Re: Railgun Goals II
From: Thomas Barclay <Thomas.Barclay@s...>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 13:53:32 -0500
Subject: Re: Railgun Goals II
John spake thusly upon matters weighty:
This is what I had in mind when talking about fire modes. In Raking
fire, armour would be fully effective, in penetrating mode, maybe
armour would be ineffective or only max 1 point off.
> Greetings,
> While I am being a wet blanket, I thought I would drip on the
> 'armor penetration' division thing.
>
> If the logic behind dividing the damage between the armor
> and the first damage box row is a 'feel good' thing then fine.
> For all practical purposes the armor is mearly an extension
> of the first damage box row.
>
> Unless it could be a consideration for the 'K'. The RG
> damage could be condidered AP and doing only 1 point to the armor
> and the remainder as internal damage.
>
> Oh boy, I just opened another can of worms. Oh well, I hear
> they have a lot of food value, low fat and all that.
>
> Bye for now,
> John L.
>
>
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