Re: [Epic] SHW's & BlastMarkers - kinda long

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 22:38:35 -0700

Scott Shupe wrote:
>
> Miller, Chris wrote:
> >
> [ WE's vulnerbility to BMs ]
>
> > Now, I see something similar. BM's are supposed to largely
> > represent fire suppression -
> [snip]
> > Maybe it also covers smoke and blast effects
> > screwing up your targeting ability for vehicles - great, I like the way
> > it works for them.
>
> Wouldn't the above justification for BMs affecting
> vehicles also cover their ability to affect WEs?

But a war engine would have the best targeting systems and the most
stable weapon mounts around.


>
> > I guess my problem is that I see what BM's are
> > supposed to be and why they affect other units the way they do, but
> > those same thoughts do not apply to titans and super heavies and
> > certainly shouldn't depend on what kind of energy comes out of the
> > barrel of the gun.
> >
> > OK, now that I've gone off on BM's, let's be posititve: What do
> > I suggest as an alternative?
> >
> > This:
> > BM's should affect a Superheavy weapon's chance to hit if it has one: -1
> > per BM.
>
> Gah! You make a case on why WEs should not be affect
> by BMs, and as a solution you propose to reduce BMs'
> effectiveness against all super heavy weapons?!? Yeah, those
> LRs weren't underpriced enough as it was...

I think he meant only for war engines. Chill.

> It's an interesting idea, otherwise.
>
> > The only hole here is disrupt weapons. Not sure what to do with
> > these - could just keep the same "1 BM shuts them down" policy as we
> > have now, but that seems a little unfair. Adding an effective to hit
> > roll of 1+ could solve it (i.e. normally they hit on a 1+ so it's not
> > even rolled unless they have a BM on them when firing) but I'm open to
> > other suggestions.
>
> ??? Disrupts 'hit' on a 4+. Why couldn't you reduce
> their accuracy by per BM like you proposed for the other SHWs?

Maybe he was tired; the answer seemed obvious to me as well.
>
> > Again, I like Blast Markers and what they do, on everything
> > except SHW's. I didn't like the initial ruling, and I didn't like the
> > alternative (which the uninformed often play, I find locally) where BM's
> > do _nothing_ to SHW's,
>
> Wow. Lemme guess - lots of Land Raiders and arty on the
> board?

Don't be a putz. It's an inspired solution, and I'm pretty sure he meant
it only for war engines, if you follow the train of though in the reply,
instead of reading every sentence by itself (I hear they test 4th
graders on this ability in public schools Standardized Tests).
 
Thane

(sorry, it's late and I'm irratable)
Received on Fri Feb 06 1998 - 05:38:35 UTC