[v5.0] Core rules: fliers

From: Peter Ramos <primarch_at_...>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 16:11:24 -0400

Hi!

Well, we have reached the final topic on the core rules review and it's
a doosie!

Fliers have always caused a lot of debate and the rules change almost
from revision to revision. This happens as part of GW's legacy of
stacking up rules without testing them properly or realizing the impact
on the rules already present.

As we all know fliers will be "Advanced" but I will also make them
optional. Why? This decision is due my personal experience over the
years and having moved around a bit. I have played with many varied
groups of people in all those places I have lived and they all have one
thing in common-none used fliers regularly. This was either because they
didn't like the rules; thought fliers were too powerful or simply that
they wanted to focus on the ground troops without the added dimension.
Truth is groups will not use them (or will) irregardless of what we say
or do. So let's just make some rules without placing the burden or
"core" amongst players.

There is one big advantage of an advanced optional rule. That is we can
make whatever we want from scratch without much worry, since it stinks
it gets thrown out and if it rocks it gets voted in at a later date.

Before you all go crazy proposing things, first let us do some
brainstorming to answer one simple question (and yes I know it's really
far from simple):

What would you like to see in a set of flier rules for net epic?

Peter
Received on Tue Apr 30 2002 - 20:11:24 UTC