Re: Cover in Dirtside II

On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Alexander Williams wrote:
> Mainly because it makes no sense.
> 
> There is X amount of cover; given the scale at which we're working and
the
> granularity of the system, it makes no sense to say a vehicle that
differs
> in SIZE as little as do one class from the next does gets
/significantly/
> more protection from the same cover.	An entire die class is quite a
bit,
> statistically, even moreso at the lower ranges that small-SIZE
vehicles
> inhabit.

I see your point -- changing a whole die type for each size class gives
a
significant advantage to the defender.

On the other hand, I don't see how a SuperHeavy Tank can get the same
degree of protection from light woods that a Jeep can.

--
Rick Rutherford ----- rickr@digex.net ----- The above opinions are mine.
"I've seen collisions on fire off the side of the ethernet LAN. 
I've seen the lights on the CSU/DSU glitter in the dark near the router.

All these things will be lost in time, like dropped packets. Time to
die.."