Combat Cycle Ref:
In reply to Saudi Arabia (msg # 98):
And with a roll of 2 for your attack it was going to suck for you no matter which section of rules were used.
As rules stood when I planed it, my numbers were:
Air phase:
Hex I22:
Saudi 2 vet + 2 exp air units: 890
ISIS: 4 green infantry 110 (reduced to 27 as per 12.9) even if the gerrillas joined, they would add 55 CP, for a total of 165 (reduced to 41 per rule 12.9)
Odds: 890:41 = 21.7, so table would have been 7:1, and the 2 rolled would have meant 10/100, as you say,
with a roll of 2 for your attack it was going to suck for you no matter which section of rules were used.
Should I follow with the land phase, where the forces sent against re remans would have been 1334 CP (and even in only the units you sent to combat woyuld have been, there would have summed 682 aagainst the remainders of the ISIS forces)?
The air stike in J19 was a little more risky, as the 2 vet + 3 exp MR air units (1068 CP) would have to confront 329 (164 when 12.9 is applied, as there were SAM) if the gerrillas hide or 383 (178) if the guerrillas fought, just a mere 2:1 (where a roll of 2 would have meant 40:20, so no so disastrous when counting losses)
EDIT: 1068 CP against the 178 (after 12.9 is applied) would have been 6:1, and the roll of 2 would have given a reuslt of 20/100. END EDIT
Combat Cycle Ref:
But most of all, you brought along a shockingly tiny force for your grand invasion of a physically small nation hoping to take advantage of the quirks in the division of our maps and turn sequences to try and take on your enemy in easily manageable pieces. The Caliphate is not a potted plant, there are no time locked gates between hex H19 and H20, the Caliphate can and will react, and in the next round so can you too....
As shown above, with the rules I assumed they will be used, this shockingly tiny force was in fact an overwhelming one. But this change of rules have reduced my forces (as they have a divisor of 3, instead of 2 for green, 1 for experienced and a multiplier of 1.5 for veteran) while augmented the Capiphate ones (as all its reserve forces have a divisor of 4 instead of the usual 10).
And now, as told to you'll by email, I don't know when I will connect again for some (I hope few) days (or at best I will sporadically). Don't think I took my ball and went home, it's just a router problem I hope to be fixed ASAP (but I'll be surprised if before monday or thuesday).
This message was last edited by the player at 10:21, Fri 29 Aug 2014.