SquiggleAmp wrote:
@magnus,
Apologies it didn't read well that's why my wife normally checks my written work over for me. I understand the break system and I used my own terminology badly. I meant that the SUPPORT formations would have their own and the company (HQ and combat formations) would have a calculated break point from how they are constructed (amount of combat detachments and HQs /2 rounded up to the nearest whole number.
The additional tank is optional though it does mess with the break points value and anybody wishing to play with the list can take it or not. The list is being designed to in essence fight itself (I know I have never said this but I thought it would be clear from it being Horus Heresy)so any advantages are available to both sides. This is my first attempt at such a thing, I know it doesn't show

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I can see that it will also effect the VPs given for the formation it is quite variable and may cause an issue, though the player could work it out (divide by ten and round to the nearest whole number). I will however concede the point in favour of the simplicity it introduces and retract the mixed formations.
I am working on a document to show how to select and work out victory points, break points for the Company they will all be bound buy this and all affected when the value is reached.
This isn't a project that will be released into the NetEpic world as official just a fan project that I am sharing.
Again all feedback is appreciated.
Thanks
Squiggle
Ah, gotcha. Thanks, that clarifies several things. [An additional thanks to your wife for her proofreading efforts, they are appreciated.]
If the list is just fighting itself and not being used with other NEGold lists, then most of my arguments go right out the window. Feel free to price the Command Tank(s) as you wish, among other things. As both sides would be paying the same costs, it would be fair.
Actually, Victory Points are very straightforward. At least, they are in NEGold. It is a ratio of 1 VP per 100 points of the total, final cost of the formation, with 50 or 75 points rounding up to the next higher VP. (For example, a formation that costs 250 points gives 3 VP when it breaks.) The Break Point value of a formation does not affect the Victory Points themselves in any way, just when they are awarded to the foe.
Different people have different strengths. For example, I doubt I'd be able to do what you have done with the graphics. It's just not a talent I have, but you clearly do. Juggling numbers is one of my talents, so I try to help people with that where possible.