Halftracks... (again?)

[PawelM]

I personally do not use HTs for scouting and solitary assaults as this makes the game less interesting by giving an advantage to one side which does not have them ( see Eastern front when Russian side only occasionally have some Lend Lease ones). So purely for this disadvantage for one side I do not like to see HT's used this way. In some scenarios it really does make a difference.

I think the best way to make their use prohibitive is to make their point value twice what it is. Then perhaps some players using them would contemplate 6VP for 1 SP? Is it really worth it? And the need for ROE would not be there then. Also to be fair noone in the battlefield used HT's in such a manner anyway. In addition, they did not grow on trees and were to valuable an equipment for any army to sacrifice them easily.

I have seen many discussions on HT over my couple of years at the club and in my view there is one thing which in my opinion is being overlooked by many. The game designers for their own reasons gave some HT's (not all of them) assault factor of more than 0. It is not high but nonethless is zero. And this is very interesting. Take scores of other units which have not been given option to assault (you name it soviet ATR infantry, AT guns etc). I would love to know what was the logic behind it. I am sure this was not roll of dice decision and there was thought put to it....

Apart from increasing HT point value I would love them to have a "conditional" assault factor. I mean 0 when they are empty and 1 if they have infantry on board ( obviously infantry would add to the assault as it is at the moment).

Oh my, oh my.... don't we all love those halftrack discussions