Re: [Epic] Net Epic - Multiple template barrages

From: Brett Hollindale <agro_at_...>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 11:56:19 GMT

At 12:42 PM 7/2/97 +0200, you wrote:
>Multiple template barrages, like that of Barrage Missile of titans, can
>cover any area starting from the initial template so long as each template
>touches the one before that, and none of the templates overlap.


With most multiple barrages this is true, but I do not think that this is
stated for the Multiple Barrage Launcher and the fluff suggests that "it is
a fine weapon for stripping void shields" - and how can you do that without
being able to overlap the templates?

As to the rest of the post, I've always thought it sucked thatyou could
PLACE a template out of your line of sight. I think that if the template is
outside your LOS, then you aught to roll scatter.

Agro



>Now, this is stretching the "reality" a little bit too far. In "real"
>barrages, the "main gun", which is located roughly in the center of the
>battery, is used for spotting shots, and when the whole battery shoots, the
>projectiles fall roughly -around- the that of the "main gun". It is similar
>in the case of scattering rocket barrages. The individual rockets fall
>randomly around the point which they have been aimed. However, in Epic, you
>can position your templates in such a way that they snake around buildings
>and obstacles and what-not, well into the area you normally cannot see.
>
>A logical solution to the problem could be that:
> "Extra templates in multiple-template barrages are placed in such a way
>that, the number of templates at one side of the line-of-sight from the
>weapon to the initial template cannot exceed the number of templates at the
>other side by more than one"(Tested house rule).
>
>How about that?
>
>S. Birol Akmeric
>
>nethol_at_...
>
>
Received on Tue Feb 11 1997 - 11:56:19 UTC