RE: [FT] (LONG) The Balance of Power -- Fighters and a Defense

> From: Jaime Tiampo [SMTP:fugu@spikyfishthing.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 12:02 AM
> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject:	Re: [FT] (LONG) The Balance of Power -- Fighters and a
> Defense
> 
> Brian Burger wrote:
> > > 1.  Fighters are just fine.  Fighters break morale when they
> > >	  lose units and are point balanced just fine.
> > 
> > 1.5. Fighter are too powerful; they should cost twice as much, or do
> > significantly less damage, even though we use morale.
> 
> You just don't like fighters :P I'd say they're fine in cost. There
are
> many a time I'd trade off the fighters I have for the equivilant in
ship
> based weapons.
> 
> > > 2.  Fighters are too powerful and need weapon systems to balance
> > >	  this.  No, we do not use morale.
> 
> I don't think they are. In some cases I don't think they're powerful
> enough.
> 
> Jaime
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Part of the problem (and there is a small problem) with fighters is that
thier value increases with the number of squads you fly.
If both sides take a force of 2 Capitals, 4 Cruisers, and 8 Escorts and
you
field 2 flights of fighters, they might be over priced. If you take the
same
mix and field 8 groups of fighters, they might be under priced. I don't
know
of any easy way to model this in the points.

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://www.ftsr.org/
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