Re: Well, too interesting to drop all of the posts in this thread...

--- John K Lerchey <lerchey@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Forgive me if this is just beating a dead horse. :)

We all do it.

> So, statistics seem to confirm that most shots occur
> against frontal 
> armor.  This does't suprise me at all.  For shots to
> be taken against side 
> and rear, you have to be able to get into a position
> to target the sides 
> or rear (yes, painfully obvious, I know), and that
> is *hard* to do in a 
> game designed like DSII.  

Exactly the conclusion that was reached on the Test
List, IIRC.

> Among the things that I can think of to address this
> would be increase 
> movement rates to match something closer to "real
> life" rather than the 
> "fast" 30kph tanks we see in DSII now.  

Ideally, movement rates will be variable, the more
points you pay, the faster your tank.  But yes,
mobility does need to be addressed as well.

If the
> speeds are increased, 
> however, something has to be done to the activation
> system to allow better 
> options for opportunity fire.  

Agreed -- again, one of the suggestions I made.  I
would suggest for starters that given the time scale
of a game turn, any element that is directly
threatened should be able to return fire, even if it
has already fired during its own activation.

As for whether this will all be considered in DS 3
someday, all we can do for now is keep the fires burning.

=====
"In life, you must try and be the type of person that your dog thinks
you are."

- Anonymous

	
		
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