Re: Fighters

----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Goodall" <agoodall@att.net>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: Fighters

> On Fri, 03 May 2002 10:24:21 -0700, "Brian Bilderback"
> <bbilderback@hotmail.com> wrote:

> >This would be, IMO, a bad thing, since the designs are flawed
according
to
> >most players, and using them as a benchmark ties the system more
closely
> >into the background.

> They aren't flawed. The point system is flawed. Twenty fighter
squadrons
are
> far more effective combat wise than 20 times the cost of 1 squadron
would
> suggest. Twenty beams, on the other hand, are about as effective as
the
cost
> of 1 beam multiplied by 20.

Yes, but there's a problem with this argument:	it goes both ways, and
you're not accounting for that.  Yes, if you've only got half as many
point
defenses as you need, you're in a lot less trouble with 1 squadron
against
you than 20.  But if you DO bring enough point defenses, THEY'RE in a
lot
less trouble if they brought 1 fighter than 20 as well -- because
they'll
have wasted a lot less mass in weapons that will, in that instance, be
useless.

E