Re: HBW. My input +

From: kwasTAKETHISOUT@optonline.net (Kr'rt)

> I always cringe a little (a lot) when people talk about weapon
> efficiencies as compared with other weapons in a given wargame.

I agree, but if you _want_ to integrate a new weapon or system into the
game, you have to do it so that you don't unbalance things.

> FLAVOR and STYLE are much, much more important than whether the HBW is
+/-  
> less efficient than a P-torp. 

Also agreed, unless its unbalancing one way or the other.

>> I just can't see how the autohit can be so objectionable with
>> the weapon's built-in limitations.

> This isn't strictly true.  If your ship is only front firing, then
> what you say is true but with a ship with 2 or 3 Emitters, you can
> easily get one of them to bear at close range.

Easily? Mmmaybe. My assumption is that the extra arcs are paid for. One
thing to keep in mind abot the HBW as presented so far is that it is a
close
range weapon. It's power per mass/point/arc at distances beyond 18" is,
I
believe, below any other weapon with comparable range, which it makes up
for
at the closest ranges.

Noam