Re: Vertical Damage (was: [FT] nasty idea for spinal mounts)

devans@uneb.edu wrote:
> 
> ***
> Why do I keep visualizing the damage templates from the Renegade
Legion
> games resurrected in Crimson Skies? ;->=
> 
> That's the reason I could never get into that system (Renegade
Legion), me
> I'm in favour of KISS.
> ***
> 
> I'm a simple guy myself, but have to admit the system gave a real
feeling
> of the guts being torn out of something; somehow more appropriate when
> applied to big ships rather than Interceptor's fighters or Centurion's
> tanks, but compelling nonetheless.

I actually really liked the damage profiles -- to me, it was an 
elegant way to demonstrate that an APFSDS round will have a different
attack pattern then a HEAT round or a HEAP round.  I'm not sure it
works on a larger scale though, since the FT 'hull boxes' were an
abstraction in my mind anyway.	(A weapon can blow through a 
portion of the hull, or there could be a lot of general damage -- 
it still translates to 12 damage points.)

JGH

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