Re: OLY: breaking Beastmastery

From: desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)

Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Robert Christopher Butchko <rcb@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> writes:
> Gosh, Mr. DesJardins, you said that birds were as bad for the game as
> dragons, and my point was that dragons seemed to be overbalancing the
> game towards beastmastery.  You replied to the post without expressing
> disagreement.  I guess you were just too subtle for me.  Perhaps your
> point was simply....  hmmm.... Well, I guess it was that dragons don't
> overbalance the game because a piece with under half the combat rating
> of dragons and the ability to fly would be an effective substitute.

I don't see why this is so complicated but I will take several
paragraphs to explain what I previously said in two lines.

I corrected a misstatement of fact regarding the relative value of
units.  I then expressed the opinion that altering dragons, or even
eliminating them entirely, would by itself have little effect on the
game.  I didn't give a lengthy argument to support that; it is just my
(informed) opinion; and you can accept it or not as you like.

If you accept my opinion, and if you think that dragons are a problem,
then it logically follows that any "solution" to the problem should
affect more than just dragons.  Thus, if you like, you can take this as
an opinion that several of your proposed "solutions" are ineffective,
since in my opinion they would have little net effect on the "problem."

Since I did not express an opinion one way or the other on whether
dragon breeding is a problem (I do happen to have some opinions on the
subject, which I do not care to state at this time), it would be
incorrect to draw any conclusions about what I think about that.  It's
certainly not correct to conclude that any of your statements with which
I do not state my disagreement I must therefore agree with.

David desJardins
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References

OLY: breaking Beastmastery
rcb@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com (Robert Christopher Butchko)
Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: OLY: breaking Beastmastery
rcb@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com (Robert Christopher Butchko)
Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: OLY: breaking Beastmastery
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Tue, 19 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: OLY: breaking Beastmastery
rcb@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com (Robert Christopher Butchko)
Tue, 19 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000