Re: [GZG] EMP Weapons on Fighters

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laserlight wrote:

>If you're going to cripple the EMP fighters that badly, why not just make them
>missiles and be done with it?

Fighters are slightly different than missiles - and in FT all options should exist. Though I agree my suggestions may have crippled them too much, just a few thoughts I chucked out quickly.

DOCAGREN wrote:

>EMP Fighter:
>Can attack only once with it's EMP pulse gun.  After that it is limited to Anti-Fighter Weapons only.
>EMP hits as following:
>Unscreened: 5 = 1DP, 6 2DP+Reroll
>Screened 1: 5 = 1DP, 6 1DP+Reroll
>Screened 2: 6 1DP+Reroll
>
>Side Effect, all Fighters (including  EMP carrying) or Missiles (either Friend or Foe) within 6mu use, >are affected by burst  and are +1 Easier to hit by PDF.  Heavy fighters  are only affected out to 3mu.  
>
>Each Fighter Cost +4, and it has a Effectiveness of 3 for our Modular Fighter Construction rules.

So basically, shooting as for EMP beams as descibed in the OCR Beta Fleet, with standard Anti-fighter or reduced like Attack Fighters?

I don't think Heavy Fighters should get another benefit - they already get their -1DRM to hit.

Also, the +1DRM after firing is a reduced penalty if using the modified (FT 3rd ed hopeful) fighter rules, as they all fire after the ships - meaning ship based PDF won't gain any benefit.


Sorry to be the one picking away, my group wanted me to put in Needle Fighters into our campaign, as yet no one has fielded them, but I'm still not convinced on them - of course, campaign verses straight games place different emphasis on fighters depending on how you handle loses/resupplying.

I looked through the pages I compiled my systems list from:
http://nift.firedrake.org/Weap-Def_Archive.htm
...sadly found no mention of EMP fighters, I owe a lot to the people that compiled that list (made making my own for FTCamp a hell of a lot easier).

Simon

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