Unpopular opinion: V should have had a lifepath being part of a pop/rock group.
Unpopular opinion: V should have had a lifepath being part of a pop/rock group.
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Not at all unpopular (I don’t think)
Music is so central to this world, and it’s a shame that we only ever get immersed in it when Kerry is sperging out or Johnny is being a loose cannon.
You can just easily on-road a musician path as you could a corpo. Select NPCs recognize you, special skills checks for cool, add’l dialogue options etc.
And maybe instead of beginning in a Megatower apartment, start with your home base in a tour bus?
Totally.
Just wish the lifepaths meant anything at all.
I am a simple Asian man. I see Asian face, I click like.
V never had the vocals of a varsity athlete
I think it is a good idea but first she need to remove arasaka chip 😛
Yep, Rockerboy lifepath would’ve been great
I think it might add a cool layer where you are/were a *fan* of johnny.
Na, that’s Johnny’s thing. Would be neat if things like rockerboy and media and corpo and cop and all that were choices in the next game. Maybe have a couple unique missions per choice with repeatable radiant missions.
Lazrpop specifically 👌🏼
Imagine how crazy it would have been having an ending where you storm ‘Saka Tower with Kerry, Us Cracks, and Lizzy Wizzy.
It would just have been a Rockerboy life path with a few new lines of dialogue. Would probably have been easy enough seeing how much effort they put into the other life paths.
While rockerboy is a valid life path and you are absolutely right that it would make a neat story and character, I can understand not choosing it thematically.
Johnny is a rockerboy, a known quantity. He is meant to be a contrast to the player, a foil, which is harder to be when you’re already similar. Johnny, story-wise, is meant to be someone V never could be, and the resulting tension as they become the same helps drive the story.
I love the idea! I would like to play that character and story.
It should not be V with Johnny in their head.
how is that an unpopular opinion? just say what you think lol why is everyone so weird these days
You can’t call this an unpopular opinion when it’s something you made up and not even in the normal discussion of the game. It’s just an idea at that point.
I wish we got more life paths from the TTRPG like Rockerboy or Medtech or something. Techie too would work for Netrunner players, for RP reasons.
generally i was hoping the game would have a little more player expression, but V was a fairly set character. not complaining, i love V. but yeah i would’ve liked to make her my own a little more.
I think you’re thinking too big.
V is at the beginning of their life/want to be a legend/has shit luck.
V wouldn’t have an agent, a label, a fan group.
They’d be some dive bar singer who feels lucky that they’re actually doing a music thing as their job. (Related, their starting vehicle should be a crappy panel van)
So here’s what I’m picturing:
They drive the van over to one of the bars (Not Lizzie’s or Dinos) and goes on stage and picks an instrument (the choices are DJ booth with mic, keyboard with mic,electric guitar with mic, acoustic guitar with mic, and mic by itself) and does a set.
They go to the bar to get paid and the bar decides to not, even though it’s apparent that the crowd was somewhat more into it.
Some guy/Misty says that they enjoyed the set and also saw the bar skimp on paying V. V says something about coming to Night City from [Location. Portland maybe?] and that they’re almost out of Eddie’s for gas and parking tickets. Guy/Misty says that they might know about somebody who might have other gigs for some quick cash. V says something about it being a scam but Guy/Misty says no, just potentially dangerous and V says that’s fine. They take V to meet Jackie.
Jackie asks guy/Misty who V is, and is basically just told “oh they can be an extra set of hands, aren’t unwilling to get into a dangerous situation” and Jackie immediately seems to work with that.
They take V’s van and talk about the music gear (and crap) in the back and shoot the shit on the way to the gig. It turns out to be the bar that didn’t pay V. It’s actually a gangster’s money laundering side project (which is why the main gang won’t give a shit about this) and Jackie gets them in and starts on the safe. They get the safe open and move to leave but the owner/bartender walks in and sees V and Jackie and starts threatening them. V can shoot him, but if left alone Jackie definitely does. The yelling and gunshot draws some attention and they run out the door to the van to find that it’s got gang members all over it, they instead grab some random car (after having a small car shootout)
Epilogue being basically: “You may have been good at music but you’re great at merc work. Wanna work together?” Game proceeds normally.
Bonus in the apartment is a copy of whatever instrument you picked in the bar (as a prop or small interaction)
Life path mission is getting your van back, after seeing a battle of the bands poster, and having Johnny provide commentary. Also a sex scene with one of the other band people because why not. (In the van naturally)
The TT game has had a class like that since the beginning. It’s called a Rockerboy. There’s like a dozen classes. The video game only shows 3 of them. And one of them (netrunner) is a pale shadow of the real thing.
Not sure if this is unpopular, it would actually make sense. A musician should not have many street level connections in the city, and doesn’t really have many talents in merc work. so, would work well for the clueless/no connections V which is in the game.
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A front for a beginner punk band, or a former idol thrown away by her label would actually work for the game.
Or just any playable life path at all. 💁♂️
I mean Rockerboy is a class in the Cyberpunk universe.
Just imagine all the unique dialogue with johnny that would add
yea, i’ve thought the same. especially cuz it was a class in the ttrpg iirc
That V is smoking!
… figuratively.
The life paths in general were pretty lacking.
A 5 minute intro and some occasional alternate dialogue, and that was really about it.
I would have loved more fully integrated life paths with unique quest lines and such.
I would totally dig a pop/rock group life path where you get access to unique companions and quest lines full of the hijinks you would expect Cyberpunk bands to get into.
A low-tier Rockerboy life path would’ve been cool as Hell. Because to contrast Johnny was apart of SAMURAI, which was an incredibly successful band, going on worldwide tours, selling out stadiums. he was a fucking millionaire.
It would be cool to have had a life path of a Rockerboy that *only* played small gigs. Never got to see the pinnacle of what musical success could be. Hell, the intro could simply be you started a riot at an Arasaka or Biotechnica building, nothing large, a small factory or something. And in doing so you got the police on you, but you fight back and lose your equipment. Get in jail, you meet Jackie, and the game goes from there.
the outfit is strangely close to what I used…
https://preview.redd.it/2q8tqszu6nzc1.jpeg?width=863&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6320bf11c4fb202675ad648de274f3c7da062133
Yes! We needed a Rockergirl/Rockerboy life path!