RE: [FT] New Weapon from Bryon Ash

how about the weapon has to take a threashold check each turn, at
current
threashold level, after a certain number of turns of charging? Say after
three turns of charging, it takes a threashold check, and when the
threashold fails... the weapon is criticaled AND all charged damage is
realeased into the ship, starting from the last hull box and working
outwards. This would reflect the weapon overloading from waaay to much
energy.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
[mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of Eric Foley
Sent: Friday, 24 May 2002 4:19 PM
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [FT] New Weapon from Bryon Ash

----- Original Message -----
From: "Oerjan Ohlson" <oerjan.ohlson@telia.com>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Cc: <mailto:>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [FT] New Weapon from Bryon Ash

> Bryan Ash wrote:

>  >>Generation Bolts.
>  >>This weapon system increases in power each time it is not used. The
>  >>increase is binomial, ie it will increase x2 each round it is held.

> What stops me from saying "I've been charging my GBs for 20 turns
before
my
> ships enter the gaming area"? (20 turns of charging means that my
opening
> shots inflict 524,288 points of damage per hit. A bit of an overkill
maybe,
> but it should take care of even Stiltman's biggest ships <g>)

*chuckles*  Yeah, why would anyone bother mounting anything else?  Mount
one
of these things, fly in with a fast drive that lets you play keepaway
while
you charge up for a long while (even if you aren't allowed to do it
before
action is joined) and then point it towards an enemy solar system and
blow
the whole thing to kingdom come.

Joyous.  And very broken.

E
(aka Stilt Man)