RE: (DS): Systems per Class

Brian,

If you really want to get back to it, it's not "systems per class", it's

*weapons* per class.  That's the limiting rule.

As to why it's there, I have no idea.  I think you'd have to get Jon T.
to 
chime in on it. :)

J

John K. Lerchey
Computer and Network Security Coordinator
Computing Services
Carnegie Mellon University

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Brian B wrote:

> Firrt of all, let me again reiterate that discussions
> regarding specific Real life vehicles and alternate
> ways to simulate them are interesting, but ultimately
> they distract from the real issue. And I do understand
> the abstraction concept, believe it or not. But even
> it is tied to the issue of specific designs, and fails
> to address the main issue: why the systems per class
> rule, and should it be changed?
> --- owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> <lerchey@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>> I beg to differ here, but only because I'm a pain
> the rear. :)
>> The M-16 had quad .50 cals.	Given that they shoot
> down aircraft, and *do*
>> have the capability of engaging lightly armored
> vehicles at shorter
>> ranges, I'd call 'em RFAC/1s.
>>
>> Still, that does give 4 class 1 weapons on a size 2
> track if you go that
>> way, which breaks the rule.
>>
>> However, as Indy stated, part of the elegance of
> Jons rules is
>> *abstraction*.  The M-16 was an AA vehicle. I'd go
> with a basic ADS and a
>> second RFAC (coaxially mounted).  The ADS fires
> against ground targets as
>> an RFAC, so a pair of them adequately covers the
> added firepower for my
>> purposes, though clearly I would not be representing
> it as 4 weapons.
>>
>> No rules are perfect, and in DSII, I think that "the
> intended combat
>> effect" is often more to be sought than the issue of
> "how many guns can I
>> cram on this sucker?" mentality.
>>
>> :)
>>
>> J
>>
>>>
>>> M-16 halftrack: 4xAPSW on a size 2 track.
>>>
>>> I don't really find a tactical reason to have
> multiple
>>> heavy weapons on a single vehicle (excepting
>>> GMS/automatic weapon combos) anyway.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>>
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