Configure campaing battle points

[a_ver_est]

I cannot fully understood the battle points option when creating a New long campaign, perhaps because my bad english. From manual:

"If you set Player 1's points to something other than XXX then Player 2's points will become a ratio of that number."

What means "a ratio"?, I have set player 1 (human) with 1250 points, If player 2 (AI) is set to XXX that means:

1.- AI will get less troops than player 1
2.- AI will get same troops than player 1
3.- AI will get more troops than player 1

TIA.

[Ironfist]

The ratio depends on the battle type

1. Defend -- 2.5
2. Delay -- 2
3. meeting -- 1
4. advance -- 0.5
5. assault -- 0.4

That is, if you set human to be 1250 points and you actually spend all of them, plus 750 points on supporting troops, which makes your total troop worth of 2000 points, AI will have:
1. 5000 if YOUR mission is defend
2. 4000 for delay
3. 2000 for meeting
4. 1000 for advance
5. 800 for assault

What really matters is the points you ACTUALLY SPEND. That battle points option only limit the maximum points allowed for your core force in the beginning. You can set it to a bigger value, say 3000. If you only spend 2000, then ONLY 2000 will be counted for AI to buy its troop.

And when your core troops gain experience and become more valuable, you will face more AI units.

[Arralen]

Originally Posted by Ironfist

What really matters is the points you ACTUALLY SPEND. That battle points option only limit the maximum points allowed for your core force in the beginning. You can set it to a bigger value, say 3000. If you only spend 2000, then ONLY 2000 will be counted for AI to buy its troop.

What basically means that the "best" (read: easiest) way to set up a single player campaign is to dial up to 99999 points, and then just buy everything you think is appropiate for the force you want to picture.
Unless, o.c., you're such a Steel Panthers Nerd that you know how many points those mech inf batt plus 2 assault gun squad plus a armoured scout comp and some SPAA will cost exactly. Even if you're playing Rumania or Italy.

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