RE: [GZG] Re: Points systems

Yes, you could stack most of your VP in a single ship, but the players
who do that would be the same ones who put all their NPV into a single
or couple of large ships.

In the scenario where you place most of your VP in a single small ship,
your opponent might just pack a few high-speed DD's armed with a P-torps
to take down such stragglers.

VP doesn't necessarily change how a player is going to assemble his
fleet, but it can change how they use the fleet.  Players currently
subconsciously allocate VP (based on NPV) to their ships, I would
propose to formalize the process so that it could be used in a
tournament format by anyone.

Unless specified in the scenario, most players calculate who won by
simply counting the NPV of the ships destroyed. VP gives a different
scale in which to calculate victory.  If people don't like the hidden or
random aspect, then more formalized rules limiting VP allocation can be
created. I know that people already use house rules for generating
fleets that prevent the munchkin or mega-ship strategies and those rules
can simply be applied to VP. (i.e. minimum 1 point per ship, no more
than X points per ship, etc.)

--Binhan

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Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 3:08 PM
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Subject: RE: [GZG] Re: Points systems

> As John had previously said - He's going to gun for the
> capital ships every time.

*I* don't.  I kill the small guys first.  A PTorp from a DD
hurts just as much as one from a SDN, and I can usually kill
the DD in one turn.

> Historical Example - Pearl Harbor. <snip>
> battleships, but that class had been made obsolete by the
> carrier and played a much more minor role in naval warfare
> in the Pacific than pre-war planners would have thought.

Because we didn't have any.  It's poor practice to plan to
use ships you don't have.  When we got more, we used them
(admittedly not for the original mission).

> If for some reason a player decided to allocate most of
> his/her VP to a single ship

Soooooo....I could put 90% of my VP in one frigate, and send
that frigate way to rear while my expendable dreadnaughts
are up front slugging it out. 
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