Re: Vector Movement and SML's

G'day Laserlight, Aaron

First up Laserlight:

>>Don't you think paying a heap for a weapon tha's going to miss most of
the
>>time is a bit unbalancing too?
>
>Such as a Beam weapon against Screen 2? 

Last time I looked class 2 beams still did damage against a class 2
screen
ship - just not on a 4-. What I meant was that SMs using 3" you can see
ALL
your primary weapons miss (especially when some of the minatures
themselves
have 3" from edge to centre pin - and we always measure the SM range to
the
centre pin).

>No, it's just irritating.  

It is irritating, but I wouldn't say it was 'just irritating' ;) 
Beams get another go next turn, once you're out of SMs your out.

>I took two 60 mass missile cruisers last weekend against two NSL Maria
von
>Burgunds, and slaughtered them.  

Are they the 2 thrust ones? If they are, it sort of goes without saying
they can't get out of the way ;) 

>They just couldn't get out of the way (and
>we were using 3" radius--note that's radius, not diameter); and 6 SMR's
>arriving at once can't be stopped by PDS.  

Only if his PDS escorts are poorly placed/not there (something you point
out below I notice) - making sure your 'area defense' ships are in
formation is part of the knack of combating a SM fleet.

>One NSL BB was vaporized (I had
>good dice), the other went to 3 thresholds in one shot (and that's when
I
>had lousy dice). 

How lousy? And how lousy were his? I haven't crunched the numbers and
don't
intend to, but for every ship I've even seen vaporised by a coordinated
SM
attack, I've seens one which stood there and laughed and I've seen
plenty
of my ships vaporised by one burst of fire from the NSL BB for instance
-
21 or whatever dice it has if you accidently end up in its close range
bracket is pretty devastating!

>I think the house rule "PDS can
>fire at fighters and missiles within 6" even if they're not attacking
you"
>should be incorporated into the main rules.

For what its worth, so do I.

Now for that dastardly Aaron person...

>Well, yeah Beth, but isn't that just you? ^_-

Probably ;)

>Although, I have to admit that *is* a rather impressive accomplishment.

>Particularly in light of some of what I've managed to pull with SMs. 

Well, yeah Aaron, but isn't that just you (and that dastardly field of
yours)? ;)

Cheers to all

Beth

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