To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.gamingOpen lugnet.gaming in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Gaming / 1784
1783  |  1785
Subject: 
Re: 'Mech Damage Question
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.gaming, lugnet.gaming.brikwars
Date: 
Thu, 10 Jun 2004 03:34:32 GMT
Viewed: 
8780 times
  
In lugnet.gaming, Mike Rayhawk wrote:
It looked like you'd answered your own question in the earlier post - any
mixture of component, statistic, or platform damage will do.  It all depends on
which type of damage the attacker thinks is most effective or most appropriate
to the type of attack he's making.  If the attacker is trying to disable a
specific hinge-connection or is targeting a specific chink in the armor, then
component damage is the way to go.  For non-targeted damage, like getting caught
in the blast radius of an explosion, then either of the general damage tables is
more appropriate.

So, the attacker gets to choose which type they want to use?

~Clangador



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: 'Mech Damage Question
 
(...) It's more the difference between the attacker saying "I attack your mech" and "I attack the inner joint of your mech's left elbow." If he attacks a specific part, then he can use component damage. If he attacks the mech in general, then he (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars)

Message is in Reply To:
  Re: 'Mech Damage Question
 
(...) It looked like you'd answered your own question in the earlier post - any mixture of component, statistic, or platform damage will do. It all depends on which type of damage the attacker thinks is most effective or most appropriate to the type (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.gaming.brikwars)

7 Messages in This Thread:

Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact

This Message and its Replies on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR