Federation Commander

Right on, Mike, thanks.

Got anything Vudar that needs doing?

Thank you, Steven.

Mike, any help you need, please let me know.

Jon

A bump to get Steve to take a look at this.

Continued play of the Vudar playtest ships shows that:

a: they fly like weaker Feds without the jamming mode IPG.

b: the fix seems simple and not unbalancing.

Jon

Well, whatever you need on Vudar, just ask.

I am not like that. I *am* Joe-fan - I resigned from the staff years ago and its not my place to mess with those who are working hard for ADB directly. The Vudar are not "mine", they belong to the players.

I do admit to a vested interest in seeing them in the game, and seeing them perform as I ...

I am sorry, I don't know you and you don't know me and I have been rude. My name is Jon. Steve Cole is one of my oldest and dearest friends. Yes I know he is busy, but I also do not need permission to write him...lol - we talk all the time.

I know you are doing your job as the FC rules guy - and ...

Thanks!

Exactly the version I would suggest. Also pretty much exactly how it is in the main game - the effect of all such EW is capped at +3, so you can't get a +5 from full IPG and EM, but you can do +1 from IPG and EM together, for example. Ditto stealth, etc.

I am not sure why yet that he didn ...

Thanks. I admit to being the beneficiary of some useful inside information...lol

Fair enough - I will hold off for your version.

Oh, I think Steve will at least listen...lol

J

From SFB G36.32 Jamming Mode:

"If not using the EW rules (D6.3), this procedure adds one to all direct fire rolls against or from the generating ship for each point of power used, to a maximum of three.."

Note that each SFB point of IPG power produces three points of SFB ECM (3, 6, 9 = +1, +2, +3 ...

I agree that we want to stay away from energy flavors mattering in FC.

Vudar ships are negatively affected by Jamming Mode IPGs - the die roll modifier is "against or from" the generating ship.

There is already a rule in SFB for using an IPG without using the full SFB EW rules. It is Jamming Mode ...

This thread will be for discussion of the prototype Vudar playtest ships and any issues players identify that the Steves might consider addressing.

While any Vudar issue is ok here, the start off issue is that the IPG in FC, as of 22 Jan 09, does not operate in all of its modes. That is, the EW ...

Is this the right place to suggest ideas as we play them, or should I start a separate thread?

J

I feel very strongly that the IPG should give *some* defensive benefit from direct fire. If it does not, the ships will not fly as intended.

I agree that EM is not the best solution and I am glad you are amenable to some other EW-like benefit. I offered the EM idea as a start point to a dicsussion ...

I put it there already. Thanks!!