Quote Originally Posted by screwtype
Personally, I like Red's idea, the only caveat I would make is that there would still have to be some sort of penalty applied for using autocalc, perhaps 20-80% depending on difficulty level, ie you lose 80% more men than you normally would on the hardest difficulty, as a discouragement from using autocalc too often. But in the battles with odds overwhelmingly in your favour, this would not mean many more men lost anyhow.

Also, I would argue that you don't get any trait increases for generals when using autocalc. So if you want those command stars, you still have to fight for them!
I'm not sure why, after making a post about how some people play only with auto-calc, and how that is perfectly acceptable, you would then jump on the "penalize people for playing with auto-calc" bandwagon? As you said, playing out that battles can be one of the more entertaining parts of the game. We shouldn't need any encouragement beyond that to do so. If someone doesn't enjoy that facet of the game, and wishes to avoid it, I see no reason to penalize them for doing so.

Bh