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Got a chance to try the first scenario today and to be honest I was pretty disappointed. It is a bit fiddly to set up forces. Everything needs carefully labelled and the dice were used to mark Elan which can change in game if commanders are killed. Units activate in order of Elan. The battlefield size and movement rates seem well proportioned. Combat seemed pretty good with suitable modifiers which were intuitive and quickly memorised. Unfortunately the scenario seemed completely imbalanced. One force was attacking dug in infantry and a platoon of tanks to capture three of four objective points. The attackers had a platoon of light grav attack vehicles, a platoon of mechs and supporting infantry. The defending infantry had only short range weapons. Once the defending tanks were eliminated the attacking force could just sit with their vehicles at long range and wait until the defenders were wiped out. Even if the defending infantry charged out of their dug in positions they could still not get the enemy vehicles in range. The odds being they would then be quickly wiped out in the open. No turn limit applied and this would seem essential.
I tried a second game using the encounter scenario and forces matched in points. Not much better I am sorry to say. I tried making up a few units using the points values and they do not seem to make a lot of sense. That is two equally pointed forces could have vastly different combat effectiveness. A very basic infantry unit comes out at about half the cost of decent heavy vehicle. I would take the vehicle every time. Other anomalies abound. Infantry support weapons seemed over price and I queried the cost. The answer came back that it was a typo and they should be 1.5 points not 15 which makes them the cheapest available infantry weapon but with the longest range. There is no reduction in the cost of grav vehicles even though they are significantly easier to destroy than regular vehicles and have less chance of hitting anything. I am going to try one more game vehicle heavy with lots of transported infantry to see how it feels. If not great I will be leaving this system behind.
If not great I will be leaving this system behind.
That is a shame.
There is no reduction in the cost of grav vehicles even though they are significantly easier to destroy than regular vehicles and have less chance of hitting anything.
Are they nippier and less bothered by terrain?
I mostly ignore points as they can be abused very easily.
In my WFB games for example, my steamtank whilst a lot of points is worth it as my opponent has no model that can destroy it.
So I am not going to field it until she has something can harm it.I prefer games where the forces are chosen based on knowing what will work and what will break the game.
If you like the core engine, is it worth just using your own judgement as to what forces make an enjoyable game, or will you be playing with others that will min-max?
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