Big Beams was: Re: [FT] SMLs, Type 3 & Tactics

I hadn't even thought about the sensor range thing.  I'd say that the
only
advatage to having a beam that could shoot futher than your sensor can
see
is that once a target is in sensor range, you can start doing some more
damage than 1 die.

The problem I have with big beams is that at *typical* combat ranges
that I
usually find myself in, smaller beams will give better results.  The
battles always seem to get into 1-12 or 13-24 ranges where big beams
lose
their advantages.  I'd much rather have 2 class 3's at close range (6
dice)
versus 1 class 4 (4 dice).

<much snipage>

>One problem with the really big weapons is that their maximum range
tends
>to be quite a bit longer than the maximum sensor range - a Class-6 has
a
>theoretical max range of 72 mu, a Class-16 192 mu - but the standard
>sensor rules  from FT limits the actual firing ranges to 54 mu IIRC.
>'Course, the entire sensor section of the rules needs to be looked over
>for FT3 (or FB2, or something).
>
>Later,
>
>Oerjan Ohlson
>oerjan.ohlson@telia.com
>
>"Life is like a sewer.
>  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
>- Hen3ry
>
>

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