>Erik K. Rutins wrote:
>>
>> Sean:
>>
>> > What's wrong with Bananas! Their colour exactly represents the
level
>> > of courageous performance by infantry in my last battle.
>>
>> Okay, since I'm bored, let's take a look at the 'fruit roster' and
>> compare...
>>
>> Move Range FP AF Armour
>> Abilities Cost
>> Orange 30cm 15cm 1 2 3+
>> Bounce, Squirt 15 points
>> Apples 25cm 15cm 1 3 5+
>> Bounce 20 points
>> Grapefruit 20cm 30cm 2 3 4+
>> Squirt 25 points
>> Banana 10cm 15cm 1 2 4+
Save,
>> Slip 30 points
>>
>> Keep in mind, "Squirt" lets you double your firepower during
>> firefights, "Bounce" lets you move in the assault phase (though
not
>> into contact) on normal orders, "Slip" lets you make a free move
during
>> your opponent's assault phase before he conducts assaults.
>>
>> I'll admit the banana scores high on survivability with Save and
Slip,
>> but look at the offensive capability... for 30 points? The
grapefruit
>> gives you a much better balance, IMHO and six grapefruits will
>> annihilate 5 bananas (150 points) any day of the week. The
banana's
>> non-spherical shape hurts it badly in the movement phase and that
thick
>> skin that protects it so well also prevents it from being
effective in
>> the shooting phase.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> - Erik
>>
This is really interesting, can I translate it into French? ;-)
Francois Bruntz
Apprenti MIAGE (Universite Paris XII - IBM France)
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Received on Tue Jun 24 1997 - 12:06:31 UTC