From:	dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject:	Re: questions
Date:	Wed, 8 May 1996 14:39:20 -0600 (MDT)

|Firmpoints (mounts normal weapons up to LMG) give 1 pt of recoil
|compensation,
|
|Hardpoints may mount any weapon. Each weapon is at HALF recoil.

Which brings up a bitch of mine. I've always felt that the recoil
compensation gained from Firmpoints and Hardpoints were bogus. I think
that the recoil gained should be based on the body of the vehicle that
the weapon is mounted on.

If you mount a HMG on a motorbike the recoil will probably have an
effect. But if you mount a HMG on a tank you aren't going to have any
recoil problems at all. Why? Because the recoil from the HMG is not
enough to offset the mass of the tank.

But in SRII if you mount a HMG on a firmpoint on a heavy vehicle you only
get 1 point of recoil compensation. Even though there is no way that the
vehicle is going to budge when firing the HMG.

How about if you allow a weapon mount to provide recoil compensation equal
to twice the body of the vehicle? (or maybe three times the body?) No
matter what kind of point it's on.

Comments?

-David

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