Re: [GZG] FT Light: 5 is the new 6?

Sounds like powergaming to me. I'll bet you're one of those cheesy
guys who put weapons on your ships too.

People powergame in real life. At least, if they're smart they do. It
only becomes a problem in gaming if you have some weird lopsided
design that clearly is an artifact of the rules and has no real life
viability.

On 7/27/08, Bill Brush <bbrush@gmail.com> wrote:
> Man this would be funny if the irony wasn't so painful.  :-)
>
> Back in the day when I was designing a fleet and attendant doctrine I
> was going by the "round up" rule for turns, so I did what I considered
> the most logical thing to do, which was give all my ships an odd
> thrust rating.  When asked about it I said truthfully that I did it to
> get the extra turn as my doctrine was designed for maneuverability,
> and lots of short-range firepower at the expense of no long-range
> firepower.   I was then roundly criticized and castigated for being
> "cheesy", etc, etc, etc.   Not needing any further headaches I pretty
> much shelved my FT plans and moved on to other things.
>
> Ah well, such is life.  :-)
>
> Bill
>
> On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Michael Llaneza
<maserati@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> > Jason Weiser wrote:
> >> Hmm...this could be a lot of fun.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I'm inclined to agree. It'll have a positive effect on ship designs.
You
> > can turn 3 points with only a thrust of 5. Ships that pay the extra
mass
> > for thrust 6 will likely become less common and creating more
variation.
> > This will be good.
>
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