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Number of AFVs in mouseover
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:34 pm
by DaveConn
Has anyone noticed that the number shown for "AFVs" in the mouseover on the main screen is actually the total number of vehicles? That is, it seems to be the sum of "Vehicles" plus "Engineering Vehicles" from the base screen (instead of just the former). Intended or not? (It would seem "not" based on the label of "AFV" in the mouseover.)
RE: Number of AFVs in mouseover
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:44 am
by Lokasenna
I think this is because from the air, things like motorized support or engineer vehicles could be mistaken as AFVs. Especially from 20,000 feet.
RE: Number of AFVs in mouseover
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:06 pm
by dr.hal
Much like to a politician a gunboat is a gunboat, be it the Panay or the New Jersey. They have no clue as to any difference!
RE: Number of AFVs in mouseover
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:59 pm
by HansBolter
The same is true for the manner in which combat reports treat "guns".
The report lumps AT, AA, and artillery all into the "gun" category so it becomes misleading if one is trying use it to gage the number of artillery tubes the enemy is firing back with.
RE: Number of AFVs in mouseover
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:39 pm
by Lokasenna
ORIGINAL: HansBolter
The same is true for the manner in which combat reports treat "guns".
The report lumps AT, AA, and artillery all into the "gun" category so it becomes misleading if one is trying use it to gage the number of artillery tubes the enemy is firing back with.
Also misleading when I'm trying to determine, without digging into my units, how many "real guns" I have firing in a bombardment attack. I could have 1,000 guns in a stack but only 250 or 300 or so actually worth anything (bigger than an 81mm mortar, for example) out of maybe only 400-500 that actually fire in bombardment.