Vicotory Levels
 

Hi,

Has anyone else noticed that sometimes despite utterly crushing the computer in a scenario, you're only awarded a marginal victory?

For example I'm playing a US Vs. SU 1986 Campaign. At the end of the first scenario (a meeting engagement) the score was 15235 US vs. 1949 Soviets. I had lost 32 men, 7 AFVs, 1 Helo and 1 Aircraft to the computers 591 men, 3 artillery, 27 APCs, 47 AFVs. I gained control of all of the objective hexes early in the game, and only briefly (2 turns) lost control of 2. The game lasted for 17 turns, the last 5 turns being primarly spent hunting down the computers mortars, crews, and inf SAMs and dealing with small counter-attack by a plt of BMP-2 arriving as re-enforcements. I destroyed all of the computers units but 4 (a mech section, a BMP-2, a SA-7, and a 12.7mm HMG section). I was only granted a "marginal victory". Any idea why? I've had similar results in the past.

Adrian

Re: Vicotory Levels
 

IIRC for a decisive victory you must have a 10:1 and above ratio of victory points vs your opponent. For a marginal victory it must be 2:1. Victory points are mainly the value of occupied objective hexes plus the cost of destroyed enemy units. Don't worry. You actually almost made it! The downed aircraft cost you alot!

Re: Vicotory Levels
 

Nope sorry, a decisive victory is 8:1.

In the first example the Soviet AI had 1949 points. Multiplied by 8 that equals 15592 so Adrian was 357 points short of the decisive win

Don

Re: Vicotory Levels
 

Hi,

Thanks for the info. I hadn't realized that a decisive required a high margin of victory.

Adrian

Re: Vicotory Levels
 

Oops! Excuse me for the misinformation! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif