Points for Assault battle ?

[RERomine]

I was hoping to come up with a useful "tipping point" ratio using the AI as a test subject, but it's really not working out very well. It is consistent, but not very bright. Give the AI defender more points, it buys mines. Not a problem here. The AI attacker can't coordinate it's activity. The fastest units reach the minefields first, usually recon, tracks and tanks, and before you know it, there is a company or two of burning units on the minefield. The AI needs to lead out with scouts and engineers to find the minefields, breach them and then send through an exploitation force. There is no way I can make the AI do that, however. Even when AI engineers find obstacles, they clear them just because they are obstacles. There is no rational thought, "Do I need to clear this obstacle?" No other obstacle within 500m and it doesn't block a thing and the AI will clear it, anyhow.

Probably the best way to go about it is just get opinions from experienced players have been on both sides of assault/defend battles and see what they believe to be factors that could throw ratios off. Once you've identified those factors, take a guess at what adjustments could be made to make the battle more balanced at the beginning. That way, the best player wins through skill and not because the visibility was low or high, the battle was too long or short, the map is too big or small, etc. No matter what, it won't be perfect.