Balancing for vector

I dunno about anyone else, but we know cinematic and vector balance
differently (arcs have different impact as does the thrust rating of a ship)
but that doesn't seem like an excuse to mangle vector movement to me. Maybe
I'm too much of an SG2 player (Look, Ma! No Point System!) and too used to
having to balance with careful attention to the scenario and using experience
and thought as a guideline, but I don't find the fact that point balance is
off in vector to be a great worry. Some guidelines on how to adjust would be
handy, but if I don't get it spot on, I'll learn from that.

I think the stipulations that you can main drive, rotate, push, and roll and
that you can't split those up (can only do one of any given type of manoeuvre
in a round) is sufficient.

I agree with the fellow (forget who) that suggested you turf the push. It's
neat on the game board, but it makes little sense and vector is (I think) a
little more hard-sci than cinematic (with tie fighters swooshing about).
Pushing from docking thrusters won't have much impact in a 15 minute turn
where distances may be measured in 1000's of kms. I don't agree with the
suggestion to make ships ponderous to turn... in a 15 minute turn, it
shouldn't take much to revolve the ship 15 times around!

Caveat: Of course, you can argue for a smaller timescale and distance scale,
in which case you could argue for pushes, but then his other suggestion of
limiting turns makes sense. So if you want to keep pushes, then yes, its
fine to make more ponderous turns and accept a faster/smaller presumed
time/distance scale. If you like the 15 min/1000 km scales, then ships
should be able to rotate cheap and the push just shouldn't exist.

YMMV.

> On 20-Mar-00 at 13:43, Thomas.Barclay (Thomas.Barclay@sofkin.ca) wrote:
and too
> used to having to balance with careful attention to the scenario and

For SG2 it isn't that big of a deal. If you are playing a campaign in FT it is
a big deal. The tendancy is to think of it as 1 NPV = 1 economic unit spent.
Of course, with everyone evolving their ships it balances out.

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