Umm, it has changed significantly. For starters, the scenario now lasts only 40 minutes -- your description sounds like it used to last an hour.bscottskangum wrote:This was my last report on this one, Feb. 21, and considering the score, I believe the VP was worth 200 ppm. Obviously, some adjustments have been made since.RebBugler wrote:And you got more than 5000 pts doing this?This one is tough. I took the cowardly approach to score adequately. Hold, retreat, distract, then hold again while continuing to distract. Let the Rebs pass through or you're hamburger. Once through, keep them distracted with two regs as you hold with another. Also, depends on the variant for this to be successful. I'm disclosing my lowly tactics, because the timing here is the key, and everyone will have to figure that out. And, there may be another, more honorable way, to win...but with these green Yanks, I have my doubts.
GB19-July3-Codori, Stannard on the Flank (U-Brig) Score: 10,007 Major Victory
Action started 13 minutes in, held VP another 5 minutes or so then my conscripts were swept away. I managed to lead one regiment to safety, then, when the Rebs left the VP, I snuck back to the VP and held it uncontested the last 30 minutes. My casualty count was a negative 4 to 1 ratio before I managed to isolate an idle Reb regiment and rout them with my previously retreated regiments, while my third regiment remained at the VP. In the end I suffered 136 more casualties than inflicted, around a 1 to 2 ratio.
The victory location now starts at 50 ppm. I rush up and grab it within a minute so as to quickly garner free points during the reb form up and bombardment.
At somepoint, it increases in value to 150 points per minute -- maybe 15 minutes into the scenario? But, you have a significant amount of time during which you are unable to hold the thing due to Rebel uber-brigades sweeping through and melee routing anything in their path. I moved in, fell back, waited a few minutes, then moved back in and held for the final 15 minutes of the scenario, having no regiments rout and routing several reb regiments (and having a heck of a good ratio of kills), but only had 2700 points in my latest try.
If I have the time periods right, you could theoretically score 750 points for holding the location the first 15 minutes, then another 3750 points for holding the location the remaining 25 minutes of the scenario. This would leave you 500 points short of the major victory, so you would also have to achieve some major combat victories with what seem to be (post beta, again) more fragile Vermont regiments.
I think if the point values were increased to 100 ppm for the first 15 minutes, then 200 ppm for the remaining 25 minutes, this might, MIGHT be a doable scenario. Another alternative MIGHT be increasing the time period, but that is dicier and more dependent upon which variant you get.
Steve
