Re: Game 959 done and comments

["Laserlight" <laserlight@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >2) Played my 4th UN game today and those Grazar's really are WAY
> >overpowered.  I know the rational is "well they hit less" but in my
> >experience it seems to hit just about as much as my normal beams
for
> >way more damage.

People had exactly that reaction when the Kra'Vak first came out.
After a few battles and some thought, we learned how to deal with them
and they weren't as bad as we first thought. Same deal with the UN.
Grasers (not "grazers") do hit as much as normal beams....but you'd
get a lot more normal beams for the same price. I've played between
ten and twenty battles with or against the UN, and suffered a BB
vaporized a time or two--but I've also gotten away scot-free on some
occasions that I wouldn't have if I'd been in front of beams.

I grant that a disastrous first experience can taint your view of them
thereafter; and it's a lot more noticeable when they roll four to-hit
dice and shatter your ship than it is when they roll four dice and
whiff.