Fix I hope you made or can still make

[baron]

Dear Development team,

First let me express my whole hearted thanks for the work you have done both on the original game, and for the two expansions. I am waiting with baited breath for the new version to come out. Thus far, it looks like you're doing everything right. Keep up the good work.
I'm sure you've been deluged with people wanting you to fix their personal pet peeves...so with apologies, here's mine...One tactic that arises out of the rules that I find particularly silly is the following: Leave a territory with an industrial complex undefended and remove the AA gun, allow the opponent to capture the territory, and then indutrial bomb the heck out of them (for free). It strikes me as absurd that a newly captured complex can be so integrally hooked into a country's economy that you can cripple their spending power simply by the bombing of this far flung complex. Hopefully,, you've already addressed this, but if not, I hope you find the space and the time to address this with an optional rule. Address this problem by simply limiting the IPC damage that can be done to a non-original industrial complex. I would recommend a multiplier of one, two, or three times the value of the territory that the complex is in.

I hope it's not too late fo this input to be useful.

Thanks

[ December 22, 2003, 07:48 PM: Message edited by: baron ]

[Udengaard]

Agreed, the tactic is silly. The IPC damage that can be done to a non-original complex should be limited to the value of the territory that the complex is in (corresponds nicely with the limited production rule of non-original complexes).

[Bridger]

I like this rule as well, non-orgiginal complexes can only take damage equal to their output (their ICP value).

[Udengaard]

I think we can conclude that it's too late, the game is already finished and will not be changed.

[baron]

Originally posted by Udengaard:
I think we can conclude that it's too late, the game is already finished and will not be changed.Most likely, but with two months to go before release there's a chance that the rulebook is not 100% locked down. I figure there's a small chance someone will have this scratch their personal itch enough, and that it will have little enough effect on game balance that they add it in at the last minute.

If nothing else, maybe this will encourage individuals to use this on their own as an optional rule. I certainly will.

[Udengaard]

It's in! Thank god.
We can only guess whether it has been there all along, or if this week's mysterious article delay had anything to do with it, which would mean that this thread made a real difference.

[ January 10, 2004, 02:33 AM: Message edited by: Udengaard ]

[Desert Fox]

There was no article delay.