Monday, December 14, 2020

Proposal: Power Exspent

Timed out and failed, 2 votes to 2. Josh

Adminned at 16 Dec 2020 19:24:14 UTC

In the ruleset rule “The Battlefield” replace the current text of

A Jockeying Pilot may spend 10 Power to attempt to fire on a Bogey as a Timed Action, which is scheduled by making a comment on any Scheduling Post that specifies a Bogey as its target, and an integer number from 1 to 100 as the attack’s Fire Vector, and a time for it to occur (which must be a time of the pilot’s choice between 18 and 72 hours after the time at which the comment is made). This is known as a Fire Comment and its poster may be referred to as its Aggressor. The Pilot may combine multiple attempts into the same blog comment, by separating them with five or more tildes (~~~~~); each such attempt must separately specify all the necessary information except that the second or subsequent attack in a comment uses the same target as the previous one if it doesn’t specify a target.

When the Poindexter resolves an attempt to fire on a Bogey:

If the Pilot has ceased to be Jockeying since scheduling the attempt to fire, or does not have enough Power to attempt to fire, the Poindexter shall reveal that the attempt to fire failed and explain why. The attempt to fire has no further effect and does not cost Power.
If the Bogey no longer exists, the Poindexter shall reveal that the shot struck debris and the attempt to fire has no further effect.
If the Fire Vector is exactly equal to the Bogey’s Defence, and is no greater than the Aggressor’s Attack, then the Bogey is eliminated and the Poindexter adds a comment to say this.
If the Fire Vector is above the Bogey’s Defence, the Poindexter shall reveal that the Bogey has evaded the shot.
If the Fire Vector is below the Bogey’s Defence, the Poindexter shall reveal that the Bogey has deflected the shot.
If the Bogey is still in play, apply all Reactions of its Features to this Fire Post, in the order that they are listed in the ruleset.

with

A Jockeying Pilot may spend 10 Power to attempt to fire on a Bogey as a Timed Action, which is scheduled by making a comment on any Scheduling Post that specifies a Bogey as its target, and an integer number from 1 to 100 as the attack’s Fire Vector, and a time for it to occur (which must be a time of the pilot’s choice between 18 and 72 hours after the time at which the comment is made). This is known as a Fire Comment and its poster may be referred to as its Aggressor. The Pilot may combine multiple attempts into the same blog comment, by separating them with five or more tildes (~~~~~); each such attempt must separately specify all the necessary information except that the second or subsequent attack in a comment uses the same target as the previous one if it doesn’t specify a target.

When the Poindexter resolves an attempt to fire on a Bogey:

If the Pilot has ceased to be Jockeying since scheduling the attempt to fire, or does not have enough Power to attempt to fire, the Poindexter shall reveal that the attempt to fire failed and explain why. The attempt to fire has no further effect.
If the Fire Vector is greater than the Aggressor’s Attack, then the shot was invalidly set and the attempt to fire has no further effect. The Poindexter adds a comment to notify the Pilot of this.
If the Bogey no longer exists, the Poindexter shall reveal that the shot struck debris and the attempt to fire has no further effect.
If the Fire Vector is exactly equal to the Bogey’s Defence, then the Bogey is eliminated and the Poindexter adds a comment to say this.
If the Fire Vector is above the Bogey’s Defence, the Poindexter shall reveal that the Bogey has evaded the shot.
If the Fire Vector is below the Bogey’s Defence, the Poindexter shall reveal that the Bogey has deflected the shot.
If the Bogey is still in play, apply all Reactions of its Features to this Fire Post, in the order that they are listed in the ruleset.

Housekeeping - If you have a suggestion feel free to drop a comment before voting begins

NOTE: I just rewrote this since there are no votes yet and it does different stuff now that might work better

Comments

Josh: Observer he/they

14-12-2020 19:32:58 UTC

You need to put this in the proposal category

Coderblaze:

14-12-2020 19:35:23 UTC

Whoops

Coderblaze:

14-12-2020 19:36:27 UTC

Fixed now, thanks

Bucky:

14-12-2020 19:42:55 UTC

This still causes a paradox when a Pilot uses his last 10 Power to schedule the attack: the Power is only spent if the Shell isn’t destroyed by spending it.

Josh: Observer he/they

14-12-2020 19:50:56 UTC

Mm, I’d consider a complete reword; I think this still leaves too many holes

Coderblaze:

15-12-2020 17:57:28 UTC

Edited: How’s this?

Raven1207: he/they

15-12-2020 19:56:21 UTC

for

Josh: Observer he/they

15-12-2020 20:18:21 UTC

This doesn’t solve the problem of when the attempt is paid for?

I think for - doing a comparison of the difs between as-is and to-be reveals only minimal changes and those are fine.

Bucky:

15-12-2020 21:32:42 UTC

imperial

Josh: Observer he/they

16-12-2020 11:07:01 UTC

Cov against for better go get your armour