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Sean-Khan
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Sean-Khan
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2731 Posts
| | 07/11/2005 7:43 AM |
| Wouldn't that kind of army get into trouble if it would encounter full-armour army? [:D] These games have a bad tendency to make rares much more cost-effective, but who knows? In a terrain with lots of forests and such, it's much possible that an army with lots of infantry will rock.
I guess you better have some variety in general - other kind of armies might work but they are gambling. But, playing scenarios might already be a partial answer to this, and scenarios might very well have limitiations for the armies.
What I'm afraid is that tanks are able to use hit-and-run -tactics against soldiers, who can never get close enough to them in order to cause damage. | |
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XAos
Underboss
2413 Posts
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| | 07/11/2005 9:23 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sean-Khan
What I'm afraid is that tanks are able to use hit-and-run -tactics against soldiers, who can never get close enough to them in order to cause damage.
We have so far seen (what I guess is) the bulk of the rules for AFV's and stats for 1/3 of the vehicles. Based on that I agree with you that infantry look utterly outclassed at ranges 2-8.(much more so than the relative point costs)
But we havn't seen the rules for Cover, Commanders, close assault, defensive fire, transports, or (most importantly) victory conditions. So we might have the exact opposite opinion, 5 minutes after reading those.
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PatEllis15
Commander
4463 Posts
| | 07/11/2005 4:04 PM |
| Scenario's and Victory conditions will be the key... Infantry rares had to break through a tank line without tanks. If tnaks are trying to break through the infantry, then the scenario's rules will be key (i.e. cause X points of damage, or prevent the tanks from exiting the board for x number of turns....)
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 07/11/2005 4:47 PM |
| | And the infantry might be needed for capture points on a map if that is the winning condition. Also depending on the points you might not be able to have more then one tank. | |
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Dr.Cornelius
Warrior
338 Posts
| | 07/14/2005 7:10 AM |
| The all-armor build could be trouble, but hopefully the developers captured the essence of WWII encounters in which Tanks supported by infantry were much more effective than pure armor. Scoring rules for holding a number of hexes could balance things out.
The thing to look out for is the relative costs of AFVs vs anti-armor units (AT Gun, Bazooka, Panzerfaust, etc).
Based on experience with other squad/platoon level systems (SL, Up Front), the game usually comes down to a shootout between the AFVs with the surviving tank mopping up the opposing infantry. | |
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PatEllis15
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| | 07/15/2005 11:40 AM |
| Yes... I'm looking forward to seeing the stats on a 88...
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