Federation Commander

edit: Never mind. You guys are using about six lines to solve a one-line problem, but it's getting solved.

Like it or not, you take the opportunities that you get. And sometimes Range 2 is the best that you can force - particularly when you consider that that there are four movement opportunities between ...

And I've noted earlier that I wasn't happy with the rule, and provided some numbers to demonstrate why I was unhappy with it. A 50% loss in damage at range 2 for a race that effectively lives or dies ...

The first was the tactic of using EM as emergency cover when someone screws up. That resulted in, what I believed, was an unintended (valid, but unintended) use of EM.Who, at any point, has suggested ...

But speed 16 for the dreadnought is 24 power; riding the midget only costs 1. And the frigate moving speed 24+1 for the whole turn is 8 power. It's a net benefit.

Or you have the "elephant riding a midget", where a Stopped Dreadnought tows a friendly Speed-24-and-accelerating Frigate. The Dreadnought is the one using the tractor, so it can still fire ...

So if you're being tractored, you might want to consider an Emergency Deceleration so that you can turn.

Well, yes, it worked exactly like it was supposed to--but why wouldn't it have worked that same way under the old rules? There is no functional difference between "the Fed took a shot in the 1-3 ...

The Klink announced he was going Erratic and the Feddie took the bait paid for his ticket to ride and rolled the dice.Which is about what would have happened anyway, only now it happened one Impulse e ...

Another noteworthy observation. Last Tuesday we had a game and used the new EM rule. What was interesting is the Klingon used the EM announcement as a way to force his Fed opponent into firing photons ...

You know, I'm beginning to come round to this point of view too.You misread my post. I'm arguing against the new rule--saying that it wasn't necessary.

This isn't an "elegant solution to a pr ...

Hee. "aggregious". Is that something like "offtrusive"?

You know, the more I think about this change, the more I like it.

It shifts the burden of planning onto the player who wishes to truly benefit from using EM, where previously the mere threat of EM ...

I mean, I kind of see where the ruling is coming from. In general, FC seems to try to avoid the idea of "inadvertent preemption"--basically, the Me-Too rule. With EM taking effect before O ...

Thats where we differ, if you used But you can say the same things about photons; if you're in a place where the enemy going EM ruins your attack plan, then you didn't "use" your photons pro ...