1) Ok so the New traveller will have d20 based tasks....This I CAN live with,
it would help if you kept the old MT naming systems for difficlty though as has
been pointed out 'average' can be misleading.
2) More modules! and I say again more Modules! The two (count them! 2) that were
produced for MT were good, if you can keep the quality and up the numbers then
so much the better.
3) I have said this before and I'll repeat it again Why not let us poor schmucks
know what is going on in the universe ahead of time? By which I mean a GM can
plan out a campaign ahead of time without having it upset by TAS that comes out
during the campaign, this way TAS can be figured in as part of the ongoing
flavour eg. To take a rebellion example if my party were on Antares they could
find out about the nova prediction 1st hand from a scientist BUT it would help
if the GM knew there was going to BE a prediction so he could set it up.
y'know "foreshadowing"...... the mark of quality literature?
The 2300 example being the Kafer war books being out so's a GM can run the
war at his own pace without running out of info halfway.
4) A more convincing long night inducer than the DV.
but I supose needs must when profit drives....... Sorry I am being unfair, it
is probably a well thought out idea BUT from the "trust us we know best" type
comments from the Mob in charge it is hard to make a fair assessment (and THEY
can't tell so's not to spoil the surprise... right lads?).
5) If the number 13.5 crops up quite as often in neo trav' as MT there may be
a good few of the local Roleplaying fraternity coming over to the states with
large quantities of bacon fat! PLEASE PLEASE make sure the ship design system
is easier to use! Maybe (as has been put forward) a simple fast'n'dirty way and
a long'n'precise way to achieve similar results, that way you can knock up a
quick trader type in half an hour (with no computer aid!) and for that extra
special adventure hook ship that little bit of extra effort......
6) The deadlyish nature of MT combat is Ok but from my experience of 2300
that system is it is a trifle more realistic, so maybe that system would be
an asset & one one my moans in MT is the lack of a decent hit location and
damage system (mind you with a PGMP who cares!)
7) More aliens! The galaxy is BIG and the imperium can't be the only large
state maybe a few new neighbours, the rimward borders for example now THAT
would quiet the Solomani down a bit wouldn't it!??!
And if there are new aliens make them as good as the Hivers or K'kree,
like actually ALIEN (unlike the pseudo samurai moggies from kuzu).
How about the Primordials from Knightfall? more evidence of them..... new
sites to explore and puzzle at..... (I am toying with using my Gurps Uplift
book for a similar purpose)
long winded but hopefully relevent
JAFO
ps I hate comunication lags! I complain about acrimony and by the time my
message is posted people start violently being nice to each other! Xmas?
bah humbug!