Re: Game 959 done and comments

["Laserlight" <laserlight@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Mike Riddle"
> Is it worthwhile to investigate this perception ?
> what would it take to track ave damage per weapon type in a game?

You'd have to write down how many dice fired and what the result was.  In a 
FTF game, this doubles the length of the 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)

Quick figures off the top of my head:

Class 1 (3 arc) graser is Mass 3, NPV 12. Average hits vs unscreened target 
is 0.8 (including rerolls), damage per hit is 3.5, average damage is 
therefore 2.85. Covers 180 degrees out to 18mu, or about 509 sq mu if I've 
done the arithmetic right.
For the same points cost you could get 2 B2 (3), which do 3.2 damage on 
average out to 12mu (226 sq mu) and 1.6 out to 24mu (an additional 679 sq 
mu). I don't know how to value the area covered, but obviously if you have 
the beams, he has the grasers, and you can keep him 19-24 mu away, then he 
can't hit you and you win. Alternately, if you close to under 12mu, then you 
still have an advantage. Being between 12 and 18 is not recommended.