Speaking of. How does that work. You get a skillware with 100 cap, and then you can put in three skillsofts with 40 points each. There's always extra 20 points if you want to use the whole Skillware capacity.

So far, the idea we had was to think of em as bars which you could tune between 0-40. So potentially you could have a skill at 100 by taking same skill 3 times (40+40+20). Or something like five skillsofts set at 20, and when one is lost, the others can go up as the player wants within the 100 point limit (they are software after all).

There has been some discussions as to how skillsofts should work on these forums. Unfortunately, the core rules don't account for everything regarding skillsofts, hence why this topic seems to come up again and again. I happen to use the following house rules (avoid these problems at the gaming table): Skillsofts replace the rating of existing skills. They do not stack with existing skills or aptitudes. So you can't get a skill rating of 60 because you are using a 40 skillsoft with a 20 linked aptitude. You get a rating of 40 in that skill because skillsofts are a whole package deals. They replace your existing skill rating while in effect. Skillsofts are usually ranked at 40. They can come in smaller ratings, or can down scale from higher ratings to function at lower ratings so they can fit into crowded volumes of skillware. Dangerous skillsofts do exist (often 60 or higher), but they often suffer defects (like implanting behaviors, not just skills, while in use). Skillsofts can be swapped quickly, quickly changing which ones are active and at what ratings. This change may happen once per turn, at the beginning of a character's turn. This is a quick action.

might be if the only place to store skillsofts is in skillware...??? now as for knowledge SS... you should be able to carry around a wiki/the mesh is at your fingertips in your head wherever you go. even gatecrashers take chunks of knowledge with them.

DivineWrath wrote:

However, digital egos can be loaded and activated from inactive states quickly, and egos residing in cyberbrains can also be swapped out quickly. One could argue that its better to use a cyberbrain and bring a few friends with you (friends with skills higher than 40), than to use skillware and skillsofts.

I'm not sure that's a very good solution. Every time you're swapping egos in and out of that cyberbrain, you're going to be making integration and alienation tests for whichever is currently active, which risks putting them on the fast track to a spiralling descent into madness... and if you're constantly loading inactive states, Continuity tests enter into it too.

At 40 cap that can never be improved, players saw it as a waste of points, I do too generally.