1E / 2E Compatibility?

[Garran]

I figure that there should be some practical experience with this by now, so... How compatible is 1E material with the 2E core rules? Anything ship-related seems likely to require a good deal of thunking given the changes to ship design/mechanics, but what about character material, setting fluff, etc?

I'm asking because there's been some reluctance among the groups I've talked to to change core rules versions if all of the 1E supplements they threw money at would end up being unusable, but I'm not sure how much of a concern that really is.

 

[ShawnDriscoll]

I want to say the 1st edition books are about 95% compatible still to 2nd edition. It's not much of a fuss to convert anything over. Players that are trying to use the Mongoose rules as a simulator, and strictly going by only what is printed rules/stats-wise, will have a much harder time with conversion because it means their simulator has changed.

 

[arcador]

Things especially around the lore realm are 100% compatible.

The ship design/weapon/armor part might have some conflicting or unaligned results, but this is due the extensive testing, and experience from MT1, which lead to the new values, and rules. Otherwise I see no big issues.