Re: Kinetic Shields

Roger Books wrote:

> > Am I the only one that feels like the FT/FB1 point
> > system is severely
> > broken when talking shields/K-guns?

Do you think that the FB points system is severely broken when talking 
screens/P-torps as well? After all, the P-torps inflict about as much 
damage per Mass as the K-guns, and P-torps are cheaper...

David Griffin wrote:

>Well, that's the problem, they aren't really
>shields, they're "screens" which in FT is more
>of an electronic disruption field for beams.
>
>I'd like to see an actual official shield in
>FBIII (even if it's in a genre section but
>preferably not) which works against everything.

You could get that, provided that the "shield" is considerably less 
effective, or more expensive for the same effect, against the currently 
screen-skipping weapons (P-torps, K-guns etc.). Phalon multi-layered
shell 
in FB2 is one such system - you need 2 layers to stop P-torps, missiles
and 
most beams from penetrating; you'll need... more than that to completely

stop the bigger K-guns, but you can do it if you shell out enough money.

The various screen-skippers were all balanced around the fact that they 
aren't degraded by screens, so if your "shield" degrades them by the
same 
percentage at the same cost as it does beams you effectively make all 
screen-skipping weapons useless :-(

Regards,

Oerjan
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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