Re: A couple of Questions about Dirtside II

You're an annoying bunch...but you're cute. wrote:
> but never saw a good answer to: how do you resolve GMS/*'s? The
missile(s)
> in question has to go through a few checks (eg, ECM and anti-air)
before it
> impacts. Having the launching system go 'phut' during the damage
allocation
> phase (assuming the missile hit) seems to be a bit of backtracking.

[...]

> I suppose you could say the missile in question turns out to be a dud
> and 'just impacted on the surface' of the target, doing no damage. But
> that still allows the firing platform to launch another volley next
turn.

I'd say the missile launched missile duds out /and/ the launching
vehicle gets some standard FSD problems.  This does help to counteract
the missile effectiveness problem (which is, in short, that missiles are
more powerful than their costs imply).

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