Re: MT Missiles vs. Kra'Vak Scatter Packs

Ryan Gill wrote:

> At 6:41 AM -0400 6/11/01, Bell, Brian K (Contractor) wrote:
> >Since Scatter Packs roll 1-6 for damage and an MT Missile only has 1
damage
> >point, it is an automatic kill. But the Scatter Packs must target
each MT
> >Missile individually.
>
> How do you balance the fact that MT missiles are more difficult for
> PDS and fighters to engage?
>
> For example, PDS will take down MT missiles on a 6 where as Salvo
> Missiles are handled as for beams. Thats greatly smaller chance (1 in
> 6) than with SMs or Fighters. I've always taken it to be represented
> by the fact that MT missiles have a higher energy terminal phase as
> well as a large number of advanced penetration aids and decoys.

An MT missile is four times as durable as a SM (PDS destroys 4/6 of an
SM,
ignoring rerolls, but only 1/6 of a MT missile), but a scattergun is on
average,
ignoring rerolls, 21 times as effective as a pds, so it is not
unreasonable to