"Henrik Johansson" <h.johansson.nospam@telia.com> wrote in message 
news:<3CD26690.6D224423@telia.com>...

I have spent some time investigating the Combat Results Table, and found
that it could be improved a lot using two simple suggested Die Roll
Modifiers:

[12.25.1]: +1 if your firepower is at the upper limit of the firepower
column, [12.25.2]: -1 if your firepower is at the lower limit of the
firepower column. The effect of these additional drm is to smoothen the
loss factors average, lfa, as a function of the firepower, lfa(fp).

Example 1: If a force with 8 fp attacks a 7 fp, there is a difference of
5.7 to 3.8 lfa in favor of the 8 fp force. 

Example 2: A 10 fp attacking a 5 fp would have the same expected
outcome, due to the unsmootheness of the lfa(fp) curve.

Example 3: If a 19 fp attacks an 11 fp, there is a 8.1 to 7.0 advantage
to the larger force. 

Example 4: A 15 fp attacking a 14 fp would have the same advantage.

If my suggested drm are applied, the differences are changed to Ex-1:
5.3/4.2, Ex-2: 6.2/3.4, Ex-3: 8.7/6.6 and Ex-4: 7.7/7.5 respectively, a
much more smooth lfa(fp) curve, at a tiny cost in increased difficulty
for the players.

The same positive effect could be achieved using 19 columns instead of 7
columns in the CTR, but my suggestion is better IMHO. (This message also
appears in talk.consimworld.com 30YW subgroup)