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- From: sfd@soda.berkeley.edu (Scott Drellishak)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.netrek
- Subject: Re: Frequently Offered Clever Suggestions
- Message-ID: <1h8ao1INN5lo@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 00:09:37 GMT
- References: <89H=03SFc5zd00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> <1h7j3rINNcr2@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <ccN5031tc5yH00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
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- In article <ccN5031tc5yH00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden) writes:
- )In article <1h7j3rINNcr2@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> adc@tardis.cl.msu.edu writes:
- )>Has anyone suggested a mod whereby ships that blowup with more fuel do
- )>more dammage than ships that have little fuel?
- )
- )This was done on bezier for a little while (along with the "shrapnel" mod?)
- )Not sure how popular it was. It puts a dent in ogging.
-
- Yeah, this was on Wednesdays, for about a month before The End. The
- idea I had was (bearing in mind I think ogging is too easy), "instead
- of letting a bad guy dump his fuel tanks into you (as fuel) and then
- blow up with full force, maybe he should have to choose between (a)
- firing at you, or (b) blowing up on you". I'd be thrilled if some other
- server would implement this as a theme night -- there are far too few
- servers with any kind of interesting mods nowadays. Sturgeon excepted,
- of course -- there are almost *too* *many* mods on sturgeon to tell
- how any given mod affects play.
-
- By the way, why can't I refit on bronco? Do I need to use the RSA
- client? When will bronco upgrade to the sturgeon standard?
-
- (hint: if you see me sending these messages on your favorite server,
- I'm pulling your leg).
-
- Oh, by the way, I've been playing on bronco quite a bit recently,
- solely in DD's (except for the occasional starbase ogg or LPS take,
- and usually not even then). Even with cross-continent lag, and over a
- 56kbaud line from work, my ratio is 1.28, my defense is 0.72, and my
- offense is *1.97*, and I've made Captain (the character's name is Gray
- Lensman). Now, what was it you were saying about DD's? I regularly
- kill players of all ship types (although I like to have help with BB's
- when I'm trying to survive the encounter). Those of you who are
- convinced that DD's are wimpy are invited to teach me the error of my
- ways -- one at a time, please.
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