AresMars
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Murat, Very Interesting comparison. FYI, your defending stack has 6 Corps listed but we could easily assume that at least ONE French Corp is the Guard or one of the 20I/3C French Corps.....Also, the French tend to attack with 6 Corps! (Arty, Guard, I - IV Corp) <wink> Note that this is an extreme example; as this type of Coalition is near impossible to set up and get together (as zaquex also pointed out so well....) Also, rememeber that any Corps of 20 or more factors is 1 PP and not .5 (in the orginal EiA and EiH - I am not sure for EIANW) Boy, the French have a lot of 20+ Corps lying around the board.... Now include the other elements of Land battles because these things don't happen in a vacuum - Leaders, Supply, Terrain, Casualties, Economics and VP Napoleon (if present) would affect the PP totals by +1/-1 each time.....ONLY France can influence PPs that way (GB with Nelson but that is Naval), as well as choosing when to attack (through moving last/first) and getting to hit on the same stack twice before they could react. (Same with Gb) This is a big advantage for gaining PP. We would also have to consider the normal political status position at the time of the majors involved to see what kind of VP effect would be involved. (ie. is it an Economic month? 1 or 2 months away?) Where are the countries on the PSA -- the PSA tends to move EVERYONE to the middle (ie 7 VP) except the French and British use can use Economic Manipulation MORE then most other countries) Did the Allies set-up in Mountains or Forest to reduce CAS? If they are beaten once and forced out, do they get to retreat into forest/montains again? Do they attack the French back in Forest or Mountains! Unlikely.... Supplying that Coalition Army is going to COST the Allies (read GB ) each month, the French, well you can forage or pay depending on your feelings and circumstances ..... Next, we would need to consider the CAS effect that the 6 French Corp (lets say largest) would cause over 3 rounds of combat versus 6 Coalition Corps (lets say largest or do we use best moral option?) over 3 rounds (assuming proportional loses to the Allied force) Do we assume one battle and the loser(s) surrenders? two? three? Up to six battles could happen in one quarter between these two forces.... The Austrians are taking the lions share of the CAS and we can assume a loss means Surrender soon.... Do we assume that the Allies all remain? For all battles? for the next? Often in a losing Coalition battle, certain countries run for the hills having 'satisfied' their Allied duty and paid their Political (PP)and Blood (CAS - $/MP) price (ie. Russians, British) Finally, I think your PP calculations for option 4 are in error because NO party can gain more then +3 or lose more then -3 PP (except if Nappy is present) and the Victory or Loss will have a different effect on each country present both PSA and possible VP-wise. It is very unlikely that Austria, Prussia, Russia and England are all at the same place at the same time.... Doing a NET Comparison is not an accurate representation of the REAL PP effect in the game, so this is why I think +9 PP is not accurate.
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