-Play as a Rocker?

[LadyLottie]

Could V be played as a Rocker?

I have never modded before so I have no idea if this would work, however I believe it could be going by the amazing mods out there!

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In the base game you can easily play a variety of Solos using Sandevistan or Berserk operating systems with a variety of weapons, or you can play as a Netrunner with a cyberdeck & quickhacks.

The 'Drone Companions' mod (by Scissors123454321) adds Techie game play by adding a new operating system, Techdeck, which allows you to build & command robots to fight with you using the Tech attribute as its requirement which in turn encourages the use of tech based perks. Point is the mod is fantastic for playing cyberpunk in a new way as a Tech based character.
What’s notable about this is that the inherent limitation of what cyberwear operating system you use (Sandevistan, Berserk, Cyberdeck or Techdeck) which you then enhance with its cyberwear-mods and build into with the character attributes that that OS uses, all effectively limit you to playing a set role.
What OS you choose and how you specialise around it defines V's role as either a Solo, Netrunner or Techie.

Could this then be taken even further by adding other roles into the game such as the Rocker?
In this case the guitar models & other music assets already exist in game to the point of V wielding a guitar in photo mode, as do crowd effects (scaring crowds, generating crowds, NPC reactions and turning crowds into fight combatants etc).
A crowd influencing character should be possible if built in a similar way to the aforementioned Drone companions mod.

For example of what these Rocker game elements could be like in game;
The 3 required Rocker elements would be; a Rocker operating system, equipped instruments (as the Rocker's device) and music records (functioning as mods).

-'AudioVox', the Rocker operating system (OS cyberwear).
A Rocker operating system, called the 'AudioVox' would have to be created for Cyberpunk 2077.
This new operating system's default ability is called ‘Gather Fans’ which gathers & groups up the available background crowd NPCs that populate the game in the immediate area as temporary companions called ‘Fans’. These Fans can then be commanded by the player using commands chosen from records equipped in a wielded instrument.

The standard amount of background crowd NPCs that you can temporarily convert to Fans is 50% of the NPCs in the local area. If when you use the ‘Gather Fans’ ability the number of Fans gathered from local NPCs in the immediate area is less than the AudioVox’s fan amount, a small amount of summoned Fans called Groupies will be spawned into the game that then disappear when the ‘Gather Fans’ ability ends. Groupies are added to the Gather Fans ability simply to make the operating system more usable in barren areas. Groupies use the groupie's models & skins from Johnny Silverhand's memories and while there are less of them than Fans they come equipped with better weapons & increased armour.
The number of NPCs that can be gathered as Fans is determined by the quality level of the AudioVox OS equipped; Uncommon; 5 Fans & +2 Groupies, Rare; 10 Fans & +4 Groupies, Legendary; 15 Fans & +6 Groupies.
The 'Gather Fans' ability lasts 2 minutes in game time and has a 4 minute cooldown.

Like any other cyberwear, AudioVox operating systems are sold and equipped at various Ripperdocs around Night city and use the Body attribute. Rare AudioVoxes are available at appropriate Ripperdocs at Body 6, Epic at Body 12, and Legendary at Body 18.
There are the 3 different variants of AudioVoxes which have different inherent bonuses with increasing levels of those bonuses based on the AudioVox quality for a total of 9 AudioVox operating systems. The different AudioVox variants are;

-The Street poet.
Uncommon; Fan status lasts 30 seconds longer, Rare; Fan status for 1 minute longer, Legendary: Fan status lasts for 2 minutes longer.

-The Rabble-rouser.
Uncommon; 'Gather Fans' can gather an additional +2 Fans from the area. Rare; 'Gather Fans' can gather an additional +5 Fans, Legendary: 'Gather Fans' can gather an additional +10 Fans.

-The Frontman.
Uncommon rarity; spawn +2 Groupies. Rare; spawn +4 Groupies, Legendary: spawn +6 Groupies.

 

-Guitars as usable equipment.
The existing game's guitar models would be equipped as a weapon for V (and modelled as they are in photo mode). Instruments each have 4 mod slots for records.

Different guitars inherently grant different bonuses to Fans (& Groupies) with such things as;
-Red guitars; Fans have more health,
-Blue guitars; Fans deal more damage,
-Green guitars; Fans move faster,
-Yellow guitars; Fans have more armour,
-Iconic guitars grant different equipment (like grenades) etc.

Other instruments portable or stationary (drums, keyboards etc) may also exist.
Instruments stop counting as junk in regards to dismantling and have their own crafting tab, they can also be bought from the 'Time machine' music shop in Heywood.

 

-Vinyl records work as mods for Instruments.
Records work as mods slotted into Instruments with each vinyl record granting V the ability to command Fans in different ways when using Vs scanner function, such as; 'Attack targets', 'Calm down', 'Run & flee', 'Dance & party' ‘follow’ or more when used along with that Instrument. These commands are performed like quickhacks when using V’s scanner, each command given by V to the crowd spreading quickly, chaining from each nearby Fan to the next until the whole group all perform that command.
Vinyl records stop counting as junk in regards to dismantling and are found everywhere, or bought from junk shops.

As a mod this could have crowd sizes of Fans adjusted by a mod menu slider, but note that the larger the number of entities the worse the game performance would be which is why the Fan crowd sizes I've listed and Groupies summoned is kept small.
Obviously V as a Rocker would be very good in crowded areas while weak in other areas but that's the case with however you play anyway.
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In theory similar operating systems could also be done for other roles such as Panzerboy (vehicle control/ performance), Media, Medtech and Cop.
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Edited August 5, 2023 by MidasWhel