In finishing my preparation to play a few rounds of the Icepick scenario with my nearly-finished terrain overlay, I discovered something interesting:
Between the Y2K VHS-box edition of Ogre/GEV and ODE, the defense value on the secondary batteries of the Ogre MkII got raised from 2 (which was consistent with how they were stat'ted in the Icepick scenario description: "Mk IIs were underarmored") to 3. At the same time, interestingly, their equivalent in armor units was changed from 9 (per Reinforcement Pack) to 8 in ODE. (Ogre Miniatures, and the VP section of ODE, stat them at 50 points (8.33 AU), splitting the difference.)
Making the SBs tougher while simultaneously allowing fewer opposing armor units in a straight-up meeting engagement seems like a significant upgrade, all around.
On further research, the SB defense upgrade appears to have happened in Ogre Miniatures. I wonder if the SB defense upgrade was due to significant playtesting, or if it was just a typo that snuck through, or possibly a numerical simplification adopted to minimize the number of differences between the Ogres' various subsystems?
I'm also curious now what the effect will be on an Icepick playthrough? It may not be too much - If the fiction is anything to go by, the MkIIs lose their treads before the defenders bother to finish defanging them. What do you all think?
Between the Y2K VHS-box edition of Ogre/GEV and ODE, the defense value on the secondary batteries of the Ogre MkII got raised from 2 (which was consistent with how they were stat'ted in the Icepick scenario description: "Mk IIs were underarmored") to 3. At the same time, interestingly, their equivalent in armor units was changed from 9 (per Reinforcement Pack) to 8 in ODE. (Ogre Miniatures, and the VP section of ODE, stat them at 50 points (8.33 AU), splitting the difference.)
Making the SBs tougher while simultaneously allowing fewer opposing armor units in a straight-up meeting engagement seems like a significant upgrade, all around.
On further research, the SB defense upgrade appears to have happened in Ogre Miniatures. I wonder if the SB defense upgrade was due to significant playtesting, or if it was just a typo that snuck through, or possibly a numerical simplification adopted to minimize the number of differences between the Ogres' various subsystems?
I'm also curious now what the effect will be on an Icepick playthrough? It may not be too much - If the fiction is anything to go by, the MkIIs lose their treads before the defenders bother to finish defanging them. What do you all think?
Ogre Mk II significantly upgraded in Ogre Miniatures and ODE!
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