Shannon V. OKeets -> RE: Japan Map (5/9/2007 10:43:35 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets 'Remembering' from which corps a division came when it was created by breaking down a corps, has a lot of problems. Say there are 3 corps broken down and each of them has lost one if the divisions. Then none of them can be reformed on the board, nor can the corps be reformed in the "destroyed broken down divisions pool" (so it would go back into the force pool to be available for being rebuilt). That interpretation makes logical sense but is stupid from the point of view of the player. It would also necessitate that the information concerning the divison's original corps be availabel to the player, since it would affect his ability to reform units - messy to do. I intend to simply modify the reforming rule so that to reform a corps you need two divisions equal to those that were created when it was broken down. They do not have to be the same divisions, but they do have to be the correct size (strength factors). And they have to match in other particulars too (i.e., unit type). Here's a possible solution to missing factors, but it may cause a few problems with the internal datatypes: When splitting a corps, keep track of fractional unit strength, but ignore the fractions for purposes of combat. Then, when recombining, add and double the fractional strengths and use an "Equal" rather than a "Largest But Less Than" policy. E.g. splitting a 9-4 gets you a 2.5-4 and a 2.0-4. Splitting an 8-4 gets you two 2.0-4s. In terms of gameplay, fractions are rounded off (a 2.5-4 becoming a 3-4), so the 2.5-4 can be combined with any 2.0-4 to get a 9-4. A 3.0-4 and a 2.0-4 could combine to a 10-4, though the divisions could be apparently identical to the units that can combine to a 9-4. I hope I had the breakdown and recombination rules straight to start with... Yes, a viable solution, but I am simply going to permit two 2 strength divisions to be reformed into a 9, if one is available in the broken down pool. Yes, this is a deviation from RAW, but in my opinion not one worth anyone getting upset about. You can't reform them into a 9 if there isn't one in the broken down pool, and if there are both 9's and 8's in the broken down pool, then which one is selected will be done randomly.
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