@SS:
Some countrys pay more for ships.
USSR - Cruiser = C16 USA - Cruiser = C10
Hcruiser = C18 Hcruiser = C11
No battleship Battleship = C18
UK - Cruiser = C12 China - No Cruiser
Hcruiser = C13 Hcruiser = C13
Battleship = C17 No Battleship
Germany - Cruiser = C10 Japan - Cruiser = C11
Hcruiser = C12 Hcruiser = C13
Battleship = C18 Battleship = C18
Italy - Cruiser = C11 France - Cruiser = C14
Hcruiser = C13 Hcruiser = C16
Battleship = C24 Battleship = C22
Sorry I didn’t post all of them.These are the costs. Crus will have to tell you why they are different. I probably asked long time ago but don’t rememer what the answer was. Maybe do to time of war, navy strength and size, and availability. Some of these cost you may not agree with. But they do work for this game. SS AUS!
Thanks for the detailed post.
I cannot disagree with your cost since it is clearly a customized game. However, you can help me better understand what’s underlying.
I still have the same question however: there is clearly some costs of the three units in the same country which clearly maximize the combat value vs IPC investment. Is it intentional? Just to reflect the historical bias of a country toward some warships vs others?
Clearly, if I’m US player, I never buy any cruiser (at 10) and it is all-in Heavy cruiser at 11 IPCs.
If I’m UK, I may think twice before bying Heavy (at 13) and go to BB at 17 IPCs.
Maybe if I was Japan, the cruiser at 10 would have been competitive but at 11 IPCs it is too much vs the heavy at 13.
So, in general, cruiser unit is never competitive or maximized (combat value/IPC) vs Heavy cruiser?
Does some country are so poor that they still buy cruiser or wait until they can offer Heavy?
I probably would have kept around a basic 4 IPCs difference between cruiser / heavy cruiser / BB.
Starting at 10 to 12 for Cruiser / 13 to 17 for Heavy/ 17 to 21 for BB.
And having some specific reduction or increase for some unit in each country.
But I would have probably kept a minimum of 3 IPCs between units (to tantalized about buy another Inf instead of buying the bigger class warship).