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Jump back to quoted post3 Jul 2017, 10:20 AMmiragefla

Target-size, cover bonuses, and just modifying a unit's suppression threshold would be enough. No need to make certain weapons a go-to or a no-go against a certain factions.

The linearity works also from a visual perspective. One expects those more expensive and lower count elite troops to generally be hardier against small-arms and possibly be less vulnerable to suppression, but still remain human, even if it's a game. Troops shouldn't suddenly be taking high damage from flamers for no reason or becoming bullet-proof against standard infantry firearms.

Target-tables do exist which generally plays into armour types, but they shouldn't be the go-to or you have a ton of things that need to be memorized regarding how unit X performs against unit Y. It also could lead into the actual unit not being fixed to perform its function, but band-aided solely against that one unit.

I never felt in any RTS game that unit X should perform better solely due to unit Y. Generally the signs are there unit X needs an overall adjustments against a list of other issues o a broader spectrum.

If we want to add diversity amongst troops, we could start by having some infantry units possibly move faster. In CoH games, everyone walks at the same speed, whereas it'd be interesting to see recon or light infantry move faster to allow them to skirmish. That adds an unique layer to a unit's survivability which can be adjusted/compensated through either the unit's firepower, squad-size, and/or target size.