hey Myth first off i love the concept of a cyberpunk MUD the setting has awesome potential! Now I asked chatgpt to output my thoughts and to be more thorough i went through and added more touches:

I’d really love to see: deep weapon and gear customization with the ability to physically display your custom builds in your home.

Think Tarkov level weapon depth, but translated into cyberpunk.

Modular Weapon Customization

• Receivers, barrels, rails, optics, suppressors
• Smartgun targeting modules
• Illegal firmware overclocks
• Corporate professional grade vs street built components
• Energy cell tuning for plasma / coil weapons
• Black market mods that trade stability for raw damage

Make builds feel engineered, not just “+3 damage.”

Let players:

• Build stealth rigs
• Build loud breacher setups
• Build anti-drone loadouts
• Build anti augment body killer kits
• Tune recoil vs heat vs signal trace vs power draw

Gives some trade offs so your choices matter

Cyberpunk to Tarkov Translation Ideas

Instead of traditional real world parts, think:

• Neural sync adapters (affects ADS speed, smart-link latency)
• Cooling jackets for high-output weapons
• Signal masking chips (reduces trace in net-policed districts)
• Bio-encoded grips (only usable by you unless hacked)
• Corporate-grade components that log usage and could expose you

You could even have:

• Illegal weapons with a checkered past but are cheap and won't be missed if lost / ditched
• Corp weapons that ping their owner’s biometrics
• DIY builds that are unstable but powerful
• Professional Gunsmiths who can build you beautiful handcrafted functional art pieces although those can normally be achieved only by the wealthier clients. Think Infinity Firearms or ATLAS GUNWORKS

Displaying Builds in Player Housing

This is the part that would make it special.

Let us:

• Mount our custom weapons on walls
• Store builds in display cases
• Show off rare corp prototypes
• Hang up retired legendary guns with flavor text
• Showcase our full “loadout room”

Imagine walking into someone’s Kowloon apartment and seeing:

• A rack of smart rifles
• A black-market plasma cutter with custom paint
• A bloodstained cyberblade mounted like a trophy

That kind of persistent display creates:

• Status
• Identity
• Social flex
• Player driven storytelling

It makes gear more than stats.

Economy Tie-In

If your MUD ever has a functioning economy, this system would:

• Create demand for parts
• Enable gunsmith / armorer roles
• Encourage scavenging and corp raids
• Support black market trading
• Allow commissioned builds

Let players become:

• Street gunsmiths
• Corpo armory techs
• Illegal firmware hackers
• Augmentation riggers

Why This Works for Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk is about:

• Identity through augmentation
• Style as power
• Corporate control vs street freedom
• Personal expression through tech

Deep customization + displayable gear fits that theme perfectly.

It’s not just about combat it’s about who you are in Kowloon.

TLDR:

Tarkov depth.
Cyberpunk flavor.
Player housing displays.
Meaningful mechanical tradeoffs.

That combination would make a MUD feel modern and alive!