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From: Oerjan Ariander <oerjan.ariander@r...>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:18:33 +0100
Subject: Re: [GZG] Re: Full Thrust Playtest? Plama bolts

Eric Foley wrote:

>I've played with lots of custom designs with plasma bolts, and I only 
>really ever came up with one good use for PBL-1's, which was to use
them 
>on low-maneuverability superships as area defense against salvo
missiles
>[...]
>Other than that, I never saw the point in spreading plasma around.

There's not that much point in spreading the plasma itself around when 
shooting at enemy ships, but there are very good reasons indeed to force

the *enemy* to spread their *PDS fire* around. Level-1 bolts are far
more 
likely to suffer PDS overkills than larger bolts are.

(IIRC you once mentioned allowing PDS overkills to carry over to the
next 
PDS target, so this might not have been an issue for you. Under the PBL 
rule-as-written it gives the PBL-1s a distinct advantage over the larger

types, however.)

Regards,

Oerjan
oerjan.ariander@rixmail.se

"Life is like a sewer.
  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
-Hen3ry

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