<t> The first thing I have to say is: GREAT!<br/>
Just did some playtest runs and I'm overwhelmed by the depth and options of this game, that surpasses the already good CoG in many ways. Used to play the old CivGenerals and always wished that this game would find a worthy sucessor somehow.<br/>
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<t> The game surely has some nice ideas, being the best part of this whole series like EU or Victoria, most diplomatic and intelligence options. Nevertheless I realized again that I'm a turnbased player, thinking WEGO the best of possible options. Even with the ability to slow game down very much ...

<t> Playing as a benevolent Napoleon right now (diffculty normal against A.I.) I decided to start slow, always leaving one of the Grand Armies in France for selfdefence only, moving the other around to keep some aggressive upstarts in check and trying to gain some ground mainly by diplomatic action ...

Many thanks for the helpful comments so far!
The historians I mentioned aimed mainly on more damage to the installations on PH, which in their opinion should have delayed the US war effort.
In my current battles I guess I'll keep KB closer to the Japanese defense perimeter.

<t> Hope I dont ask an old question again[:D] - still doing my first testbattles in WITP.<br/>
Has anyone ever tried to force the third attack wave on PH in the initial attck, and if so, how and to which effect?<br/>
Historians often talk about it as the chance the Japanese missed in the early ...

<t> Can confirm with lots of the posts here on many games, especially the Combat Mission and the TotalWar series. IMHO lots of games have good aspects in some field of expertise while they often lack in others.<br/>
If I'd had to list my favourites I'd still do it with + and - in front.<br/>
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opinions about effects of foraging on movement in real life.
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Foraging was never done by the whole army, but by detachments, preferably cavalry. Successful foraging shouldn't slow down an army very much, at least not more than its own supply ...

<t> I agree with you - mainly - in game balancing terms. Historically I still don't see troop moral as the main function of LoC, but the possibility to join up with other own troops , to keep enough freedom of movement to gain the initiative on the battlefield, last not least to choose the ...

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Lines of Supply and Lines of Communication are two completely different concepts.
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Excuse me if I try to correct your statement, but IMHO it's not that different but rather lines of supply is one part of the lines of communication. Supply in this ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>artillery captured after quick combats now have a 50% chance of being destroyed instead of captured. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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How that? Regarding the weapons used then it's almost impossible to destroy an artillery piece by chance. This had to be done on purpose by ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>This realpolitik operated finely at the expense of less assertive minors. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Didn't say that I favour realpolitik, but - as the name implies - it's reality...<br/>
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Regarding Hearts of Iron or EU - played them both for a while. They have ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>7) Surrender. I haven't played a whole game but other nations have surrendered and had to give up stuff. Are they back in the game then? Fully operational except for the treaty terms? How are existing treaties with a country that surrendered affected? <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE ...

<t> Why do howitzers sometimes only hurt themselves when firing at a distant enemy unit, even if there's no LOS at all to this special unit and no enemy units are directly adjacent to the gun.<br/>
Firing a ballistic curve a howitzer should be able to fire over a hill and stay unharmed of ...

<t> Hi!<br/>
I'm relatively new to this game too, but I can't understand where exactly your problem lies as I have been able to learn most of its functions just by trying. Ok, there are some features that are visible only at second glance, but if you follow the posts in this forum, you'll find them ...

Happened in my game in Austria with me playing France. I had seen some ghostly landship movement before in the Austrian regions and after I took Tyrolia from them and forced them into an alliance they simply forget some frigates there.

Thanks for the advice. It works. Don't know what I did wrong before. And i already see what you tell, that starving is much healthier for my own troops.

<t> Hi, I'm relatively new to this game and hope not to ask the same old questions again.<br/>
As far as I've playtested right now, I love it. The diplomacy options are by far the best I've seen in similar games. The detailed battles are very good too.<br/>
But to my question: How exactly do I ...