Units Costs

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cbreedon said:
I have been playing battles with France and Libya in 2005. Each battle I picked a couple of French Legionnaire platoons and noticed that I was vastly outnumbered each game. Sometime the Libyans had 40mm Bofors as well!

I looked into it and noticed that a French squad of 10 men costs 20 points, whereas a Libyan squad also of 10 men costs only half that. Is there a reason why 10 men with rifle and support weapons would cost double for the French than the Libyans? I could see that if we are talking about LeClercs vs T72s, but not so much with just a squad and rifles.

Base experience is what determines cost, and legion troops are elite so have boosted morale and experience levels over line French units, as you will see at the top of the purchase screen in the experience and morale mod fields, whereas the Libyans will be working off a lower base experience and morale, hence cheaper, and the AI pick may have bought some people's milita which have reduced values.

Also - check out the equipment, if the French unit has decent AT weapons then these will up the cost, whereas if the libyan sections do not have these, or only 2-3 rounds of RPG and the legionaries have 8 or so etc. Check vision ratings, as vision costs, and also fire control etc (if your legion troops have scouts, snipers etc). Any size 0 units you have will cost more - scouts, snipers, inf-AT etc. Legionary troops I think cost more (hand to hand bonus in melee), like guards and commandos and paras etc.

What type of battle are you playing? - he will have more points if attacking you.

It is not simply a case of " a squad with rifles".

Cheers
Andy