From: Izenberg, Noam <Noam.Izenberg@j...>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:30:44 -0500
Subject: EMP/Ion Weapons
Everyone has a variant on a ship-based Threshold effect weapon, it seems. I like the simpler ones better, (and mine, which is (alas) not the simplest best, but that's a no-brainer). What it suggests to me, in the end, is that such a weapon _should_ exist in the official universe. I like mine because it weakens the effect slightly by giving choices to the defending player of how he rolls (or choses) his thresholds. I like Phillip Pournelles next because of its simplicity, though it may be over-powered Dean Gundberg's looks balanced to my eye, but the tables for damage are significant added complexity. I'm not a big fan of Steven Arrowsmith's, also because of its complexity.