You seem like a reasonable person, I like to think I am as well. There have been very many posts, articles and write up on how much the IIFT changes things. Once again, let me state with the weight of evidence behind the fact that the IIFT does change the game and not, as you and so many others who continue to claim, by a 'little'. The effect can be very extreme when certain OoB's are involved. You have stated you 'like it', that is not something I can, or care, to argue about. Your preferences are yours and never would I judge your choices. Your comment about 'other myriad factors....", looks good on its face, but it is a misleading trap of an argument. Please understand this: those 'other factors' are in play NO MATTER THE FIRE TABLE YOU USE, the one controllable variable is the choice of fire table.Fort, I never said that the different chart (iIFT vs the IFT) doesn't change anything. It does ... a little. I said that I don't mind that change. In fact, I like it. As Tater said in the other thread, I think that a myriad of other factors also affect the balance or outcome. I have no problem (yet) with the changes from using the iIFT. I don't care if I'm the 747 Amis or the 436 Germies. I just like the chart better. That could change, who knows?
I don't think I am as a person superior to you, or you inferior to anyone else because you choose to use a different fire table than I do. (This is for those who see/cry elitism at every opportunity) However, I do think your choice of fire table fundamentally changes the game when certain OoB's are involved, it also makes for sloppy play if it encourages you to add'em up and fire(a playstyle promoted by IIFT proponents as one of their main supportive arguments)...when you should be thinking about the risk/reward of every component of your fire attack.
ASL play is above all else, a game of risk vs reward, if you remember this and learn how to apply it it will serve you well no matter the fire table you use.
(Always ask yourself, "Am I getting pot odds?".)
P.S. There comes a time when all you can do is Down the last bucket of grog, set your beard on fire, grab an axe and go charging into the darkness.
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