Re: Wave, Nova, j-torps ... uberweapon imbalance?

John M. Huber wrote:
> 
> Okay,  uberweapons like WaveGuns seem neat.  However, have you ever
had a well
> balanced, nasty-designed, fearsome force to be reconned with, fleet
... set it
> up ... and someone Waves, Novas or puts you between a pair of j-torps?

this has happened to me when paling warhammer 40k before, a 50 ork
artifact that generated an impervious force feild 18inches long and
effectivly prevented almost all of my troops from firing at his army
and no i don't play 40k anymore
 
> Big nasty weapons seem to take-away the feeling of fleet manuevering,
missile
> chasing and the like.  Its no longer mano-a-mano, ship-to-ship, but
just a big
> energy flush that washes away anything in its path.
> 
> Anyone else out there thinking the same way?

the only way i would allow some one to use wave or nova guns would be if
the playing area was increased dramatically...say like to a 12ft by 12ft
tabel, that way you'd have room to maneuver and spread out the fleet. 
And since i am the only one who knows the rules, i design all the
senerios and i get my way

> I would like to see it "cost" more to use these things.  How about a
> percentage of the wave or nova blast washes back over the owner? 
J-Torps can
> bounce back?	Each time you fire a "biggie" roll Threshold on all
systems to
> see if using the big weapon fries any of the ship's systems?
> 
> John "No, not my Wing of Divine Retribution!" Huber

see above...

Chris "put super weapons away and fight like a man, you ninny" Pratt
valen10@flash.net