Re: Why big ships are too good...

Brian Lojeck wrote:
>not at all... actually, I was trying to put logic to large ships having
>such better ability to take damage.
>
>perhaps if I explain it better...
>
>ships have two things they must do, defend and attack. a ships weapons
are
>what attack, its body is what defends.
>
>if I take a 100 ton ship and give it one c battery, it has the same
>offensive punch as an 8 ton ship with a C-batt. so their offensive
ability
>should cost the same amount in points regardless of the fact that the
>larger ship has the potential to mount greater weaponry...
>
>where the larger ship IS better (to account for costing more) is in the
>ability to take damage...
>
>better explaination?

Understood.  Still, you got me thinking of what to do with extra space
unused by systems.

Mike Miserendino