[SG] Multiple firings per activation

Chris, 

My own experience with this is that it tends to 
bog the game down. It becomes much more a 
lie-still-and-shoot game and manouver tends to 
get palsied by this option. Right now, with one 
shot per unit per activation, we tend to see 
some squads get so suppressed they can't get 
out from under it... allowing a shot per action 
really just exacerbates this result. I suppose 
ones view on this largely depends on the squad 
makeup, quality, leaderships, etc. that one 
tends to work with - I tend to have two 
fireteams per squad and moderate leadership 
values, so obtaining pinning results isn't all that 
hard for a defender, who already enjoys the 
benefits of cover and IP. If it is a prepared 
defense, he often also enjoys the benefits of 
registered artillery (mortar or howitzer) and 
CDMs. 

Also, strictly from a mechanistic point of view, a 
fire action is probably (with the possible 
exception of Close Assault) the most dice 
intensive part of the game. Fire actions usually 
take more time to resolve than moves, going 
IP, reorgs, comms, etc. so adding more of 
them will only serve to slow the game. 

Give it a try, it might work for you. But I find it 
not only unnecessary, but often somewhat 
deleterious. Some players I have played with 
seemed to like it, though. 

Tomb

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Thomas Barclay
Co-Creator of http://www.stargrunt.ca 
Stargrunt II and Dirtside II game site

No Battle Plan Survives Contact With Dice.
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