Re: Why big ships are too good...

On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, lojeck wrote:

> 
> I just noticed something, shields are 25 pts/level regardless of the
size
> of the ship. this is obviously incorrect from a game-balance sense,
since
> if you have more "hit points" for your ship, the shields become much
more
> influential in the game...
> 
> now I just need to think up a way to make it "fair"er...
> 

I've noticed that the increased cost of Thrust usually balances things
out.  After all, it is a point and mass system (for the moment) that 
provides balance rather than just a mass system.  

> 
> 
> Brian Lojeck
> lojeck@mizar.usc.edu
> 
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