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

>> Mark 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!"
>>   Any comments.   >>
>> I began to play full thrust because of the simplicity and small
>> amount of record keeping. If it is to be required to record firing
>> orders you should be able to declare opportunity fire with a -1
>> penalty for a snap shot, to duplicate a quick response to enemy
>> fire. Brian
>>
>
I think the key here is the false idea that all fire would be
simultaneous.
This would certainly be true for any beam weapon.  Unlike the racing
blaster beams we see in Star Wars.  The firing of a beam weapon would
be...more or less...instant.  You would power up the beam...fire it at
the
speed of light..and recharge the beam.	It would be more or less like
hitting the little push button on the flashlight.  In this case, I don't
see the ability to react to enemy fire, if you were just...a milisecond
slow in responding, (that would be huge), your ship, battery,
fire-con..etc. would be toast before it could return fire.   I think
that
using a simo system would be less realistic rather than more.  Besides,
the
strategy involved in deciding which ships to fire first and next is one
of
the better parts of the game!

Jerry McVicker

"Don't worry soldier, weapons will be available in a moment."

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