Based on: a second set of personal epiphanies, re-reading rule books, reading the wiki, and indirectly receiving a second set of advice, I have come to the conclusion that I need to rethink everything I know about character creation. I have compiled a list of general rules for character creation. If you disagree with something or if there is something you think I should add, then let me know. Also, note that this list has contradictions within itself. [list] [*]Always have fray [*]Always have perception [*]Always have some networking [*]Keep aptitudes between 10-20 due to fork and morph modifiers [*]Everything is easier when it is divisable by 5 [*]Due to ego casting and software depreciation (it gets outdated), don't buy credits [*]Do not spend too much CP on starting morphs unless there is not much ego casting [*]SOM is not that useful [*]INT and REF determine intuition [*]WIL is pretty important [*]Specializations are 10 for 5 [*]Keep infrequent background skills or skills you can take time on at 40 [*]Keep useful but not critical skills at 60 [*]Having skills above 60 is wasteful [*]Have a few skills, 3-5, at 70-80 to be your core specialties [*]Social engineers are very useful [*]Hackers should always have Infosec [*]Hackers should always have programming [*]Hackers should always have interfacing [*]Having a Skill of 90 is very wasteful [*]Hackers should have a infosec Skill of 80-90 (Transhuman page 114) [*]Get as much rep in character creation as possible [*]Get rep in Autonomist, Guanxi, and/or Civicnet for morph brokerage and gear [/list]