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    Vormaerin replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    They are part of the system, but the question is what are they intended to do? Is there any evidence in the game that fighters are...
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    Yes. That gets back to the Nobles argument. If there are Imperial nobles and infrastructure on every planet, they'll be a lot more...
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    Vormaerin reacted to Sigtrygg's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    Armour. Barbettes.
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    Yes, but that's not how the rules work. In Traveller, that's just the excuse for the pilot getting to fire and fly at the same time...
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    Yes, I am aware of that. But unless you are going to say that every fighter needs 2 PCs, that doesn't address the issue. Fighters exist...
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    Sindal, Tech World, and Oghma are outside the Imperium. So I doubt they are policing those spaces. Now if those places actually made a...
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    Vormaerin reacted to Sigtrygg's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    I think it is as clear as mud...
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    The thing about small fighters is there is only one PC in them. So expecting the PC to have Pilot, Gunner, and Sensor Ops to be...
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    Personally, I'm fine with fighters only dealing well with ships 2k or less, except as mass missile platforms perhaps. I don't think...
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    Vormaerin reacted to Sigtrygg's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    "One (and only one) Firmpoint can be upgraded to a single (not double or triple) turret, which may fire in all directions as normal. A...
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    Rule of cool has some value in game design. But it needs to be applied to where the players will actually be (and in moderation). We...
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    Vormaerin reacted to actionman's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    This is a dangerous path. It's the path of creating an arbitrary rule for a particular metagame effect, like making fighters viable so...
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    Why would they not excite the players? Do you think that playing fighter pilots in fleet battles is a core activity of the game? Or do...
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    Vormaerin reacted to Sigtrygg's post in the thread 5FW: Why? with Like Like.
    You just build warships the same way and call them battle riders...
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    Vormaerin replied to the thread 5FW: Why?.
    You would also have to do something to make agility matter more. The current fleet combat just aggregates PD so that it vaporizes a...
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