Post originally by William A. Peterson at 2005-03-18 09:54:03
Converted from Phorums BB System

That would be me, who had mentioned Starships...
I'm glad they're coming, but in what form?
A big book of stock designs, with no design rules?
A complicated design system, with few, if any stock ship designs?
A combination of the two, but with no ability to duplicate the stock designs using the given design system?
Or, something else, altogether?

As to characters not being able to afford explosives...
Puh-leeze!
Any level of Chemistry skill equal to a good {20th Century} High-School graduate might have (and by the 23rd Century, instructional technology should only have gotten better!} can remedy that easily enough, with a trip to the local Grocery store!
You might not be able to afford professionally-manufactured explosives, but that's another matter entirely!
{Your characters must just not have been trying...} :->

And, how can you possibly say that being a Munchkin is 'never' fun? Sure, like anything else, it can get 'old' after awhile...
So can 'angsting', or any of the other activities that one associates with 'Role-playing'!
No two people are sure to have the same tastes and preferences, and even the truly dedicated AC-tor may feel like blowing off some steam from time to time...

For me, my distaste for the game really DOES tend to revolve around the bad (really bad) writing, and the mega-lethal combat system (What can I say, I happen to like playing Superheroes, not timid wallflowers who fear the common street mugger with hot dice!} :->