Re: Fighters

>From: Roger Burton West <roger@firedrake.org>

>The distinction is that in the real world we have an absolute arbiter
of
>what was a relatively good design. In the FBs, the _only_ thing to give
>relative values to designs is the rule system.

Agreed, but my point remains, that the advantage fighters has seems to
be 
greater vs FB stock ships than Vs. custom designs.  While I agree with
all 
else you say, I still don't think the rules should be changed just to
favor 
those designs.

>Right now fighters are (IMHO anyway) over-powerful _in relation to
their
>points cost_, particular in large numbers (because the Nth fighter
>squadron gives you more extra hitting power than the (N-1)th did). I
>should be entirely happy to see a rule change which made fighter power
>approximately linear with point value, and I cannot see any reason to
>argue against such a thing. (We can argue over what that point value
>should be, if you like... :-)

Perhaps not by changing how fighters work, but by giving newer, better 
defenses against them - thus actually simulating an arms tech race. :-)

3B^2

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