Question on Purchase Points

[GaryChildress]

I just finished with the Grave bridge assault. My BG there isn't going to look very pretty next turn given all the casualties it suffered rushing the bridge. I checked the manual and didn't see an answer to this (maybe I am not looking in the right place). How are purchase points alloted each turn? I'm currently playing "Line". How many purchase points should I expect to receive for the next turn to replenish my BG. Also will any unused purchase points from the prior turn carry over to the next?

Thanks.

[Andrew Williams]

Absolutely no idea, sorry.... it's never been explained.

[Andrew Williams]

A quick look at the not yet available workbook seems to indicate that points reduce over the 10 days but I'm not even sure that is what I'm seeing.  (I guess this would indicate that this aspect of the game is completely untested????)

[GaryChildress]

I have a screenshot record of purchase points on my battlegroups so I guess I'll find out next turn the answer to this. [:)]

[TAIL GUNNER]

Hi, from the manual, section 17.6:

"A Battle Group will recover about 20% of its maximum unit purchase points every turn, though
a low cohesion will reduce the number of points regained. Successfully resting a Battle Group
will increase the number of points returned, in addition to restoring Battle Group cohesion."

[Andrew Williams]

From the tecchy... we were told but forgot 


The BG base points are calculated internally by the code based on several factors -- how big the Force Pool is, how expensive the teams in the FP are, whether the BG just rested or not, and the BG cohesion.

The net result is that you should be able to fill out your BG slots with 'average' teams for that BG if it is at full strength, with some points left over (left over points depend primarily on how deep your FP is).

A BG then gets a 'refill' of points at the start of each turn which is 'base points' divided by the number of turns per day, modified for current cohesion, FP state, and whether the BG is resting or not.

The result is that 'bigger' BGs (those with large force pools) get more points to spend.  BGs with more expensive teams in their FP also get somewhat more points to spend, so that they can field those teams without being limited to only having one of them.  However the dynamic calculations handles several situations that a hard coded data set can predict:

1) Automatically adjusts when FP strength changes due to losses.

2) Automatically adjusts when FP strength changes due to combining battle groups.



So it looks like you need to look at keeping losses below 20% to keep a susutainable BG