Re: (TFT) ROF Codes?

[Thorn <edt@dopey.ne.mediaone.net>]

Michael Taylor wrote:
> 
> So I'm trying to create a new weapons list and I'm trying to keep track of
> all of the different "Rates of Fire".
> 
> The problem is that describing a Rate of Fire (see the ROF) column is a
> really LOONG... "code".
> 
> Anyone got any ideas on how to shrink it? Now, I've already tried just
> giving it a number or letter (i.e., ROF M = 1/1 turn) but this screws up if
> you later want to add a "new" ROF.
> 
> So how can I 'shrink' the code, but still carry all of the information with
> it (number of shots per turn, increase with increased DX)?

Use the approach of Lowest Common Denominator.  Your work (quoted in the
original message) boggles the mind.  Derringer to Bazooka, Bows to
Machine Guns...  Or more to the point, from 1/96 to 45/1, with DX
adjustments.  And you want that encoded concisely.  Wow.  LCD method
would encode some samples as below.

Device          ROF(per 96)  DX:ROF  Suggested 'second column'
Heavy Ballista  1
Ballista        8
Lt. Arbalest    24           24:32  (Read as '24, and for 24 DX, 32')
Shotgun         32           16:48
Long Bow        96           18:192  1&18:2
Horse Bow       96           15:192  1&15:2
...
Machine Gun     4320

I suggest you either leave off the seige engines, or run a second column
beside the first which would ignore the seige engines, and show a figure
that actually fits in the mind of a player, perhaps starting at the
slowest ROF for a man-portable weapon.
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