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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kannik" data-source="post: 9801293" data-attributes="member: 984">Oh for certain 2d8 is likely to be seen by some as scandalous, sacrilegious, blasphemy, and other similar words. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  Which is why I included the 3d6 option to not have to change die types.  Besides not increasing the probability as much, I think 3d6 also overly reduces the impact of modifiers and so it is both less impactful in "solving" the "issue" of low to-hit chances while also perhaps making tactics less important to pursue.  But it does keep the same die type.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Myself I'm cool with Clan stuff being better than any IS or Star League stuff (provided you play with a balancing factor, whether that be 1.5x or 2x tonnage on the IS side, or using something like BV to ensure a "fair" fight).  But when it comes to Clan Pulse Lasers I really don't think FASA quite grokked how powerful they were.  (And just how undercooked IS ones were.)  Adjusting the ranges might be all that's necessary to bring them into a more proper balance.  Beyond a personal dislike for how many weapon systems are starting to use the cluster table, I like my energy weapons to stay single location to distinguish them from missile or cluster weapons.</blockquote>

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