Re: (DS): Systems per Class

So if the rule is poorly conceived or executed, why
not change or eliminate it?
--- owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
<warbeads@juno.com> wrote:
> No, it's not.  It's a reflection of the reality that
SF rules have great
> difficultly modeling all the wacky things real
armies do with their
> equipment.  And staying simple.  I left out the
smiley face 8^) so that's
> my error.  Lots of 'real world' AFVs that violate DS
2 design rules. 
> 
> And the SG 2 rules don't really reflect
LMGs/MMGs/maybe HMGs very well. 
> Or some would say at all.
> 
> Rules for games are at best attempts at reality but
in SF (and Fantasy)
> reality is not the point of the game.
> 
> YMMV.
> 
> Gracisa,
> glenn
> 
> 
> On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:15:59 -0700 (PDT) Brian B
> <greywanderer987@yahoo.com> writes:
> >Thats a cop-out, especially when were talking about
a
> >rule that makes the SF vehicles LESS capable than
the
> >RL.
> >--- owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> ><warbeads@juno.com> wrote:
> >> granted but it's reality, this is SF.
> >> 
> >> On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 18:27:39 -0400 Ryan Gill
> ><rmgill@mindspring.com>
> >> writes:
> >> >At 5:20 PM -0400 7/20/04, John K Lerchey wrote:
> >> >>Hm.  I don't see how this is a "consensus"
issue,
> >unless my reading 
> >> >>comprehension skills are suffering badly.  I
just
> >re-read the 
> >> >>vehicle design rules.  It clearly states that
you
> >may have one 
> >> >>*weapon system* per size point of the vehicle. 
It
> >says nothing 
> >> >>about limits on non-weapons other than the fact
> >that they use 
> >> >>capacity.
> >> >
> >> >Merkava Tank. Class 3
> >> >MDC4, APSW (Coax), APWS (TC Pintle), APSW
(Loader
> >Pintle), APSW (.50 
> >> >Coax), APSW (60mm Mortar).
> >> >
> >> >M113 ACAV, Class 2
> >> >APSW (TC Pintle), APSW (Rear Troop M60), APSW
(Rear
> >Troop M60)
> >> >
> >> >Heck look at some of the other Isreali armor. It
> >tends to have more 
> >> >MGs than a German Infantry Company.
> >> >
> >> >
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