Re: [GZG] Beta Playtest Rules

[Oerjan Ariander <oerjan.ariander@xxxxxxxxx>]

Claus Paludan wrote:

> > * All players thought that one side had won the battle hands down, when 
> > in fact both sides had lost almost exactly the same percentage of their 
> > hull/armour boxes; but while one side had lost several ships and had the 
> > rest untouched the other had taken some damage to all units, so one side 
> > *seemed* to be in far worse shape than the other;
>
> Well - one could argue that the side with damaged ships were better off 
> than the one with lost ships.. Damaged ship might shoot back, might 
> accomplish mission tasks and might get away etc... Destroyed ships don't ;)

One could just as easily argue that due to the way Full Thrust's damage 
system works the damaged ships will almost certainly lose their remaining 
weapons faster, and also die faster, when they take further damage than 
similarly-sized undamaged ships will.

In addition, Full Thrust's initiative system means that the fewer undamaged 
ships get to fire before all of the more numerous damaged ships have fired, 
thus further improving the undamaged ships' chances of knocking out weapons 
on the damaged ships before the latter can fire their weapons :-)

Regards,

Oerjan
oerjan.ariander@xxxxxxxxx

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

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