Re: [Power Projection] Review

On Monday, May 12, 2003, at 14:21 Europe/London, laserlight@quixnet.net 
wrote:

>> BGs are the one area we are still debating (as Andy is laying it
out).
>> They are horribly complex to handle, especially as adopting the FT
> combat engine merges the to-hit roll with the damage roll
>
> Make all other adjustments, roll on that line and note the damage.  
> Then
> shift down one for each BG rating.  Apply that damage to the ship, and

> the
> difference between that and the original to the ship's capacitors.  
> (You
> could do the same for outbound, except it's not absorbed).
>
> Or
> Roll for damage as usual, then roll d6, if =< BG rating, that attack
is
> absorbed.  I knew the original BGs were in 10% increments, this makes 
> it
> 17% increments but is pretty simple.

The thing is, most of the damage values have been scaled relative to 
each other relative to HG2, and there are a whole set of multipliers 
for most weapons (damage isn't related to energy in HG2 except 
generally)...

Cheers,

Dom

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