ACTA 2nd ed - damaged ship movement suggestion

[texican]

Folks,

It to me that presently the rules can end up making ships more manueverable as they get damaged. Before you laugh let me explain. If you have a ship that moves 6 or more normally and is not agile it is required to move 3 plus inches before it can conduct a turn. Yet if it gets damaged where it slows down it now can turn sooner. i.e. if you recieve a -4 speed you are now able to turn after 1 inch verse the original 3 inches which is now turning sooner than an agile ship.

My thought is to require a ship to move 1/2 its original movement rate or its full movement which ever is less before it can turn.

 

[eldiablito]

Although I do agree in spirit with your suggestion, what happens to SLOW ships?

For example, if a 7 inch speed ship gets hit with a -4 to speed, then by your words, the ship will never turn again... Perhaps if a clause was added that any ship dropped below half their initial speed gains the Lumbering trait...


...Still this makes slower ships even more pathetic...

 

[texican]

My thought is to require a ship to move 1/2 its original movement rate or its full current movement which ever is less before it can turn.
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[Burger]

This thread would be better in the ACTA general forum. Rulesmasters is for rules queries, not suggested changes.