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[Strela]

I know, I was just wondering if maybe I've been seeing mostly uncommon results, which could mean the armor vs. armor might be working as intended.

Changing one thing without breaking something else can be very difficult, so I appreciate the team taking the time to get things to work the way they want after the changes.

And there is the rub - we are worried about the various consequences. John has built a modifier in for hard attack strengths that can be a variable so we can test increasing & reducing strengths without changing all the units values. We are also experimenting with various range attenuation effects. There has also been a spirited discussion about a 'reverse' density modifier for smaller units so that they are harder to hit.

As you can imagine every single one has pro's and con's and ultimately though they all sound impressive may have little impact on game play. For example in a PBEM game I am a member of an 88mm AA gun took out a T-34 HQ at 3,500 meters (14 hexes) and then on its next defensive fire shot disrupted a whole T-34 company at 3,250 meters. This was using the original code!!!

Some features to help fire values have been included in the code. For example the fire uphill negative modifier (simulating shooting at hull down vehicles) know has an inverse where a unit firing downhill get a positive modifier to represent hitting more vulnerable aspects of a vehicle. This helps to make hills even more important.

Personally, what I am seeing is that the game system is providing losses close to the historical without additional tweaks. That said, with all the additional multiplayer testing being done we are watching the statistics closely and trialling a few different changes to understand the impact....

David