Re: New Full Thrust point defence rules

On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 10:25:11 +1100, <john.tailby@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> If you wanted to make the configuration of ships in the FT universe  
> fleet books make sense, you could simply allow PDS to attack each  
> incoming ordnance attack. Maybe without the exploding dice mechanic.
>
> Otherwise the fleet book ships don't make much sense unless the use of
 
> missiles and fighters is very limited.
>

Any solution that only makes point defence more effective (other  
suggestions such as cheaper ADFCs) on the one hand encourage even more	
extreme numbers of fighters and on the other hand make a small number of
 
fighters - for example the fighters carried by most Fleet Book	
dreadnoughts - completely useless. My rewrite aims to reduce the
problems  
at both ends, so not only will soap bubble carriers be denied an
automatic  
victory, but a small number of fighters or missiles can still be useful.

I did most of my analysis and scenario testing using Fleet Book designs,
 
because I wanted to ensure that those remained viable.

-- 
	 cheers,
	 Hugh Fisher