why buy armor?

[DRG]

Uncle_Joe said:
Personally, I think the cost of armor scales up too quickly relative the the cost of infantry in SPMBT (when compared to SPWW2).

RVPERTVS said:

Absolutely right! My opinion: yes, armor is relatively expensive compared to infantry (in wspmbt).

For those of you who may have been paying attention to the information provided in the thread about WinSPMBTv3 you may recall I mentioned that infantry is more expensive in V3 than it was in the last release so you guys can debate this further if you like but the change is a done deal.

An infantry squad that cost 14 points in the previous release of winspmbt costs 22 points now in V3. The actual percentage increase varies from unit to unit based on the weapons and becasue we are using relatively low numbers to begin with but the example cited above is approx a 58% increase. Another squad ( taken at random from the US OOB ) that cost 11 points in the previous version now costs 18 points which works out to about a 63% increase so everyone worried that infantry is too cheap can relax. The issue was dealt with quite awhile ago.

As Narwan said above. It's a tricky business balancing this just so. BECAUSE it's not just unit A and Unit B that need to be in harmony and I'll bet everyone on this forum has a different opinion on what that "harmony" should be.

Don

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Here's a good example of the increase. In the previous version of the game ( the one you have now ) in October 1983 a British Rifle Company costs 250 points. In V3 it's 328. A 31% increase. Not all units go up as high as 60%