Re: 3 arc cost

In message <199712100842.XAA04055@dns.kunsan.af.mil>
campbelr@dns.kunsan.af.mil writes:
> "Steve Pugh" <mafb90@pop.dial.pipex.com> said:
> 
> > I thought the FTIII design system was going to be mass only.
> > No more points.
> > I do hope so.
> > 
> >	Steve
> 
> I'd hope not, having dealt with the Battle Tech, "tonnage" only 
> system for so long. Even they went to a "point" system, to better 
> balance out the fights....

...but then Battletech got rather bloated with super new 
technology items. GZG games are mercifully free of suplements full 
of new gosh-wow killer-tech items to part fools with their money.
There must be something wrong with JMT...

I'd, personally, go with a mass-free, points-only system. I still
recall the design system from Dirtside (One) where you just wrote
down the stats of a vehicle and worked out a points value.

-- 
David Brewer