Cyberjacks of hand and eye

[Raincloud Man]

Seriously, what is the point of these even existing?
Yes, they look cool, yes, they are awesome from an RP standpoint, but really?

First of all, sure the hand datajack has a lower essence rating than the head model, which is great. But in order to even get the option to pick it over the head model you need to do metagamey stuff including not taking any points in decking or rigging when you start your character and then wait to buy it until it becomes available, otherwise you're fitted with a standard jack by default.

Second, aside from the essence point loss (0.3 for the hand and 0.5 for head or eye, as I recall. May be wrong.) there really is no benefit to have it in another location. I may be wrong here but isn't the only other implant you can get for the head slot the toxin exhaler or thyroid booster? Everything else in that area is either brain or eyes.

Might be a good idea if you're going for the full cyberware slot achievment "Built for the streets" I guess.

[Wood Elf Smalls]

there are some really handy head implants for deckers, i assume you're supposed to replace the head jack with one of those. (+1 int and decking)

[HolyFarglesnot]

Originally posted by Maelious:

there are some really handy head implants for deckers, i assume you're supposed to replace the head jack with one of those. (+1 int and decking)

No, that is a different slot. You can get a Toxin Exhailer if you ditch the headjack.

[Raincloud Man]

Originally posted by Maelious:

there are some really handy head implants for deckers, i assume you're supposed to replace the head jack with one of those. (+1 int and decking)

You mean the encephalon NEXT? That's a brain implant, you can have one of those AND a datajack with no problems. They're pretty much built to work together actually.

[Raincloud Man]

Originally posted by HolyFarglesnot:

Originally posted by Maelious:

there are some really handy head implants for deckers, i assume you're supposed to replace the head jack with one of those. (+1 int and decking)

No, that is a different slot. You can get a Toxin Exhailer if you ditch the headjack.

Yeah, I guess the thyroid booster is a body implant... I'd much rather get the reflex trigger on a decker though...

[HoroSaga]

Originally posted by Maelious:

there are some really handy head implants for deckers, i assume you're supposed to replace the head jack with one of those. (+1 int and decking)

Well, that was the case until they made the Head and Brain two separate slots for the purposes of cyberware. As it currently stands, I think there are only two other pieces of cyberware that are contesting for space in the Head slot. I remember one of them is the toxin bioware implant that lets you make a short-range poison attack, but I can't recall what the other one was. All of the intelligence-enhancing implants are now used in the Brain slot.

I think the Eye Jack and Hand Jack were more useful in Dragonfall, because the Head slot was more hotly contested in that game. If I had to guess, I'd say they were carried over to Hong Kong simply because they had already written the code for them, even though they're far less useful now.