Alan E & Carmel J Brain wrote:
>
> Chris Pinson wrote:
>
> > could someone repost the formula used to calculate points of a unit.
>
> I've managed to post it twice, and lose it twice. See if I can come up
> with it again.... give me a while and I'll make up mark 3.
> The important bit is that, for vehicles at least, you must multiply the
> FP by the range and by an armour value, with AT shots counting as 2FP
> and Death Rays 3 FP.
I found my copy:
> The following is a re-post of something I contributed to the list awhile
> ago. It seems to be a reasonable approximation to the formula (if any)
> GW used for getting points values for E40K
>
> PV = ( (M/10) + ( FP * (R/15) ) + ( AF * 2 ) ) * ( ( AV-2 ) / 3 )
>
> M = Move in cm
> FP = FirePower
> R = Range in cm
> AF = Assault Factor
> AV = Armour Value
>
> Examples:
> Ork Boyz.
> M=10, FP=1, R=30, AF=2, AV=4, so ( 10/10 + (1 * (30/15) ) + 2*2 ) * 4/3
> or 1+2+4 * 1.333 or 9.1
>
> For AT, use an FP of 3. For DeathRays, 5.5.
However see also this:
> > Alan,
> > In your equation you have (AV-2)/3 but in your example you use AV/3 which
> > is correct?
> > thanks,
>
> Erk. The correct multipliers are:
> AV 3 -> 1
> AV 4 -> 1.33
> AV 5 -> 1.66
> AV 6 -> 2
>
> So yes, you're right, it's AV/3.
>
So I think the "final" formula is
PV = ( (M/10) + ( FP * (R/15) ) + ( AF * 2 ) ) * ( AV/ 3 )
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