von Marwitz
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You all might remember having fired some truly evil shot at your hapless opponent like a 36 -3 on the IFT.
But we could do better than that, couldn't we?
So here is the ULTIMATE Death Star Challenge:
What is the maximum amount of Firepower with the most advantageous own DRM that a German player could theoretically exert within the limits of the ASL rules without overstacking at the range of 6 hexes originating from a single hex firing from an arbitrary terrain encountered on any standard ASL geo board by AH/MMP?
Note:
Three Edits in red for clarification had to be made to the challenge.
Overstacking had to be eliminated becaue Paul Weir pointed out that two Heroes manning a MG will get a -2 DRM while doing so and by this mechanism effectively more than eliminate any Overstacking penalty additional heroes would cause and thus allow for ∞ FP, -∞ DRM. He also pointed out, that this would eventually create a black hole. Arguably, this wold prevent any fire from getting out to the range of six hexes, but the laws of non-ASL physics weren't part of the challenge. So by the original wording of the challenge, the winning answer by Mr. Weir was ∞ FP, -∞ DRM.
That same Mr. Weir came up with another most devious idea, stating that fire at the range from 6 hexes could, within the bounds of the original wording of the challenge, originate from a circle of six hexes around the target hex. Brilliant! But I had to eliminate this, too, and limit the fire to originate from a single hex.
As Swiftandsure brought in the idea of Climbers adding to the FP total, this brings up the question of the height of the Cliffs. For that reason, I edited the wording of the original challenge for a third time limiting the 'standard geo boards' to those by AH/MMP.
von Marwitz
But we could do better than that, couldn't we?
So here is the ULTIMATE Death Star Challenge:
What is the maximum amount of Firepower with the most advantageous own DRM that a German player could theoretically exert within the limits of the ASL rules without overstacking at the range of 6 hexes originating from a single hex firing from an arbitrary terrain encountered on any standard ASL geo board by AH/MMP?
Note:
Three Edits in red for clarification had to be made to the challenge.
Overstacking had to be eliminated becaue Paul Weir pointed out that two Heroes manning a MG will get a -2 DRM while doing so and by this mechanism effectively more than eliminate any Overstacking penalty additional heroes would cause and thus allow for ∞ FP, -∞ DRM. He also pointed out, that this would eventually create a black hole. Arguably, this wold prevent any fire from getting out to the range of six hexes, but the laws of non-ASL physics weren't part of the challenge. So by the original wording of the challenge, the winning answer by Mr. Weir was ∞ FP, -∞ DRM.
That same Mr. Weir came up with another most devious idea, stating that fire at the range from 6 hexes could, within the bounds of the original wording of the challenge, originate from a circle of six hexes around the target hex. Brilliant! But I had to eliminate this, too, and limit the fire to originate from a single hex.
As Swiftandsure brought in the idea of Climbers adding to the FP total, this brings up the question of the height of the Cliffs. For that reason, I edited the wording of the original challenge for a third time limiting the 'standard geo boards' to those by AH/MMP.
von Marwitz
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