Patch?

[Jeff Conner]

Gentlemen

Do not forget that there is a lot of abstraction going on here. You do not have to have to have hull penetration at this level for it to be an actual loss. A mobility kill would still be a kill. Spalling from a non-penetrating hit could cause a kill, especially on a tank with poor morale. There are lots of reasons why a tank that gets hit might not continue the fight, which is what a loss at this level represents. You also have to take into account that there are no flanks in this game. Consequently, you can't determine if your are shooting at the front facing at an angle (worst case) or the rear, straight on (best case) or even the top. In theory, the target values and hard attack vales take all of this into account and gives us a simple value to use.

My rational for suggesting that the range attenuation be based on the maximum range of the weapon rather than a flat value probably has more to do with the time I spent as a firearms instructor rather than anything else, but I do think you should reward those weapons that were inherently more accurate and had better optics and stability. I can't understand why Tiller thought that all weapons should degrade at the same rate and it makes some weapons, like infantry guns, rather useless.

Just my penny and a half.

Jeff