xian Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Well, no wonder my machine baulks at the prospect of rendering a small QB battle - were they also this big in CMBN? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdp Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Sure you choose Battle Size Small and not the map size? /sdp 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xian Posted August 14, 2012 Author Share Posted August 14, 2012 Oh yes - battle size. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I believe the point values are the same. For Meeting Engagement they are: Tiny 951 Small 1547 Medium 2560 Large 4282 Huge 7209 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xian Posted August 14, 2012 Author Share Posted August 14, 2012 Maybe those Italian units are just very cheap? But my machine just isn't up to a battle this size. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 If you pick mixed forces any armor/vehicle purchases will eat up the points total pretty quick. An alternative might be to import QB maps into the editor and hand place whatever forces you want for both sides then resave as erzats 'scenarios'. If you do a half dozen at a time then let them sit for awhile your memory of the enemy forces you picked should fade. I recall one scenario I did long ago for my own amusement. Dualling sniper teams in a ME. Ouite literally one shot wins or loses the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 They are mostly just men with bolt lock rifles, which makes them cheaper compared to say the US who nearly all have automatic rifles and each squad has a BAR and a marksman as well as someone with rifle grenades or Bazooka, and a company also comes with a weapons platoon. That's hell of a lot more fire power. At all factors being average, US infantry company -160 men - 733 points Italian infantry company - 132 men - 489 points So at Small you could afford two US companies (320 men) or three Italian companies (396 men). But you can afford more than that if you go for green, poor motivation etc. If you want some well armed Italians though, the Guastatori (combat engineers) are what you need. One company offers 158 men for 1005 points. So 1½ companies for a small QB would give you 237 men. But each squad comes with a light mortar, LMG, several SMGs and 14 satchels. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I know this is radical, but you could select "tiny" instead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Sometimes you end up with an unwieldy number of units because the computer insists on breaking down, with no input from you, all or most of the squads into teams. Especially the Germs, for some reason. Very annoying. But I'm sure Sburke loves it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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