RE: [FT] Savasku Pods

That would be a great idea!!!!	(too bad the cloaking
field is not 'official').  We have been toying with
adding some of the new systems that we discuss
here.....I've almost got them convinced to playtest
the holofield and heavy needle beam.  If they agree,
maybe I'll try it with a cloak, that might actually
work!!!

--- "Hudak, Michael" <mihudak@state.pa.us> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Shawn M Mininger
> [mailto:smininger@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 12:21 PM
> > To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> > Subject: Re: [FT] Savasku Pods
> > 
> > 
> > Jon, I don't think you realize how much this one
> email
> > is gonna make my life easier.  
> > 
> > I have been battling Sa'Vasku customized
> mega-ships
> > for quite a while, to no avail.  I have tried
> every
> > tactic I can think of, and every tactic that
> everyone
> > here has suggested.  
> > 
> > Heh heh heh see, if we decide to play a 2000pt
> battle,
> > my buddy will build one giant 2000pt Sa'Vasku
> ship. 
> > He puts a bit of hull, a bit of armor, some
> > anti-fighter and anti-missle defense.....then he
> adds
> > one or two beam weapons and everything else goes
> into
> > power.....no screens, nothing.....he doesn't need
> > them.  He pumps up the beams with the excessive
> power
> > that he has, and procedes to blow my ships out of
> the
> > sky one by one before I can even get into range. 
> > Usually what happens is that my ships get blow to
> > peices before I even get a shot.  Fighters work
> > better, but with a 2000pt ship.....fighter
> defenses
> > are not a high percentage cost.  Who needs screens
> if
> > I can't even get in range to hit him?? Heh heh heh
> I
> > finally just told him...no more custom Sa'Vasku
> (but
> > them I had to agree to no more custom
> humans)....the
> > Sa'Vasku designs out of the book are quite
> balanced,
> > just customizing allows abuse.
> > 
> 
> Just out of curiosity, have you tried cloaked ships?
>  You'll have to play a
> guessing game as to where he will end up, but you
> might be able to close
> with him that way.
> 
> Just a thought.  Don't have any idea how feasible it
> would be.
> 
> Mike Hudak
> mihudak@state.pa.us
> 
> Fact is, there's nothing out there you can't do.....
> Yeah, even Santa Claus believes in you.....
> 
> Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem,"Can you picture
> that", Muppet Movie
> Soundtrack
> 
> 
> Falcon Eggs Will Hatch Soon!
> Make Sure You're There to See and Hear It!
> Visit: http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/falcon/ 
> 
> 
> > 

=====
Thank You,

Shawn M Mininger

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