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xD Dude, yes. I made my Lancer able to fire endlessly at one point.

Woah, guys, all I was saying is that I prefer weapons I'm familiar with. In the hands of an expert, an M4 is a beautiful weapon. That's all I'm saying.

I'm not trying to say that the damn thing would beat a mass effect rifle, nor am I saying that it wouldn't- Mass Effect is science fiction, where the M4, is not. I've had experience with an M4, and I love the weapon. I've never had experience with any weapons in the mass-effect 'verse.
You can tell me that the thing has automatic compensators for every condition in the book, but that just makes me dislike it more. I'm a firm believer in skill behind weapons, making it so that any old joe can pick up and fire a massively deadly weapon is, in my opinion, quite stupid.

Look, I'm not trying to start an argument, or argue the points you've all made. I respect the sheer knowledge you all have about the subject. I'm a warrior, not a thinker, so when you tell me that just because the thing has advertisements for compensators, and barrel upgrades and whatever else, I highly doubt the probability that such things would work in the actual military rifles(If they were real, of course). Truth is, military tech is always manufactured by the lowest bidder, and when you put all of that tech into a rifle, an infantry soldier/Marine won't be able to feild strip and fix the damn thing, and then he's ********. It's the same problem they had in vietnam for godssake.

I just want to stress that I trust equipment that's proven first, and stuff that other perople tell me is proven, second.
No disses on the Lancer, or the Disk-y grenades or whatever. I just trust equipment that I KNOW works.

So. Now that I've cleared THAT up...
My original question stands, but with an improvement.
Why can't I pick my rifle?(I.E. What if I have a favorite brand from the game? Do I at least get to pick that?)

Well that's true. All the equipment you get in Mass Effect is purchased privately. All the standard issue stuff is crap. It's durable, but it's still crap.

Ah, well, I officially request all of my gear be from Rosenkov Materials.

That's a rather high grade you're requesting. I'll certainly discuss it with Ian and Mike.

Hey there Kudelz, and Marcus. Welcome to MERP!

I think we should be able to pick what we get within limits, like my character wink

I'm sort of unsure what is reasonable to ask for in terms of equipment...my guy's a Turian C-Sec officer, I'm going to say he's proficient in pistols and assault rifles and uses Tech. He trusts Turian manufacturers, but I don't know if there's a standard issue C-Sec arms load-out or anything like that.

Perhaps there could be a system set up? I see that there's a Hanar merchant, but there are no prices or levels next to the weapons, so I don't know what's to do with it.

Okay. Sounds reasonable. I don't know what the deal is for Tech powers in this roleplay, but it said something about biotics are not available unless you're crew so I might as well just be proficient in all the weapons...thinking out loud...