First: A couple of more things I'd like to see in Neo-Traveller:
Either clean up and explain, or eliminate, jump routes. What exactly
*is* a jump? Is it natural or man-made? Why is jump 6 the max?
Eliminate this nonsense about 6G max for maneuver drives. I'll buy
(ability of dampers)+6G if you must...
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Now, on with a mild flame.
I tend to agree with Rob Dean. Is GDW doing this because some Marketing
geek (er "person") told them it was a good idea *despite what their most
loyal customers are saying*!? If so, I wish them luck. If not, I wish
them well. I know why I would want to unify all my rules systems if I
were a publisher, and it really has NOTHING to do with the satisfaction
of the customer.
All this talk about miniatures, and rules systems, and hand-to-hand combat
results, is really straining at gnats while swallowing the camel that MT
is so broke it must be _replaced_. At least the impression I get is that
someone wants to replace MT.
Let's try to get some clear information.
1) Is GDW going to rewrite all of MT?
2) If so, do we as (since '77) Traveller users consider this "replacement"?
3) WHAT is GDW seriously considering of our input?
(I don't care about why just yet - let's just get the good stuff IN
and the bad stuff OUT.)
4) Let's not get distracted by details that blind us to the big picture.
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Richard Johnson [email removed]
Sue Congress!