Leftwing66 Posted July 1, 2000 Share Posted July 1, 2000 I am just getting a feel for the DYO battles, and I am curios what people think about the balance. What is right level of advantage to give to an attacker in an attack scenario, player skill being equal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted July 1, 2000 Share Posted July 1, 2000 Simply set it up with an ATTACK setting ( not assault or probe) and that gives you a pretty balanced game... Assault is totally unbalanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OberGrupenStompinFeuhrer! Posted July 1, 2000 Share Posted July 1, 2000 Someone hinted at this on another thread, but is the attacker given more points than the defender in a DYO? Reason I ask, I have been getting slammed pretty good in a number of DYO PBEMs'. Now I know that I suck pretty bad, but I am always the Germans defending and my opponenet is the British attacking. He seems to have armour coming out the wazoo. I get about three guns and a Panther, plus a smattering of troops. In additon to about three tanks (Firefly, Churchill etc) he gets scout cars, carriers, armoured cars and what seems like a zillion troops. So if we are playing an 800 point game, does the attacker get more than that, more for his buck, or is it really even and I am just that bad? BTW, what do you mean when you say Assault is unbalanced? Am I right in thinking that an assualt just requires the attacker to get across the map as fast as possible? Ober ------------------ "Them Yankees couldn't hit the broa..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soliloquy Posted July 1, 2000 Share Posted July 1, 2000 The attacker gets more points to spend, and the ratio between attacker and defender is determined by whether the DYO is an assault or advance mission. I do not recall the exact ratios, however. It's up to 2.0, I think. So if you've been defending with 800, he's been smacking you around with 1600 or so. I think the unbalanced comment by Fionn simply referred to that that Assaults get twice the points to spend, making the defenders job just a >little< difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OberGrupenStompinFeuhrer! Posted July 1, 2000 Share Posted July 1, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Soliloquy: So if you've been defending with 800, he's been smacking you around with 1600 or so. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Thanks Soliloquy, My confidence was taking quite a battering, especially as I see him making some tactical errors. I just seem to run out of stuff before he does. I stopped him once, but other times things start to unravel once my "main" pieces get knocked out. I'll try being the attacker next time, just to confirm I really am as bad at this as I appear. :^) Ober ------------------ "Them Yankees couldn't hit the broa..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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