Realistic settings

[Greybeard]

Hello Guys,

wow - so many discussions have taken place on this subject over the years since I found the blitz...

interesting that cross suggested increasing the infantry toughness for SPWAW and Weasel suggests reducing the toughness..

for my two cents, I think the truth lies somewhere in between, and also the morale factor in both games have a huge impact.. that's why those troops will rally back at times and make a nuisance for the opposition..

JP and I have farted around with some of this also, and what we have found is that simply turning 'country-training' off does not 'equalize' the troops in play.. it's entirely possible to end up (and it has) with Runssians fighting UK with troops that have '75' experience each, yet Russians get hammered by the Brits as the Russian troops won't rally easily under fire, or will break quickly allowing the Brits to pursue and destroy almost at will..

why? Experience may be equal, but then the brits have a base rallye value of 75, and the russian 60.. then the 'experience' equality doesn't stand the test..

We figured a way to fix it..

you have to massage the 'rout/rallye' values also..

the adjustment works in a simple way.. in this case where one side has a morale of 75, and the other 60.. adjust the route/rally value for the '75' player to 80%.. which reduces the base to 60

or increase the 60 player by 125% which gives you 75..

or - find what ever value you want to use and do the math to adjust things..

makes a difference (and JP is now less frustrated with his beloved Russians) :)

Greybeard

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Also.. one last comment.. SP is a game, not a simulation.. and it's getting dated

SPCAMO has brought the game a huge leap forwards with their continuing efforts at fine tuning the game.. for those of that have enjoyed their efforts over the past decade.. they truly have accomplished miracles..

as with all games, it will never satisfy everybody's personal preferences.. they are for us to enjoy..

so hat's off to all of you who enjoy a good game, and making friends from all over the world..

For me, an older guy that cut his teeth on games that came out of a box, took a couple of hours to set up, then screamed at that cat when it walked across the game boards..

the favorite was 'squad leader'.. well.. SP for me is still the best..

Regards to all

Greybeard