Combat Point Value Revisited

What's the CPV of the following ship:

B-1/6
1 hull 1 FC FTL
Drive-4

> What's the CPV of the following ship:
*snip*
> And what about this one?

To the commander facing an all-beam fleet, not much...

To the crew, knowing they'll be the LAST target, priceless! ;->=

The_Beast

> Alan Brain wrote:

> What's the CPV of the following ship:

CPV 15

> And what about this one?

CPV 11

For both ships, but particularly for the latter, the actual combat value

will of course depend rather heavily on whether or not the enemy uses
missiles :-/

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For both ships, but particularly for the latter, the actual combat value will
of course depend rather heavily on whether or not the enemy uses
missiles :-/
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What is the CPV of rock, paper, or scissors?

Should you have a single-value CPV when it can, at best, be a guide?

The_Beast

> On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 02:29:11PM -0500, Doug Evans wrote:

1.

> Should you have a single-value CPV when it can, at best, be a guide?

IMHO it's better than not having one. In cases other than the extreme ones it
does a pretty decent job; and although I don't fight
even-point-value battles I still find it useful for evaluating how well
the players did relative to each other.

R

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> Should you have a single-value CPV when it can, at best, be a guide?

IMHO it's better than not having one. In cases other than the extreme ones it
does a pretty decent job; and although I don't fight
even-point-value battles I still find it useful for evaluating how well
the players did relative to each other.
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Both questions semi-rhetorical. ;->=

I certainly agree that a point system, the better the better, and on this all
give a shout out to OO, is not merely 'nice', but vital to some people.
However, you do have to beat some people over the head with 'even the Evil
Empire's system breaks down at certain points' without arcane and arbitrary
rules.

The_Beast

> For both ships, but particularly for the latter, the actual combat

It's almost as if you need a design CPV system *and* a combat effectiveness
value based on current opponent.;)

> damosan@comcast.net wrote:

> For both ships, but particularly for the latter, the actual combat

Clearly we need the FT equivalent of a FIDE rating...