Nobody's commented for a few days, which I think might be good, as it possibly means most people have said their piece about my rules list.
Now then, regarding Rule 2 ... I see no reason to believe that a pilot shoots any more bullets at short range than at long range. No reason whatsoever.
What makes the most sense to me is that the a number of bullets shot at short range would do much more damage that the same number fired at long range because of increased accuracy.
Numerous ace pilots, such as Richthofen himself, specifically said that one of the primary reasons they racked up so many kills was because they waited until they were very close to an enemy plane before they made their shots. They spoke of accuracy, and never (to my knowledge) said they shot more bullets at close range than they did at long range.
Therefore, there is no reason a pilot should be faced with double the chance of a jam at close range. Instead, the chance for a jam should be the same as at long range -- meaning only one card should be used to determine if a jam occurred.
Also, it is perfectly fair that a target of a close-range attack should be subjected to all the effects of two cards -- both numerical damage and special damage. The attacker, being at close range, is firing much more accurately than at long range, and therefore is likely to do much more damage.
Finally, regarding the statistical chances of a jam doubling, diceslinger seems to be splitting hairs, and is ignoring the point. He says that with one card, the chance for a jam is 11.43%, and for two cards, it's 11.43% + 11.76% (which equals 23.19%). Double 11.43% and you get 22.86%, which is only 33/10000th (0.33%) less than the chance of a jam with two cards. Therefore, diceslinger's own calculations show that the chance for a jam with two cards is effectively twice the chance for a jam with one card -- which really doesn't seem to matter, as the whole point is that the chance for a jam at short range should be the same as the chance for a jam at close range.
To me, Rule 2 makes perfect sense both intuitively and mathematically, so I'm keeping it as is in the list.
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