Templars wrote:


That's not the point. The point is that in the board game everyone moves, and then those who have a chance to fire at an opponent do so. At that point in time they can choose whether to fire a short, medium or long burst based upon the circumstances present.

Here, for reasons of speed and efficiency, I presume, the pilot chooses what kind of burst they would like to fire at every hex distance before their move is executed. As such, the pilot does not necessarily know if they are going to have a shot with or without deflection at the time they select their move and the pilot is forced to accept whatever kind of burst length they preselected for all zero, one, two and three hex opportunities, with deflection or without.

I just think that it would be nice to have the option, for example, to fire a long burst a one hex range without deflection, while also being able to fire a meduim burst at one hex range with deflection. This acknowledges your point that it is harder to hit a moving from side to side and my point that a pilot may not wish to risk jamming his guns on a "tough" shot, even from just one hex away.

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