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--- khai_deckbuilding [2026/05/24 00:14] – [Progression] khai
+++ khai_deckbuilding [2026/05/24 12:23] (current) – [Progression] clarify progression of attack and lock-on ratings khai
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 Since a custom MPCP 6 and a CMT Avatar are roughly equivalent, I recommend that your second deck has an MPCP in the 8-10 range. Due to skill caps, an MPCP 8 is the highest rating a full mage/shaman can build on their own, and an MPCP 10 is the highest rating an adept or aspected magician can build on their own. A mundane can build an MPCP 12, but it takes a lot of skill and time to do so (even more if you don't upgrade your computer to a rack mounted machine), so I recommend an intermediate deck (unless you can find a good deal for somebody else to build you a 12) that you can use while you don't have your MPCP 12 complete yet. For this case, an MPCP 9 may be ideal since there's a design TN increase at 10.
-Note that the size of programs grow faster with rating than the maximum memory available to your deck. In addition to swapping programs that you don't use all the time as needed for your current tasks, you can keep some programs at lower ratings. Because your detection factor is the rounded-up average of your Sleaze and Masking, you can keep one of the two a rating point lower and still end up with the same result. Because IC generally have no armor (and only a few have the option for 2 armor), attack programs above rating 8 have rapidly diminishing returns. Because host alert states do not affect IC maneuvers and TNs cannot be reduced below 2, there's never a benefit for Lock-On above rating 10. Because Medic is not resisted in any way, it can also be used at a lower rating (you may just need to reload it sooner if you use it a lot).
+Note that the size of programs grow faster with rating than the maximum memory available to your deck. In addition to swapping programs that you don't use all the time as needed for your current tasks, you can keep some programs at lower ratings. Because your detection factor is the rounded-up average of your Sleaze and Masking, you can keep one of the two a rating point lower and still end up with the same result. Because IC generally have no armor, attack programs above rating 6 have rapidly diminishing returns (the code allows some to have 2 armor but it's not clear where that has been used, so there's an argument for rating 8). Because host alert states do not affect IC maneuvers and TNs cannot be reduced below 2, there's never a benefit for Lock-On above rating 10 (there are also arguments for rating 7 and for skipping Lock-On entirely if you have Sensors 12). Because Medic is not resisted in any way, it can also be used at a lower rating (you may just need to reload it sooner if you use it a lot).

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