Re: FT III, BIg ships and such.

On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Chad Taylor wrote:

> 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).

     I agree, and IF this were the case I might not buy FTIII.

> IMHO I feel that a third
> expansion (kind of a "bit more thrust" or whatever) would be much
better.
> I would like to see a few suggestions to balance the "problems", maybe
> some new tech systems, a few more alien races, and maybe some campaign
> rules.

     An excellent idea Chad.

Enjoy,
Tom Granvold				<thomas.granvold@eng.sun.com>