Balance discussion/suggestions

[ComradeP]

I ran a short test of 30 air strikes against 9 T-34's of D quality in two separate units (HQ unit and 8 tank unit) by 6 Ju-87 D's.

In total, 4 Stuka's were lost. The Soviet losses were usually 1-2 tanks. Surprisingly, the non-HQ unit was only Disrupted once.

Considering the number of air strikes you'll be launching in good weather, and the high VP's, I'd say losses of 4 Stuka's (or 3, let's say 1 for every 10 missions in this example) against targets not protected by actual AA is too high. The result against C quality units is worse. At first, I was puzzled why 2 AA value units could do this, but it makes some sense if AA values are always multiplied at range 0, making the actual AA value about 4 (the Soviets would presumably still get a quality penalty in the case of this example).

As the Germans, I find myself not using air power because the cost in Stuka losses is simply too high for most scenarios. A few 6 point losses and victory in the more tightly balanced mostly 50-100 VP scenarios becomes impossible.