On 02/25/2010 11:54 PM, James Cameron wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:19:02PM -0500, Mark Mielke wrote: > >> Just to play devil's advocate for a second - doesn't reduced time window >> during which you can inflict damage [...] >> > But it's not a reduced time window during which you can inflict damage > (by explosion) ... it's a shift of the time window. > > For the base pilot, it is a reduced time window during which they can > avoid damage following an explosion. > Which means you must be closer to the target when you die to inflict the same damage, which I would call MORE aggressive, not less. :-) Less aggressive would imply that one changes strategies entirely, by giving up using the ship explosion as a weapon. Although some people might give up - I doubt that the experts will remove this tool from their tool chest and "give up", just because they have to get a big closer before they die... Cheers, mark