Re: [GZG] [SG2] Sights and FCS for infantry

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disagree with you, Robert.

The sniper rules are almost like a whole other game - they are a
mechanic
vastly dis-similar to the rest of normal play. Even the marksmen rules
we
posted on http://www.stargrunt.ca under the rules section, which are
less
alien and potent than the sniper rules are still meant to address the
one or
two man sniper team, not squads with higher technology weapons with
better
performance at range.

One thing SG-2 assumes is that everyone more or less has the same tech
base
and deployment strategy. It makes little allowance for better or worse
technology, except insofar as you could argue some weapon types are
better
and thus justify a higher FP rating (but that's a pretty minor benefit).
It
also posits combat ranges which are short, which may be borne out in
some
cases in the modern world, but there are a lot of gunfights going on
these
days at longer ranges as well. I'm not sure I see that going away in the
period referenced by SG, and yet the rules really do limit ranges.

I think there is some argument that there is room for a greater breadth
of
technology level in SG-2. Doubly so if you are using SG-2 mechanics for
a
non-GZG setting in which there is more variance than that in the
traditional
GZG setting.

The thing about adding these sort of flavours is *you don't have to use
them
if you don't like them*. I wouldn't be worried about an overly
complicated
new SG-3 coming out anytime soon. This is just simply people saying
that,
for their purposes, they'd like a bit more variance in technology
levels.

I don't think sights/optics alone justify 2-4 die shifts. I just don't
think
they have that much impact. Do I think they have no impact? No. I think
1
die shift either way is enough. One die shift to range also opens up an
additional range band, translating to an extra 80m of range for REGs and
100m for vets. Technology might just justify doing that.

I'm happy to see discussion like this on the list. Even though I perfer
small perturbations of existing mechanics to large ones, I still think
having options and discussing them is a good activity. Otherwise the
game
gets old and dies.

Tom B.