Build recommendation for a Street Samurai?

[WickedRequiem]

First time player, interested in making a street samurai (ranged mainly, with perhaps an option for melee if any points are left over).

Which gun type do you recommend? Also, how far should I take quickness trait?

[Static]

I prefer assault rifles, since they have a three-way select fire (single/burst/full-auto) and don't really have a downside. The other firearms have some neat bonuses at higher levels which you won't get with the assault rifle, though (ie. with the pistol, you can shoot the gun out of your opponent's hand). You should take quickness as high as you want your preferred weapon skill to be-- ie., if you want to have a rifle skill of 5, you'll need ranged combat to be at least 5, which requires quickness to be at least 5.

[Sidewinder]

As a first time player on Normal Dificulty i've been going strong as a Street Samurai. Sort of a 70/30 split between Pistol & Rifle.

Don't neglect Charisma if you want some additional conversation options. Unless you want to go Mele in which case those skills can help in that area too. (Not tried myself).

If you won't be using magic (either at all or a lot) you'll have option to upgrade cyberware which can buff your stats too. I got some Quickness from that. I mention magic because Cyberware nulifies your abilities to use magic as much.

I have to say, this is one of the least intimidating RPG systems I've come across yet still retains a hell of a lot of interesting progression paths. If you're focusing on a playstyle it's hard to go wrong.

[WickedRequiem]

Ah.
I was a tad intimidated by having so many fire arm choices to specialize in (pistols, rifles, smg, shotguns). Didn't know which one to focus on, and I know it's usually a bad idea in RPG to try to get a character to be able to do/use everything equally well.

[EolSunder]

The firearms basically are the same just pick one and put all points into it, no need to spread the skill over different firearms. Once you get high enough you can hit well with any firearm so even shotguns become great at distance attacks, due to spread.