Max Points function in Assault/Defend battles

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Originally Posted by luigim

A little question: in an Assault/Defend type battle i can't maximize the points of the defending nation. Is this normal or a bug? Sorry for my bad english

The defender is limited to a certain ratio (50% in the defence?) of the attacker's points.

If P1 is a defender - then the maximum points allowed by the max points function will be DEFEND_MAX or DELAY_MAX (an appropriate ratio of the maximal points). Otherwise attacking would be pointless.

Player 2 points will also depend on what player one actually spent, not his allocation. (e.g. P1 is allocated 20K points, but spent only 5K - therefore P2 points will be a ratio of the 5K actual spend, not 20K).

There is also the 500 unit and 200 formation limits to consider - a human opponent might be able to maximise his spend (by buying nothing but high ticket MBT and arty?) - but the AI will attempt to buy a balanced force of infantry etc, and so can run into the max unit or max formation limit without expending its allocated points.

Andy