RE: [FT] Fighter combat

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> From: owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> [mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf
> Of Robertson,
> Brendan
> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 2:55 AM
> To: 'GZG-L'
> Subject: [FT] Fighter combat
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>SNIP<
> Simply changing the endurance (as has been suggested
> by someone else) would
> probably go a long way towards fixing most of the problem.
> Reduce the standard fighter endurance to 3 (6 for
> Long Range) reduces
> fighters effectiveness over a game by at least a
> third, but still allows a
> devastating first strike.

It does raise the question of why were the fighter endurance
rules changed in the first place ? In MT the rules were ;

Fighter Endurance
Fighters are assumed to only have a limited combat endurance,
due to restrictions on the life support and munitions that they
can carry. To simulate this dependency on a carrier, they are
considered to have a combat endurance of three turns of combat.
Fighters may ‘loiter’ for as long as they like, but if firing,
or fired upon, they use one turn of combat endurance.

I agree with the removal on the time limit to return to carrier
after CEF is used up, but there must have been some reason why
CEF was increased from 3 to 6 in the first place ?
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>SNIP<
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Rgds,

Alfie