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 Post subject: Balancing scenarios
PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:34 pm 
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Has anyone ever experimented with trying to balance scenarios by adjusting the slider at the beginning of a battle that affects how many casualties a particular side deals? Does it seem to work fairly well, or is it not worth the trouble of trying to find the 'right' level?

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 Post subject: Re: Balancing scenarios
PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:35 pm 
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I've never tried it, except maybe when playing the AI. An interesting thought, however. I'm interested to see if anyone has ever tried this as well.

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 Post subject: Re: Balancing scenarios
PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:24 pm 
I've never tried it but if any Yanks would like to spot me a 20% advantage I would be happy to try it out :mrgreen:


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 Post subject: Re: Balancing scenarios
PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:26 pm 
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The HELP file doesn't give much info: A/I Selection: "The slider under the A/I settings is used to establish the Advantage for the new battle."
Under the AI menu:
"Select Set Advantage to display the Advantage Dialog so that the Advantage value for the current battle can be viewed and possibly modified."

Advantage Dialog: "Moving the slider to one side or the other gives that side a better Advantage value for the current battle. Note that Advantage values cannot be changed after the battle has started in two-player games."

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:40 am 
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Has anyone adjusted the slider and not told his opponent? We never check these things. I could swear that all my opponents who beat me (and there have been many) have used this ploy.. :)

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:42 am 
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Once my brother slid the slider all the way over in a battle with his oldest son. Took a while for him to figure out something was wrong. Every time his men fired there were no casualties. :D

Beware the slider's affects are vary sensitive. Just a small change unless they upgraded it had a big effect.

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You can ALWAYS check the position in the AI MENU: Set Advantage, after the game has started.

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