RE: [HOE] A question asked before, but need more help please

["Jeff Yates" <jyates@primaryfunction.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hoe@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-hoe@gamerz.net]On Behalf Of
> Theo McGuckin
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 11:48 AM
> To: hoe@gamerz.net
> Subject: Re: [HOE] A question asked before, but need more help please
>
>
> > i'd personally give +3 per action up to +9 because its a lot easier to
> > aim your finger at someone than a gun
> >
> >   Can a person get the bonuses for aiming with a power, i.e
> Atomic Blast can
> >   you spend three actions pointing your finger at perticular
> location and get
> >   the +6 bonuses to hit the target? Just remember playing
> cowboys and indians
> >   as a child and using your finger to draw a bead against your foe.
>
> I'd be disinclined to give a bonus higher than the standard bonus just for
> game balance reasons. And it's not necessarily easier to aim your hand
> (you don't have nice little day-glow sites on your finger to line up).
>

Actually, the bonus probably should go down.  Partly because of the lack of
sights like Theo mentions, and because of the "shortness" of the human hand.
Short, "snub" pistols don't aim well because of the tiny distance between
front and rear sights.  Longer barrelled pistols are better, carbines and
long rifles even better.  As the distance between front and rear sights
increases, the amount of error in aim angle decreases for a given
misalignment of sights.  Gawd, this is hard to describe.  Let's try an ascii
diagram:  The O's are the desired target, the top vertical bar is the front
sight, the lower bar is the rear sight.  You can see which will be closer to
target.  Or not, if your mail doesn't display in a fixed pitch font.

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Hope this is useful info...

Jeff Y.