Re: Fire Control lock-on

Ground Zero Games wrote:
> Re the suggestions that we introduce some sort of target-size-based 
> modifier, I think someone already answered that one - the problem is 
> that it reintroduces artificial break points (which were in original
FT2 
> but FB1 then disposed of) , eg: if you say that ships up to 50 MASS
(for 
> the sake or example) are considered "small", then given the D6-based 
> granularity of FT you are going to end up with a situation where a 51 
> MASS ship is at least 17% easier to lock-on to than a 50 MASS ship.
Now, 
> this doesn't feel right in many ways - but in real gameplay terms, is
it 
> actually a problem or not? Yes, such a system would mean that munchkin

> ship designers would always go for ships just under the break-point,
but 
> in trying to do so they may well be compromising other aspects of
their 
> designs..... I originally dismissed this one out of hand due to the 
> break-point argument, but the more I think about it the more I'm 
> wondering whether it could be made to work after all...... opinions, 
> anyone?

But considering that most aiming/targeting/firing probably wouldn't be 
executed by humans but by computers.. do size really matter?? Wouldn't 
it be a question of onboard computers having a fairly good idea of where

  enemy ships are when firing. Where as the leftover thrust of the ship 
being fired upon could help allow it to negate the fire?

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Claus Paludan

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