Re: [GZG] Monster ships

TomB wrote:

>If you didn't put reasonable point costing on HTM/HMs (and I haven't
>heard OA or anyone say what that would be) but kept the old-school
>behaviours, then you've got a very long range, very selective weapon
>for an overly cheap price.

If you kept the old-school *manoeuvrability* for 
the MTMs as well (ie. "launch straight ahead and 
make a single up-to-60° course change at the 
mid-move point each game turn") and played on a 
largish or floating table, you'd also have a 
system that is relatively easy for a thrust-4 
Cinematic ship to outmanoeuvre - either by flat 
out outrunning them, or by overflying them so 
your ships end their move >6mu behind where the 
missiles began the turn (ie., >6mu behind where 
the missiles are when you write your movement 
orders). In my experience MTMs were only really 
lethal against targets with thrust-2 or less, or 
on tables small enough for them to pin their 
targets against an impenetrable table edge - and 
that was with the MT rules for shooting them down :-/

>I was pleasantly surprised by the idea of FTL-bombing banzai jammers.
>That's a technique I hadn't thought of. Mind you, for that matter, you
>can use this technique beyond just engaging banzai jammers... you can
>use it to actually attack big ships. [...]
>
>Was there not a change at some point to let the ship doing so die but
>fail to damage others just to avoid this sort of thing?

Only discussed on that other mailing list AFAIR...

Regards,

Oerjan	

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