Re: [eia] issues to be addressed

[Michael Gorman <mpgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:32 PM 3/29/2004 -0500, you wrote:

> About Forcible Access, Mike wrote:
> > A political point per space is hideously expensive.  I seriously doubt we
> > will see it used much at all as anything other than a last resort.
> >
>
>     I think Mike has misunderstood the Forcible Access rule.  It is not 1 PP
> per space, it is one PP per major power!  So, it is actually not that
> expensive at all (especially if you don't plan to be there for too long).
> Here's the full text.  (Take a close look at 10.3.4.2.)
>
> kdh
But there's the point.  You can't afford to be there long.  So this isn't 
something you can make regular use of since it's too expensive to keep 
violating another power's land without a declaration of war.

You aren't going to fight a big war in someone elses land, you aren't going 
to traipse troops back and forth every turn.  You might cut through once 
but you have to decide if doing so will gain you enough to warrant losing a 
political point.  And while people seem to indicate that's no big deal, 
that sure isn't how they act when the game is running.

Where on the map does anyone even foresee this happening on anything 
resembling a regular basis?  My feeling is that this rule is a response to 
the need to have a way to get your troops home if you get screwed by access 
rules and someone is trying to trap you.  I can't see a likely instance 
where you'd use it otherwise.


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