Combat Orders
The Combat Order system is genius way to control battles by using mercenaries. It is nearly perfect, but not completely. Here are, in my opinion, the major points for improvements.
1. Supply Only
Currently MU's are able to set a CO in CC that is gathered to MU's account. This is good, and is the most common way in mercenary action. However, it is not very efficient way for governments. Governments who are under budgets have always supplied their soldiers in tanks and food. Currently CO can be used for supplies, at least in tanks like this:
1. Find the price of tanks in [country]. Let's say it's 10cc.
2. Define the limit for supplying in tanks in influence done. There are external sites that can show all citizens in order of influence done with Q7. Let's presume that from strongest to weakest, out of 300 players number 200 does 20 000 per hit with Q7. To match 200 strongest with tanks, CO must be 50cc/mil*
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1 hit= 1 cc (10/10).
With 20 000/hit hits required: 50 (1000000/20)
Tanks required: 5 (50/10)
Tanks cost 50 (50*10)
CO required for top 200 to get tanks: 50cc/mil
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The price of tanks affects this scenrario, and it needs to be checked every time CO is set. This also causes major differences between soldiers. Strongest soldiers might get 6 tanks for 1 used, when weakest of the division (the last 100) make losses. This is pretty bad for a national army.
Solution
Allowing tanks as CO rewards would benefit everybody, but most of all suppliers. This would also increase the sales of tanks worldwide. Economy would be fixed and militaries would start operating more actively. MU's would need to have same kind of inaccessable inventory, as is for CC.
2. Several orders
There often are 2 orders in the same match, sometimes even with same price and limit. Soldier can only choose one. There would be interesting win-win possibilities, if soldier could accept 2 or more orders.
Solution
Allowing accepting several CO's would make it possible for MU's to delegate the price. For example:
MU X sets 50cc/mil for 52% domination
MU Y sets 50cc/mil for 52% domination
Soldier X gets 100cc/mil for 52% domination.
I don't see bad sides in this. Budgets would still be separate. CO's might also have deeper strategy, like this:
MU X sets 50cc/mil for 52% domination
MU Y sets 50cc/mil for 50% domination
More currency would start moving, as the CO weight for one MU would decrease significantly.
3. Combat Orders in Battle List
To see the order, one has to click the battle open, and for the right side. This is bit cumbersome.
Solution 1
When hovering the mouse to the CO-number, there would be infos for the active CO's. In a yellow pop-up player would see the price and the domination required, without having to move or open the battle
Solution 2
CO's available for the player would be listed in a simple list, with "go to CO" button.
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In short:
- Allow supply only, at least in tanks. MU's given CO-only strorage, like with CC
- Allow soldiers accept 2 or more CO's
- Make CO's easier to find, either with mouse-over or in a separate list.
Thanks.
Zacharia Raven
