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Jump back to quoted post30 Jul 2014, 10:01 AMsherlock

Let me add another thing to consider. While it is possible to go beyond pop cap with the US faction more easily, I have never seen or played a match where this had any impact. Furthermore the faction design also has the drawback that capturing an abadoned vehicle always means the loss of the field presence of the squad that captures the vehicle. Of course you can later abandon the vehicle but you loose an infantry unit for the time it mans the vehicle.

This mechanic makes capturing abandoned vehicles in addition riskier: Most abandoned vehicles are heavily damaged and in most cases can be destroyed quickly. The destruction of the vehicle always means the loss of the entire squad.

In summary, the faction design allows the US forces to go over pop cap more easily, but has so far to have any significant impact. On the other hand, the same faction design has 2 rather obvious drawbacks, one if which increases the risk of loosing a squad at the off chance to secure a tank that was abandoned. I would argue that these two points will impact a game more frequently than the ability to more easily exceed the pop cap level.

Jump back to quoted post30 Jul 2014, 06:46 AMLe Wish

@ Kyle, one of the factions design is crews repairing tanks. Imagine this.

You are pop capped have a damaged tank and a squad that is not full. You pop out your tank crew, suddenly there is enough pop for your queued squad to reinforce the last members. And voila, your tank is dead in the water. Ofc you can use CEs to repair tanks, but taking design into question the solution you propose insnt really all that easy to be honest.

Also, all other factions can go above 100 pop if they chose to steal abandoned tanks as well (and crew weapons for that matter). Not saying it is not exploitable, but it is a complex thing to adress. IF it needs to be addressed.