Re: Game 959 done and comments

[Tony Christney <tchristney@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe if Jon posted his Monte Carlo results?

On 22-Mar-06, at 6:21 PM, Mike Riddle wrote:

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> Is it worthwhile to investigate this perception ?
> what would it take to track ave damage per weapon type in a game?
> would that be worth while to KNOW the graser 1's did x damage total and
> y damage per attack  (and average damage per attack would have been z)
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> I know that tactics affect weapon effectiveness, but this would let
> people know that when the dice were fickle and when it was just 
> perception..
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> Laserlight wrote:
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>>>> 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
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>>>> way more damage.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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