Re: FT III, BIg ships and such.

Date sent:  9-DEC-1996 09:40:14 

>I have a lot of misgivings about FTIII at the moment.	This sounds
rather
>like a GW thing.  There may (to some) be a problem with one small
section
>of the game that isn't exactly balanced.  GW then turns around and
changes
>the entire system, forcing us to buy the new game.  That is happening
at
>the moment to Epic.  A game that is very good with only a few problems,
so
>lets redesign it from the ground up.  FTIII for the moment just sounds
>like that.  I realize that I am about to get flamed in the worst way
for
>comparing GZG to GW in this way, but I am getting tired of this kind of
>nonsense.  FT is just fine the way it is, in fact it is great!  All FT
>could possibly need (IMHO) "might" be a few suggestions on how to
balance
>out some of the things that a few people feel are unbalanced (keeping
in
>mind that not everybody feels they are).  IMHO I feel that a third
>expansion (kind of a "bit more thrust" or whatever) would be much
better.

"Yes, I concur. Wholehartedly and without reservation."
"A simple 'Yes' would have done number 1."
"I didn't want there to be any chance at misunderstanding Sir."
- William T. Riker and Captain Picard.

I think a rewrite "More Thrust 2", "Even More Thrust", "Vectored Thrust"
 or
something would be much more desirable than a rewrite of FT itself.
Perhaps
replacing MT, but NOT the core rules.

We don't want to cure the disease by killing the patient. At the end of
the
day, it's only a slight cough anyway.

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