RE: [Epic] Net Epic Gudelines

From: Cameron Bentsen <stu7i95_at_...>
Date: 30 Jan 1997 10:59 EST

In message "[Epic] Net Epic Gudelines", you write:

>
> > > As far as the cards go, I think that pricing everything
> > > in multiples of 50pts is a problem, and is part of the reason
> > > some units are over/underpriced. 40k involves massive number
> > > crunching, so why can't Epic players handle a point system in
> > > multiples of 25? (or even 5?)
> Just out of curiousity, is there a reason for the point
> system to be in multiples of anything? For instance,
> if you want what we have now, divide all the point values
> by 50. Victory points in the same scale as current would
> then be 1/2 point values. Why the extra 0s on the end?
> Just because 4000 points sounds better than 800? If you
> want results equivalent to current multiples of 25,
> then divide current values by 25. 250 points is now 10.
> Breakpoints are still half, so maybe point values as
> even numbers would be useful--so multiply the current
> point values by 2/25. With adjustment of victory points,
> no reason why victory points couldn't be the same as
> the army points.
>
> Anyway, I was always curious why, if the values were always
> multiples of 50, the point values weren't just divided by
> 50 to give resolution of 1 (or 2 so breakpoint don't have
> to be rounded).
>
> andy
> andy.skinner_at_...
>

Probably the same reason video games always measure points in multiples of
100 or more, and wind up with total scores in the millions -- it makes it
sound more impressive. Who'd want to show up at a game with a 25 point army?

There's no particular reason other than "impressiveness factor" to have
point values be in 25 or 50 point increments. However, there's no particular
reason not to have that way, either.
Received on Thu Jan 30 1997 - 15:59:00 UTC