Post by jason on Jul 27, 2019 0:30:09 GMT
I have been trying to figure out a situation were the +15 points on a Spotter is worth while.
I noticed in the TAO/Spotting Laser discussion for the GrimDark that it effects a full unit that is targeting the spotted unit, which means it is adding a +1 to multiple attacks or the attacks from a larger unit. However in firefire, the same effect is only impacting 1 other unit.
Given the point range I did a quick crunch of a Spotter + Spotting Laser [35 points] + a Stealth Suit [35 points] vs. 2 Stealth suits:
| 2x Stealth | [8 shots] | Spotting Laser | [4 shots] | |
| No Spotting laser hitting on | Hit change | Average Hits | Hit Change | Average hits |
| 6+ | .17 | 1.33 | .25 | 1.00 |
| 5+ | 0.33 | 2.67 | .42 | 1.67 |
| 4+ | 0.50 | 4.00 | .58 | 2.33 |
| 3+ | 0.67 | 5.33 | .75 | 3.00 |
| 2+ | 0.83 | 6.67 | .83 | 3.33 |
As you can see, for the points, it is better to just get 2 stealth suits over the spotter + suit. I obviously don't want to take the time to analyze every possible combination, however I am fairly confident that it is balanced better toward the non-firefight unit compositions then the Firefight compositions.
I don't have access to the points system, but I do believe this is one of many abilities that don't just transfer over cleanly from GF to GF:F (I have ran across a few others that the points don't seem to work well in GF:F but might be fine for GF).
