Re: B vs K was Re: Classed Weapons

Jared Hilal wrote:

>>Since the targets usually aren't scattered at random (in FT they tend
to 
>>be flying in formations, for example) and the ship itself usually
doesn't 
>>manoeuvre at random either, doubling the area usually increases the 
>>probability of having a target by more than a factor 2.
>
>I had not considered that, thank you for pointing it out.

You're welcome. Took me a few years to figure it out too.

>>There's another factor to keep in mind as well: the longer-ranged
weapon 
>>can usually fire one or more shots before the shorter-ranged weapon
gets 
>>into range [...]
>
>However, this is where the size of the game area comes into play.

Give the man a medal :-)

Regards,

Oerjan
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