why buy armor?

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Uncle_Joe said:

Meh, its no biggie. If you havent seen it yourself, nothing I'm gonna send it going to change your mind.

That's complete BS and you know it. We know vaguely what force it is you are using but no real details. Oh sure there's been a lot of posts back and forth and you have "suggested" "take a Sov Motor Rifle combined arms force" which means WHAT exactly ?? The BTR Co + Tk Pl ???. We don't know if you are buying any mortars or whatever. ALL we know if you are acting as the commander of an mech force dealing with an infantry heavy opponent and losing . ( and obviously unhappy that is happening )We have had examples in the past dealing with complaints about one aspect of the game or another and there is always someone who simply refuses to SHOW us with a save game what they are trying to deal with so we can see what you are seeing. WHY they don't is just a bit suspicious.

Uncle_Joe said:
Besides, I dont really want to post a save and then have 10 different people telling that I'm playing 50 different things 'wrong' (too big of a map, too small of a map, too many/not enough points, too high/too low of visibility etc etc etc).

Well what the hell do you think has been happening these last dozen posts? You've been arguing knowing what you've been doing with the game and everyone else can only guess. You set yourself up for this and then tell me " I don't really want to post a save" That's your choice but don't complain about things then refuse to provide us with information that would help us understand the problems you are having.

Uncle_Joe said:
At any rate, I just know to buy the opposing forces now too. It takes some of the surprise out of the game, but it beats the alternative of fighting massed dismounts repeatedly. And regardless of any criticism, I do truly appreciate all of the time and effort its taken to get the game this far. Minor gripes aside, I still feel that it is, by far, the best thing going for tactical combat (and that include products like Combat Mission that are graphically superior, but weaker in results IMO).

Buying the AI force is a perfectly valid way of playing the game and there is nothing whatsoever wrong with playing on a 30x50 map. Small maps are my prefence.

The AI is set up to deal with low point games by purchasing the best force to deal with low point games and that means it does NOT go out and buy the high end equipment otherwise, it loses ( sound familiar? ). Charging in with a Mech force guns blazing does not work against infantry heavy forces in the real world either.

Don