Re: FTIII: A Plea to End "Me Too" Firing.

At 10:48 PM 5/26/97 -0400, you wrote:
>At 06:36 PM 5/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>	While reading the posts regarding what some of us would like to 
>>see in the upcoming Third Edtion of FT, I remembered that there was
one 
>>thing I wanted to see changed.  I have always liked the idea of 
>>simultaneouus fire rather than the current system.  The current system

>>leads to"me too" firing which is rather annoying when you think about 
>>it.  IMHO all fire from offensive weapons must recorded and executed 
>>like movement orders.  It will make the players "think" rather than 
>>"react" and plan their tactics instead of just working along the lines
of 
>>"Oh, he shot at me, now I can shoot back!"
>Well, actually I don't like pre-planned firing. I don't like the idea
that
>an unexpected maneuvre renders my ship completely impotent simply
because
>the opponent did something unexpected. Conventional systems can track
more
Um, call me strange but if you are doing it that way isn't if feasible
to
right 'fire orders' *after* movement has been carried out?

			TTFN
				Jon
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