Post by Stephen on Feb 19, 2006 13:01:36 GMT -5
Con't from a conversation between TippedTop and me on another thread...
I am the eternal sworn enemy of Flight by Legislation. The fun of the game is decision making, and when we legislate away the right to make decisions, why bother playing? There's always some do-gooder out there trying to fly your plane for you and creating a thousand rules by which you must do it.
For instance... you MUST begin a flight at your best turn speed. Says who? Its your stinking airplane, not mine. Its your hand on the throttle, not mine. Start the game at any speed you want.
"Tracking" rules are another example of Flight by Legislation, claiming that your observer can only look at one target every twenty seconds (game turn). That's silly. You can look anywhere you like. Its your observer, do what you want. In twenty seconds you could easily scan the entire sky five times and still have time remaining to swivel your Lewis gun two different directions. Stop trying to fly people's planes for them!!
Morale of the story - pilot decisions are what makes the game fun. Let people make their own decisions and stop trying to fly their plane for them with all this stupid legislation.
I am the eternal sworn enemy of Flight by Legislation. The fun of the game is decision making, and when we legislate away the right to make decisions, why bother playing? There's always some do-gooder out there trying to fly your plane for you and creating a thousand rules by which you must do it.
For instance... you MUST begin a flight at your best turn speed. Says who? Its your stinking airplane, not mine. Its your hand on the throttle, not mine. Start the game at any speed you want.
"Tracking" rules are another example of Flight by Legislation, claiming that your observer can only look at one target every twenty seconds (game turn). That's silly. You can look anywhere you like. Its your observer, do what you want. In twenty seconds you could easily scan the entire sky five times and still have time remaining to swivel your Lewis gun two different directions. Stop trying to fly people's planes for them!!
Morale of the story - pilot decisions are what makes the game fun. Let people make their own decisions and stop trying to fly their plane for them with all this stupid legislation.
