Flamebats shoot straight through walls
That's...a pretty good point.
(I can see I am bringing arcade logic to a forum that isn't in any way necessarily an arcade gaming one.)
Writing unambiguous rules is difficult, easy to overlook some detail that turns out to be important. But unfortunately you canīt rely on people just understanding your intentions.
This isn't some hand me down game, this is a brand new game. I'm an experimental host, my main concern is "is it physically possible to combine the 2D grid hurt and heal system I invented a couple years ago, with picture wars in order to make it more structured"? I think it's been successful.
But this is a playtest and you're my playtester.
(Which is apparent in the fact this is a mashup.)
I have cultivated an air of democracy, that's not normal for most forum games, because I like that vibe, and giving more power to the players is a core tenant of my personal design philosophy.
But I am not your sibling arguing over house rules. I am the captain of this ship, at the end of the day. That's the only way were going to get through these uncharted waters. This is a democracy-inspired dictatorship, and I'm not going to be bargaining every time there's a discrepancy. The polished game you want is probably a few games out, and by my own personal nature, I may be exploring new concepts and offshoots before we ever get there.
This a lightweight cruiser, not a large cruise ship.
But anyway, could you please edit the rules to clarify how this works then? And how about walls of your own color, can soldiers shoot through those?
I told you. And that's good enough.
If you'd like it in writing here's the forum guidelines:
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