From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3576 invoked by alias); 3 Sep 2004 23:11:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 3477 invoked from network); 3 Sep 2004 23:11:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp807.mail.sc5.yahoo.com) (66.163.168.186) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 3 Sep 2004 23:11:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (sampln@sbcglobal.net@67.123.174.46 with plain) by smtp807.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Sep 2004 23:11:54 -0000 Subject: Indirect cXP awards? From: Lincoln Peters To: Xconq list Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1094253252.32432.2234.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 23:52:00 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg01098.txt.bz2 Consider this hypothetical situation: A cruiser encounters a fully-loaded enemy aircraft carrier, escorted by several destroyers. Before the carrier can launch any planes to attack the cruiser, the cruiser launches a missile (a unit that can detonate itself) at the carrier. The missile detonates in the cell occupied by the carrier and sinks it, and the blast also damages some of the nearby destroyers. The cruiser should gain a cXP award. I don't see a way that the actions of one unit can result in a cXP award for another unit (though I imagine that such a thing would involve the "unit control" mechanism). Is there a way to do this? Is this something else that has yet to be implemented? Or has such a thing even been considered yet? (This kind of mechanism would not only be applicable to ships carrying missiles. It could also be applied to starship firing photon torpedoes, wizards firing fireballs, and all sorts of other things. And, since the attack is supposed to affect units in multiple cells, the firing mechanism is inadequate.) --- Lincoln Peters Q: How do you stop an elephant from charging? A: Take away his credit cards.