Re: DS2 Balance and stuff.

>From: "Anthony Leibrick" <a.leibrick@virgin.net>
>Reply-To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
>To: <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
>Subject: Re: DS2 Balance and stuff.
>Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 14:52:25 +0100
>Let me get this right
>If you compare a MDC/5 with superior FC with a HVC/5 with basic FC
>In the old way it would be:
>MDC 5 x 10 = 50 + 5 x 6 =30  total cost 80
>HVC 5 x 8 = 40 + 5 x 2 = 10   total cost 50
>The MDC costs 1.6 times more than the HVC
>
>In your way it would be
>MDC 5 x 3 x 10 = 150
>HVC 5 x 1 x 8 = 40
>the MDC now costs 3.75 times as much.

Yup, you're right so far.

>The only problem is;
>  at long range a superior FC will hit 2.3 times as often as basic
>at medium 1.76 times and at close 1.43 times averaging out at 1. 83
over 
>the
>3 range bands. There looks like an unbalance here
>
>Tony L

Until you take into consideration the fact that the MDC's range bands
are 
greater than the HVC's, and it's validities are also greater. An MDC is 
firing at long range at distances the HVC can't even touch, and drawing
red 
only.  When you DO get into the HVC's long range, it's validity is GREEN

only.  At this range, or at least part of it, you're already into the
MDC''s 
medium range, where it draws red AND yellow.  The HVC, in the meantime,
only 
draws red at medium range. and finally, when they're both in short range

(And the MDC will get there faster), the HVC is finally drawing red and 
yellow, but the MDC gets ALL colors valid.  your figures don't account
for 
ANY of that.

Brian Bilderback
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