Sure. But your proposal also makes smaller tanks faster than larger
tanks which requires speed enforcement (with all the complexities that
come with it) and which clearly provides smaller tanks with an advantage
that far outweighs the loss of offense/defense ratings.
Derek's suggestion to give 40/4 ratings across the board solves a number
of problems discussed in this thread, has no apparent disadvantages, is
simple to enforce and (probably) has no un-intended consequences. Given
that Joe has proposed something similar in the past and that Doug feels
it would encourage Armored Car development, it's one of those rare
proposals that might gain unanimous consent.
Regarding the small number of tanks shorter than 36", you are certainly
well aware that smallness of size, in itself, doesn't provide a
significant advantage. Anyone who examines the stats compiled for the
two identical Panzer IIs will quickly see that size doesn't matter.
Moreover, some of the larger tanks take less hits than the smaller ones.
Given that most veterans can shoot soldiers in the head from 20-40
feet out also supports the notion that target size is not as important
as people want to believe. Getting rid of the 1:6 scale rule really
wouldn't change battle outcomes much at all, but it could cause a lot of
harm to people who (a) want to use commercial parts and/or vehicles or
(b) want to stay in a common scale because they also do scale modeling.
First rule of rule making: Do no harm.
On 12/19/2013 12:14 PM, TyngTech wrote:
If you think about it a bit, my current ratings proposal basically
throws out the 1:6 scale rule and moves us back to the 3' rule BUT adds
additional 2' and 4' rules to accommodate current and future abominations.
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