That was exactly why I dropped equipment bonuses from my game. Especially odd, to me, was the fact that you would never roll against, say, your Sword Combat total: either you have a sword, in which case you get a bonus, or you don't - in which case it's an improvisation penalty.
Simpler not to have the bonus, and just use augments from the rating of any equipment you've bought for your character.
Seems like this was a pretty common house rule.
-- Jakob Pape "Sometimes subtlety comes in the form of large explosions and jammed open airlock doors."
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