Re: Clarificationson my HBW ideas.

Roger Books wrote:

> > For damage first point of each dice goes to armour, rest to hull.
> 
> <RANT>
> 
>Now for this I will howl munchkin.  It is the ONLY WEAPON IN THE >GAME
THAT IGNORES ALMOST ALL OF THE ARMOUR.	

<chuckle> Apart from the needle beams and EMP missiles, of course :-)
OK, the EMP missiles inflict some of their damage on the hull and
armour as well, but their main effect are the extra threshold rolls.

>This one advantage means we need to up the poing cost to about >8xMASS
or maybe even 10x.

Not if it is has roughly the same damage/Mass ratios as the P-torp;
4xMass would be enough in this case :-) If the HBW is reduced by
screens (haven't had time to go through the entire debate yet, but it
was discussed early on at least), 3xMass should be just fine.

OK, the "weak hulls with massive armour" style of designs will drop
back into the line if this type of damage distribution is adopted
(they'll only be about as effective as the other hull types instead of
a lot better) and the NSL won't like it that much if they run into a
fleet armed with nothing but HBWs, but apart from that it's not a
balance problem. Quite the opposite - it *solves* a current balance
problem.

Kind regards,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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