Point Values

[K K Rossokolski]

I see an issue with that. If no one else does, then fine, leave it alone. Having designed many game scenarios myself in other game systems, I fully understand the difficulty in creating a "balanced" scenario, but I believe there is a market out there that wants to be able to "build " their own army for a particular time period, create or have a randomly created map, and go at it with "X" points per side. This is quite common in miniature based games for various periods, and I feel that such a capability would increase market share for CS.

This capability has been there since the game first appeared. Expanded in various stages, it now encompasses the period from mid 1930s to 1945 with, as far as I can see, all involved armies. Divided Ground has evolved into a Vietnam version. Developments are under way, I understand, to expand into later conflicts.
You can build a map. make your OOB, create a scenario. What is the problem? Your only limitation is that the game requires the use of the installed OsOB. Since these are historically accurate, and this is a historical game, what more do you want? And there are no limitations on building a hypo, lots of people do.

To create a point system is not rocket science but requires that one have all the variables and data that affects play. Then it is a simple matter to assign initial values to the variables, and then a lot of playtesting.

- Greg

Actually, I think it is a bit like rocket science. Clausewitz said that War in essence is very simple...but each of its manifold elements is very complex. In my experience, he was dead right.
CS has a large, growing and complex value system that generally has stood the test of time. We continue here to discuss issues concerning value, but they mostly concern individual units, or unit types. This is the first time I can recall a suggestion to start again from scratch. How many units are there in total?...must be more than 5000. What values would you assign, for example, to Brazilian engineers? Mongolian packhorses? Japanese siege arty? Panther tanks? Sov ATRs? Trucks? Should different trucks be of different value? What about the humble horse and cart?

I think what we have is an outstanding basis...not perfect, but it will continue to evolve. As always, the unattainable perfect is the deadly enemy of the existing good.