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| City: | Milano  | | Personal Data: | born: June 27 1979 | | Membership | 19years 57days ago. | | Last Login | 16years 258days ago. | | Last Move | 17years 50days ago. | Calsir is currently  | Send a mail to Calsir |
| Message header | Area/Game: | Blue Max | | Topic: | Suggestions, improvement, critics | | Subject: | Re: 30, 40, 50 of fuel | | Posted by: | Calsir  - 18years 276days ago. |
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| Message text Nick wrote:
Thanks for your comments and suggestions.
The idea will not be implemented, since too many of you rejected it with very valid arguments.
While I am sorry to read this, I cannot say it was not unexpected. I am only dazzled that the fuel is considered to be a structural part of the airplane (in a marxian sense) rather than a contingent one.
What I mean is that, while aircraft manoeuvrability, armament and structure strength can be considered constant for simplicity, playability (as in: fun) sake, "fuel" represents the various and extremely different initial conditions that can strongly influence the combat outcome.
My only point is that by allowing an _optional_ modification to the amount of "fuel" (that is, energy) the game could be funnier to play, at least for some people, as in: you are in a great fighter, but you are jumped by a single inferior aircraft having more "fuel". You have a short time to dispatch it. Sounds familiar? It is the normal fokker situation  . However, why can't this happen to a scout experimental, a bristol or a snipe?
That is: more options (including the original fuel from the rules) = more fun.
Especially one: the game was designed that way, so we must adhere to it. 
What I do not understand is whether this decision comes out of copyright issues or from an ipse dixit approach. I still don't see why implementing a house rule, by specifying it as an option, could be a copyright infringement. Accordingly, most of the "conservative" arguments seemed to stem more from a "I don't want to see any change because the game is good as is" other than "Phil designed the game and will sue our asses out if we change a iota".
See you in the air.
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Calsir |
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