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- | ====== Weapon Limitations | + | ====== Weapon Limitations ====== |
- | | 🚧 **This update has //not// been approved for implementation.** 🚧 | | + | These rules govern the quantity and quality of firepower available to the numerous [[guide: |
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- | //The following is an addendum that, if approved, would be an additional requirement of the [[guide: | + | |
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- | These rules govern the quantity and quality of firepower available to the numerous [[guide: | + | |
===== How much weaponry? ===== | ===== How much weaponry? ===== | ||
- | Usually, for infantrymen and power armor, this is self-explanatory... or at least easily ruled on. No one expects an infantryman or a power armor to dual-wield bazookas while carrying four spares on their back. For mecha and starships, however, it becomes more nebulous. The rule we offer is: **a maximum of 8 on-[[guide: | + | Usually, for infantrymen and [[guide: |
* Getting a higher-tier weapon costs 2 weapons of the tier below. | * Getting a higher-tier weapon costs 2 weapons of the tier below. | ||
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* Getting a lower-tier weapon costs 1/2 of a weapon from the tier above. | * Getting a lower-tier weapon costs 1/2 of a weapon from the tier above. | ||
+ | * OTWs can be converted normally into lower-tier weapons and higher-tier weapons. | ||
- | == Loadout Example: Giant Robot Dinosaur == | + | * TEWGs can only be converted into lower-tier weapons |
- | Let's say that I'm an evil [[faction: | + | |
- | Given that 80-meter-tall units fit under the "Light Starship" | ||
- | * 10 Tier 10 (Light | + | ==== What is a Tier-Equivalent Weapon Group? ==== |
+ | A [[guide: | ||
- | Since I want to have two Laser Eyes of Destruction™, | + | * 2 Tier 9 (Heavy Anti-Mecha) [[stararmy: |
+ | * 1 Tier 9 (Heavy Anti-Mecha) Type 31 Secondary Anti-Starship Turret + 4 Tier 7 (Light Anti-Mecha) [[stararmy: | ||
+ | * 8 Tier 7 (Light Anti-Mecha) Type 31 Anti-Fighter Turrets | ||
+ | * 6 Tier 7 (Light Anti-Mecha) Type 31 Anti-Fighter Turrets]] + 8 Tier 5 (Medium Anti-Armor) [[stararmy: | ||
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+ | A gun capable of firing Tier 10 (Light Anti-Starship) [[stararmy: | ||
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+ | ==== Notes ==== | ||
+ | //The following are additional notes and errata for the rules described above.// | ||
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+ | * **[[guide: | ||
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+ | * For weapon systems that use ammunition with different [[guide: | ||
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+ | * For weapon systems located in turrets (like the [[stararmy: | ||
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+ | * For missile launchers (like the [[stararmy: | ||
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+ | * Bombs and torpedoes deployed from a small craft’s hardpoints (like the [[stararmy: | ||
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+ | ===== Loadout Example: Giant Robot Dinosaur ===== | ||
+ | Let's say that I'm an evil [[faction: | ||
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+ | Given that 80-meter-tall units fit under the "Light Starship" | ||
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+ | * 8 [[guide: | ||
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+ | * 2 [[guide: | ||
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+ | Since I want to have two Laser Eyes of Destruction™, | ||
* 4 [[guide: | * 4 [[guide: | ||
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So, in the case of my giant robot dinosaur with laser eyes, it //can// kill with a glare. | So, in the case of my giant robot dinosaur with laser eyes, it //can// kill with a glare. | ||
- | But wait, I wanted it to breathe fire too! And I want my fire breath to cause more damage than my laser eyes. Back to the drawing board: I divide 1 of those Tier 12 (Heavy Anti-Starship) weapons back into 2 Tier 11 (Medium Anti-Starship) weapons. Those two will actually be my laser eyes. The bigger one is my fire breath. So, now, my loadout looks like: | + | But wait, I wanted it to breathe fire too! And I want my fire breath to cause more damage than my laser eyes. Back to the drawing board: I divide 1 of those [[guide: |
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+ | * 1 [[guide: | ||
+ | * 2 [[guide: | ||
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+ | Then I remember that I’ve forgotten about the 2 [[guide: | ||
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+ | * 4 [[guide: | ||
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+ | These launchers, located on the flanks of my Giant Robot Dinosaur, will be my point-defense against any pesky fighter jets the inhabitants of [[places: | ||
- | * 1 Tier 12 (Heavy Anti-Starship) Plasma Flamethrower of Doom™ | + | |
- | * 2 Tier 11 (Medium Anti-Starship) Eyes of Destruction™ | + | |
+ | * 2 [[guide: | ||
- | Then I remember that I’ve forgotten about the 2 Tier 10 (Light Anti-Starship) weapons I set aside at the beginning of this example. Back to the drawing board one more time: I take those 2 Tier 10 (Light Anti-Starship) weapons and combine them into a Tier 11 (Medium Anti-Starship) weapon. This will be my giant robot dinosaur’s secret weapon: a laser eye concealed on the // | + | * [[guide: |
+ | * 4 [[guide:damage_rating_v3_quick_reference# | ||
- | * 1 Tier 12 (Heavy Anti-Starship) Plasma Flamethrower of Doom™ | + | ...and there we go. My Godzilla impersonator is armed and ready to smash, stomp, burn, rip, and tear [[places: |
- | * 3 Tier 11 (Medium Anti-Starship) Eyes of Destruction™ | + | |
- | ...and there we go. My Godzilla impersonator | + | ===== Resources ===== |
+ | [[https:// |