ORIGINAL: sevoblast
Planedev, it's more tactics than anything else. A good shooter with either system can hit you at 20 meters or more. If the IBU has advantages over your TBS, then change your tactics, coordinate with your team mates, and don't give the advantage to the other side. To simply complain of a small advantage another tanker has in equipment is not effective in battle tactics. Evolve, find the solution. There is more than one. What if another tanker comes to the field with a really well dialed in tank, bearings in all wheels, perfect TU setup, and in general a top of the line tank. OK, if he comes, the advantage he would have is not to loose as much speed after hits as an out of the box tank. Is that not fair also?
And here's one way to make the battle systems look a little better. Before anyone screams, I am not going to get in an argument over the lowered apple. I have used them for years now, and it is just something cosmetic I do. And it's legal here. Doesn't look like the Eifel Tower sticking up from the hatch.
I agree about the tactics needing to change, but if one has an advantage on one system, does that mean that everyone should get teh same system? If its a direct replacement or to suppliment the shortage of TBUs, why should it have better specs? Also in a officsal tamiya competition, one can still use a Impact emitter and get an advantage as one cannot distiguish the other by looking at it, thus is that even legal?
Lastly, unless the whole club is in agreement to allowing varying powered emitters, I feel that one should not chang his emitter justto get an advantage, in essence, to do anything for a win. In that case, I feel that that person is no longer having fun but is dying just to get a win. We in Singapore have a very competitive club that meets every 2 weeks for battle. We also had our 1st official tamiya competition where by somehow my buddy and me won ( I am sure my tactics are sound ).
I just feel that one should improve on skill more than rely on technological advantage to win. Of course, in future, when we get like 5 shermans is to 1 tiger on a battle fiel. I will not mind if we make it so that the tiger's emitter is more powerful than a sherman's, else war gaming will no longer be about fun, everyone will be thinking on (cheat) tactics to win.