Spotting and unit quality - does it matter?

[McIvan]

A worthy reason for running the test to be sure :)

I'll do some hounding of my own, since it's much easier than actually doing it myself. In my opinion, your test should have had different types of units walking side by side, not just snipers. A good comparison would be a tank hunter team and LMG team, being small two man teams, plus a full infatry squad for reference.

I suspect that a lot of the sniper's concealment value comes from the fact that it is a lone man, rather than an inherent sneakiness.

I'd also rerun the test with the unit commencing to sneak a bit before the point where it would normally be in danger of being spotted.

A third test would be putting them all on hide in scattered trees or woods and seeing how close enemy units get before spotting them in comparison to each other...