Re: Sa'Vasku Lance Pod Effectiveness

Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

> Unless you're only ever shooting at very fragile targets, you've
> underestimated the contribution of the re-rolls. Correct table follows
> below.
>
> >Note that the actual average damage is a little bit higher then
listed
> >because I only included the probablity of one re-roll...  Note this
> >means average damage for a 1.5 d6 at 13 to 24 mu range...
> >
> >Range	No Screens	  Level 1	 Level 2
> >0-12 	       2.22		   1.83 	   1.33
> >13-24	      1.17		  0.917 	  0.67
>
> Correct table is:
>
> Range        No Screens	 Level 1	Level 2
> 0-12		      2.4		  1.9		     1.4
> 13-24 	     1.2		  0.95		  0.7

I wasn't that far off...  But thanks for the corrected table.	It only
makes lance pods look even worse...  The biggest problem with lance pods
is
that most ships don't have enough armor for amor penetration to be of
significant use...  Against NSL ships they are of marginal value. 
They're
really only good for shooting NAC carriers.  Why?  NAC carriers have
level
two screens, lots of armor and weak hull...

IAS