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Re: ESPG rules considerations (was Re: Question about quality of Best Lock...
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Wed, 6 Oct 2004 22:23:00 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Yes, the swivel cannon is quite handy in a stern chase. Perhaps this
> is a flaw in the rules, or perhaps it's a good thing.
The swivel cannon is always able to target. Without a swivel cannon, your
ability to target depends somewhat on the GM's estimation of the angle of
broadside, but it tends to be a pretty small arc on either side of the ship
(though it is increased the more cannon you have since if ONE broadside
cannon has targetting, they all do).
> Except that I think a class 6 against 6 class 1s can blow 2 or three
> of them out of the water before they do much damage at all to it.
> Maybe we should run that as an experiment!
At BricksWest 2002, we ran a class 3 or 4 against several class 1s. Now the
big ship was played by a young player, but he had a very good grasp of the
game. The class 1s won pretty easily. Two big things contributed:
1. Maneuverability. I think they were always able to get at least one
"crossing the T" shot.
2. The more men on the target ship, the more effective grape is.
> Yes. In fact, circling back, I've seen that players do better buying
> lots of men and keeping their class 1, and then TAKING class 1s from
> other folks instead of buying a class 2. But part of that is because
> I still think grape is too powerful, at least a bit.
Interestingly, people were originally complaining that grape wasn't
effective enough.
Actually, it's small arms fire that is too effective.
I'm actually pretty seriously considering ditching ESPG and looking for a
different set of rules. I'm not convinced it's worth the effort to fix a
broken set of rules. There probably is a much better set of rules out there.
Frank
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