Change Errata

in Cyberpunk 2060

The complete list of all changes from base Cyberpunk Red to 2060.

 

Weapon Overhaul

The prior weapon categories were Medium Handgun, Heavy Handgun, Very Heavy Handgun, SMG, Heavy SMG, Shotgun, Assault Rifle, Sniper Rifle, Grenade Launcher, and Rocket Launcher.   The new weapon categories are Medium Handgun, Heavy Handgun, Very Heavy Handgun, SMG, Heavy SMG, Shotgun, Assault Rifle, Designated Marksman Rifle, Light Machine Gun, Heavy Machine Gun, Sniper Rifle, Grenade Launcher, and Rocket Launcher. Some of the weapons in these categories were designed to be used in emplacements or on vehicles, and require great strength to carry and use without.   To explain these changes, there are players who prefer Designated Marksmen Rifles (DMR). These weapons are already popular in civilian and military use today- and makes sense that they would still be used in the future. Especially due to their efficiency with ammunition. These weapons will still do 5d6 like the AR, though will not be able to use autofire. Instead they have a passive ability which makes aimed shots a -6 to the attack check rather than a -8.   Light Machine Guns (LMG) are a strange choice for the game to omit. The standard lore reason is due to the 4th corporate war that supplies between the largest corporations were highly used causing ammunition shortages for civilians. Meaning things like LMGs were a thing of the past and no longer made- which is a weak reason to me. As SMGs are still a thing, and generally about as inefficient with ammunition as LMGs are. Besides that, they still use AR ammunition. They have