is just one of an endless combination of physical tools and trades that can help you as a writer get there. Don't trust your gear. Trust your keyboard. Cause that's what will get ya there. You.
In truth. Everything kills a FU just fine. Sub a rock for all I care. Because no tech sub will ever stop the Force and the almighty LOL-dodge. So get used it. Instead. PvP with awesome people and, for the love of Harrison Ford, stop writing tech subs labeled 'Dis works against Jedi'. ...Ugh. Because it don't. Because it do.
Cheers. :D :p