Re: Beta Fighter game report

I wrote in my reply to Jared:

 >>2b) We like the "Heavy = defense-1" because it allowed us to add
 >>"Extra-heavy = defense-2" for things like TIE Defenders or Imperial
 >>Assault Shuttles.  If we now give TIE/Ds a DRM of -2, that will make
 >>them tougher than we want.
 >
 >I'm sorry, but rules revisions can't afford to consider keeping
individual
 >groups' house rules intact. No matter how the rules are revised,
there's
 >always *some* group whose house rules get violated by the changes.

That said, if you make the assault shuttles etc. take *2* PD hits to 
destroy and "level-0" protection against PD-mode fire, you get a similar

effect as giving them a -2 target's DRM against PD-mode fire but only
one 
single "hit point". OK, it makes them *soak up* the damage rather than 
*deflect* it, but the amount of extra firepower the enemy has to throw
at 
them to destroy them is about the same. (They'd still be destroyed by a 
single anti-ship mode hit, though!)

Later,

Oerjan
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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