Re: To Grav or not to Grav?

--- adrian.johnson@sympatico.ca wrote:

> My own personal taste toward all this stuff is to
> limit grav tech both in > it's expense (it's
*expensive* so is only for > high-value units...) and 

To a certain extent so do I.

have > the air defense vs. vehicle defense balance
such
> that the vehicles *are* > vulnerable, but not
overwhelmingly so.  Not to the > extent of Hammers'
> Slammers - so you can use grav assault vehicles to
> get to the surface and > grav apc's and tanks when
you're there, but > effective enough that tanks
> don't want to fly over the terrain if they can avoid
> it.

Exactally my point.  I figure air defenses can knock
down tanks so they can only 'fly' over relatively
undefended terrain.  Which explains why they have
heavy frontal armor and ability to fight at the 3'
altitude.  That's what they have to do to stay under
air defense envelope.  
 
John

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