Re: Wave, Nova, j-torps ... uberweapon imbalance?

At 05:54 PM 7/17/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Okay,	uberweapons like WaveGuns seem neat.  However, have you ever had
a
well
>balanced, nasty-designed, fearsome force to be reconned with, fleet ...
set it
>up ... and someone Waves, Novas or puts you between a pair of j-torps?
>
>Big nasty weapons seem to take-away the feeling of fleet manuevering,
missile
>chasing and the like.	Its no longer mano-a-mano, ship-to-ship, but
just a
big
>energy flush that washes away anything in its path.
>
>Anyone else out there thinking the same way?
>I would like to see it "cost" more to use these things.  How about a
>percentage of the wave or nova blast washes back over the owner? 
J-Torps can
>bounce back?  Each time you fire a "biggie" roll Threshold on all
systems to
>see if using the big weapon fries any of the ship's systems?
>
>John "No, not my Wing of Divine Retribution!" Huber
>
>
What in the blue blazes is a J-Torp?

						That Chuk Guy