Re: [FT] Who said Nova cannon's were unbalanced?

Beth wrote:

> The rules for theses two "big" guns were written pre-FB
> when ships were a lot smaller, now we regularly see ships hit the
board
> with masses >100. 

Well, a Mass 100 FB ship is roughly equivalent to a Mass 50-60 FT2 ship
- which were quite common, and quite vulnerable to WGs and NCs, in FT2
AFAIK :-/

> I'd even go so far to suggest that to make them useful
> (and to give them back some of their reputation) under FB I'd double
their
> radii of effect or give them twice the dice, 

IOW making it almost impossible to miss with them, particularly in
Vector movement :-( OK, single ships can dodge, but not a force relying
on ADFCs or similar.

> I'd also drop the requirement
> that says Nova Cannons can only be carried by capitals 

Obviously, since FB doesn't have any solid definition for "capital"
ships :-/

Regards,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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