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#Post#: 1155--------------------------------------------------
Evasion
By: pilotofficerprune Date: January 24, 2019, 4:43 am
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We don't see a lot of evasion, but this expansion should have a
lot more occasions when fast bombers can evade biplane fighters.
This was not uncommon in Spain and reflects either a speed
deficit or insufficient overtake in pre-war fighters.
I can see that someone might comment that this should not apply
to head-on attacks. I'm a little reluctant to chrome up a rule
further; however, evasion already has exceptions for Lufberys
and flying bombing profiles. Maybe it should also have one for
head-ons. Any thoughts?
#Post#: 1157--------------------------------------------------
Re: Evasion
By: Elias Nordling Date: January 24, 2019, 4:57 am
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Makes sense to me. A -3 mod would make head-ons more or less
useless.
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Re: Evasion
By: pilotofficerprune Date: January 24, 2019, 5:28 am
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Or incentivises people not to make head-ons, which I'm okay
with.
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Re: Evasion
By: Elias Nordling Date: January 24, 2019, 6:46 am
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I would imagine head-ons being one of the few ways you COULD
attack bombers with fighters that are slower than them. Also, I
would expext head-ons to be less harrowing when the speed
differential is a few hundred mph less :-)
#Post#: 1160--------------------------------------------------
Re: Evasion
By: pilotofficerprune Date: January 24, 2019, 8:12 am
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Let's see if the existing rule provokes an outcry.
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Re: Evasion
By: Elias Nordling Date: January 25, 2019, 10:25 am
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I had a vague memory that you couldn't use evasion when bounced,
so I checked the Evasion rule. It listed a number of cases when
you couldn't evade, but bounce wasn't one of them, so I assumed
it was OK. Turned out it wasn't, so I think it should be in that
list.
#Post#: 1247--------------------------------------------------
Re: Evasion
By: pilotofficerprune Date: January 27, 2019, 5:17 am
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Good catch. I've added it to the list in the rule.
I'm still not 100% with the idea of adding an exception for
head-ons unless test convinces us it is necessary. However, the
issue has been raised, so we should keep an eye on it.
#Post#: 1499--------------------------------------------------
Re: Evasion
By: pilotofficerprune Date: February 6, 2019, 7:43 am
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I shall be locking down the rulebook in the coming days. At the
moment I'm still on the fence as to whether to add an evasion
prohibition for head-ons. However, given that I'm not committed
to the idea, I'm happy to leave the rule as-is. Though of course
I shall ensure bounces are added to the exception list, as they
were an existing rule.
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