Re: [GZG] Hugh's New Fighter/Point Defence rules

I've begun looking into Hugh's new fighter/antifighter rules.

A couple quick thoughts, because I've still missed most of the	
conversation.
My first reaction is I think they (the new roles) weaken Heavy	
missiles and fighters significantly (It doesn't take a great deal of  
fleet modification/sacrifice to make a task force effectively HM and  
fighter proof.) and leave salvo missiles almost intact, unless you're  
going to convert PDS systems in to %ship mass systems. I think any  
system that grants virtual invulnerability after a certain, relatively	
low threshold is too flawed. An average PD of 11 is granted with an  
array of 14 PDS - not too much to ask from a DN, or even a BC going up	
against a known Fighter heavy fleet.

I was very interested in Eric's playtest, but unless he's made a  
compensatory (and significant) recalculation of cost, he's misplayed  
torp fighters. FT 2.5 Torp fighters are one shot. They can't make two  
attacks, much less three, so the Phalons in the playtest should have  
clashed nearly full strength with the Kasparovs. The outcome would  
have been quite different.

Also I'm unclear why the phalons didn't drop a couple plasma 1's on  
top of themselves when the fighters attacked. They could take the  
paint scratching easily to completely wipe out every fighter group in  
the bolt range.

N

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