From: Izenberg, Noam <Noam.Izenberg@j...>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 18:25:34 -0500
Subject: Re: Heavy Beams - 3rd Attempt + Poll
> OTOH I _still_ like the one-size-fits-all emitter best. Again, > <rant mode> Never say can't. HBW's are Heavy Weapons - minimally equivalent to class 3's, P-torps and SML's. Fixing emitter price at say 2mass/6pts may be inefficient for those that buy generators with 2 capacity, but then, IMO, it should be. Restrict the emitters to a single arc. With really big generators, you might be getting "over efficient" but balance that against the base cost of the large generator and the double-system vulnerability to thresholds. Oerjan could weigh in on that. Poll stuff: Charging - I choose Dean's method. 1/2 charge every turn. Fast, easy, balanced. As for Rerolls - No. 17% more damage (I think) w/o compensation and the Infinite Range problem Seidl mentioned. If those two can be ansered simply, then Maybe, but I'm still not a big fan of random ship-killing systems. I hate the to-hit roll idea flat out. Straight damage minus range minus shields is a nifty way to do it and should stay.