I've just come across a post on one of the Tanks pages on Facebook which caught my eye. Rather than trying to sum up the points made, I'll just copy the actual post here and let the rest of you decide what you think.
Thoughts anyone?
Craig Melville - Facebook wrote:Regarding the British special rule: Semi-Indirect Fire.
I think many of us have good reason to believe that this is the worst special rule in the game, and could be considered under powered. Please note that the table below is a rough and opinionated metric for the performance of national rules, and serves merely as a talking point rather than concrete evaluation. For quickness I'll bullet point my points regarding each row in the table.
*British special rule can be used every turn, but should not since movement is an essential part of the game, especially in objective games.
*The tanks available for the British do not synergise well with the rule. It benefits high attack/defence value tanks, like Jagdpanther/ISU-122. There are no British tanks with both attack 5 and armour 2.
*The rule is infrequently used due to the importance of movement in the game and lack of benefit. Cards that offer re-rolls actively work against this special rule.
*When compared to other nations special rules, which specifically offer tactical flexibility, this rule removes it in the form of removing movement.
*The benefit of the rule, after all limitations, is keeping one extra dice in a stationary re-roll. This only marginally improves outcome of second roll, after all the difficulty using it. Other rules offer extra/less dice, which generally improve odds more significantly. It is barely different from other nations, who also get stationary re-roll, but slightly worse. Germans are more suited to stationary fire, and Russians/Italians get extra dice when doing so.
*You lose all movement defence dice when using this rule. Compared to other rules that have 0 or low amounts of risk.
Thoughts anyone?
