Re: [HOE] Concerns with a Junker power... [LONG]

[toadpooka@juno.com]

On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 22:46:35 -0800 "Kai Tave" <kaitave@harborside.com>
writes:
> Now, I want to state right now that I HATE posts whining about
> "such-and-such is too powerful/too weak".  I really do.  I'm TRYING 
> to avoid sounding like that, but I just can't help think that something
is a 
> little wrong here when Gunsmith costs SO much more parts-wise and
doesn't 
> even begin to come close to something with as much raw power as this 
> thing I've made.

First, you're figuring the cost of parts to make an item.  The sheer
material required to make a handgum probably costs about $2 total.  It's
the process of putting it into a gun shape that costs the cash.
Second, you intentionally ignore the battery in this design.  A weapon
with 10 Drain is a expensive piece of work.  That's 1 ounce of ghost rock
(from a normal collector) per shot.  The NA XM-21 (from Wasted West) does
3d8 damage per shot and can get 50 shots out of the same ounce, just as a
bit of perspective.  That's kinda the point behind Flash Gordon: it takes
the expense that you'd otherwise have in parts and difficulty building
and converts it into higher Drain.  This is great for junkers with
reactors or nuclear G-Ray collectors, but for your average Joe, it can be
tough.
Third, the Iron Oasis update has a change to the way the Ammo power
works.  For a weapon that does 5d8, the ammo size is figured as if it was
15d8; Ammo Size 3.  That makes a big difference.
Now, the funny part about the new ammo power is that you can make an
explosive with a Burst Radius of 1 yard (-50%) that needs no propellant
(-50%), and have a weapon with virtually no size.  They're in almost
infinite supply, you can make the damage as high as you like, and the
only thing you'd need to make a batch of however many you wanted is a
couple structural components.

From Whom It May Concern,
Rich Ranallo
--
"You are a good woman...but, then again, you may be the Antichrist."
-Doc Holliday, "Tombstone"

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