The difference between the systems does not bother me; if nothing ever changed, we would still have only Classic Traveller. The play-testers for every system must (at some point) have asked: how large is a missile? how much does it cost? how many fit in a turret?
In CT, I had to search through multiple sources for the answer to a question so basic that it should have been answered in Book 2 for a turret missile and Book 5 for a bay missile. Congratulations to MT for recognizing the benefit of answering basic game questions in the core rules. If someone playing T20 had to ask about turret and bay missiles on this site, then the T20 rules did not make it clear.
I just wanted T5 to address the matter for new players. Someone who buys T5 should not need to wait for T5:Striker or some Special Supplement to find this basic info. And they REALLY should not need to buy ANOTHER version of Traveller to get the answer.
In the end, we crusty old farts (with nothing better to do than argue the minutiae of the different rules) will argue no matter what T5 contains or does not contain - if we can’t debate real differences between the rules, we debate the subjective “realism” of the topic. If Traveller is to thrive, then we ancient few must occasionally look out for the new guys.
{edit: after re-reading this post, i think that the start of the last year of my seventh term must have had a subtle psychological affect on me. perhaps i failed an aging roll.}
In CT, I had to search through multiple sources for the answer to a question so basic that it should have been answered in Book 2 for a turret missile and Book 5 for a bay missile. Congratulations to MT for recognizing the benefit of answering basic game questions in the core rules. If someone playing T20 had to ask about turret and bay missiles on this site, then the T20 rules did not make it clear.
I just wanted T5 to address the matter for new players. Someone who buys T5 should not need to wait for T5:Striker or some Special Supplement to find this basic info. And they REALLY should not need to buy ANOTHER version of Traveller to get the answer.
In the end, we crusty old farts (with nothing better to do than argue the minutiae of the different rules) will argue no matter what T5 contains or does not contain - if we can’t debate real differences between the rules, we debate the subjective “realism” of the topic. If Traveller is to thrive, then we ancient few must occasionally look out for the new guys.
{edit: after re-reading this post, i think that the start of the last year of my seventh term must have had a subtle psychological affect on me. perhaps i failed an aging roll.}
