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Discussion, Suggestions & Feedback / The State of Infantry
« on: December 18, 2012, 08:40:36 PM »
I've been pleasantly surprised with this mod and it seems like a lot of hard work into it. It's certainly a quality project and space combat is now so much improved it's made my head spin. My biggest complaint thus far, besides the non-appearance of the planetary base maps, is what I can only describe as the seeming lack of infantry durability.
In vanilla, infantry more or less formed the backbone of rebellion forces, particularly in the early tech levels, and generally (and this includes Stormtroopers too) was good at "holding the line." From what I've experienced so far in TR, infantry has had its holding ability pretty much destroyed and will crumble not only against armor but also infantry and even indigenous forces. I feel like this was done in an attempt to make infantry mechanics more "realistic," where a shootout between two sides would likely result in both sides losing combat strength extremely quickly. (I think particularly of how quickly soldiers perished versus AT-ATs in Ep. V.) While I can respect this attempt at realism, I have to say, in terms of game mechanics, it really makes infantry pointless. NR anti-vehicle troops can basically fire one salvo before being destroyed and this essentially voids their operational role. This is not to say that infantry should perform well versus armor (particularly as you climb the class tree from light to medium to heavy; and where artillery, as in vanilla, is the most effective) but because EaW in and of itself is not wholly realistic, there needs to be compensation for that by allowing infantry to survive longer, thus accounting for variables such as how infantry units are not truly representative of their actual sizes and whether the infantry is in cover or entrenched, among others.
I would, at least, argue for this as I really think it takes a lot of the tactical versatility away in ground battles by robbing infantry of its durability. I'd be interested to your guys' thoughts on this though.
In vanilla, infantry more or less formed the backbone of rebellion forces, particularly in the early tech levels, and generally (and this includes Stormtroopers too) was good at "holding the line." From what I've experienced so far in TR, infantry has had its holding ability pretty much destroyed and will crumble not only against armor but also infantry and even indigenous forces. I feel like this was done in an attempt to make infantry mechanics more "realistic," where a shootout between two sides would likely result in both sides losing combat strength extremely quickly. (I think particularly of how quickly soldiers perished versus AT-ATs in Ep. V.) While I can respect this attempt at realism, I have to say, in terms of game mechanics, it really makes infantry pointless. NR anti-vehicle troops can basically fire one salvo before being destroyed and this essentially voids their operational role. This is not to say that infantry should perform well versus armor (particularly as you climb the class tree from light to medium to heavy; and where artillery, as in vanilla, is the most effective) but because EaW in and of itself is not wholly realistic, there needs to be compensation for that by allowing infantry to survive longer, thus accounting for variables such as how infantry units are not truly representative of their actual sizes and whether the infantry is in cover or entrenched, among others.
I would, at least, argue for this as I really think it takes a lot of the tactical versatility away in ground battles by robbing infantry of its durability. I'd be interested to your guys' thoughts on this though.