[Master Belisarius]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
True MB, but there is an old political addage that goes something like, "There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."

My point being that the poll results could also be viewed to support no change as that is the single largest vote getter of the choices given with 29%. You are assuming that everybody that voted for a particular change would support ANY change, and you cannot say that for sure.

Geoschmo[/QB]

Yep George, you're right... and I think that although a new poll could be started and still the motion to change the PPB could have most of the votes, you could argue that 48 persons (the votes for the poll that Taera started), can't represent all the SE4G players, and you would be right again... then, I give up.

In my view, the only argument posted here to consider the PPB balanced, was some more cost in mineral/radioactives (and IMHO is a very very very very little drawback considering that you could kill your enemy if he is not using PPB too).

I'll not write all the reasons to consider this weapon unbalanced again... I wrote several good arguments here (IMHO), and don't want to be redundant.
What really make me feel somewhat frustrated, is that looking the numbers and comparing the PPB with others weapons, it's pretty obvious (at least to me) to see that doesn't exist a better weapon than PPB for most games, and in my view, is so easy to research that makes it an unbalanced weapon.
As you said, the PPB is the king during the mid game (maybe the DUC or the Missiles are the king in the early, and the APB or WMG or Acid Globulae or Shield Depleter + Other Weapon, etc are the kings in the late game). But considering that most multiplayers games are decided before reach the late game, then, obviously the PPB is the answer.
Anyway, I'm tired and dislike the endless discussions, then, I don't want to continue.

Tesco Samoa: I expected to see fixed the PPB into the original SE4, because MM have fixed the ID... and because most of the PBW games use the standard SE4

[ June 04, 2002, 00:53: Message edited by: Master Belisarius ]