RE: [FT] Operational game

--- "Robertson, Brendan"
<Brendan.Robertson@dva.gov.au> wrote:

> Last I heard the playtest list was trying a few
> things out.  The problem
> with fighters is that they provide an exponential
> increase in effectiveness,
> not a linear increase which makes pointing them
> difficult in one-off games.

Yup, I remember the problem, I was wondering if a
solution had been arrived at.  I had some ideas for
making ship's weapons, particulary beam weapons, more
powerful against them, as well as increasing the
effedctiveness of PDS and ADFC.

> For my campaign rules, the cost of replacement
> pilots pushes the price of
> fighters up considerably, as 50% of losses result in
> losing the pilot; which
> BTW costs more than the fighters they fly.

Realistic.

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